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RefNoNLB/66/445
AltRefNoNLB/66 p245
LevelItem
TitleCopy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; [Robert John Strutt] Lord Rayleigh, FRS
Date9 May 1924
DescriptionInforms of the reports of 2 papers; 'An automatic and continuous recording balance. (The odén-keen balance.)' by [John Reginald Horder] Coutts, [Edward Mortimer] Crowther, [Bernard Augustus] Keen and [Sven] Odén, which has been reported favourably by Prof. [Charles Vernon] Boys and 'On the band-spectra of silicon oxide and chloride [, and chlorides of carbon, boron, and aluminium]' by W. Jevons, which [Thomas Ralph] Merton reported favourable on. Includes extracts of their reports, with Boy suggesting the paper could be slightly shorter and Merton praising his paper as a careful and useful piece of work.
Extent1p
FormatCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedRecordNLB/66/539
NLB/66/681
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8260Merton; Sir; Thomas Ralph (1888 - 1969)1888 - 1969
NA8138Boys; Sir; Charles Vernon (1855 - 1944)1855 - 1944
NA7877Strutt; Robert John (1875 - 1947); 4th Baron Rayleigh1875 - 1947
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