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Authorised form of nameTolansky; Samuel (1907 - 1973)
Dates1907 - 1973
NationalityBritish
Date of birth17/11/1907
Date of death04/03/1973
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election20/03/1952
Age at election44
SourcesAssocMaterial:
CSAC 24/1/75. Papers deposited in the University of London Library
Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1974 vol 20 pp 429-455, plate, by R W Ditchburn and G D Rochester
Royal Society codeNA6395
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1952/22Tolansky, Samuel: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/004621Tolansky, Samuelnd
PB/4/8/53/10Correspondence with Samuel Tolansky (also JG Crowther) on appointments, and Tolansky's first publication his Fabry-Perot interference fringes1942
RR/47/134Referee's report by Ralph Howard Fowler, on a paper 'Fine structure in the arc spectra of bromine and iodine' by Samuel TolanskyFebruary 1932
RR/47/133Referee's report by John Cunningham McLennan, on a paper 'The nuclear spin of arsenic' by Samuel TolanskyMay 1932
RR/52/109Referee's report by Owen Willans Richardson, on a paper 'The nuclear spins and magnetic moments of the isotopes of antimony' by Samuel TolanskyApril 1934
RR/52/110Referee's report by Owen Willans Richardson, on a paper 'The nuclear spin of iodine I— fine structure in the first spark spectrum' by Samuel TolanskyNovember 1934
RR/51/116Referee's report by Owen Willans Richardson, on a paper 'The nuclear spin of tin' by Samuel Tolansky[December 1933]
RR/65/264Referee's report by Owen Willans Richardson, on a paper 'The nuclear spin of iodine III. Further measurements upon the fine structures in the first spark spectrum' by Samuel Tolansky and G O ForesterJuly 1938
RR/70/237Referee's report by Robert John Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, on a paper 'Interference studies of diamond faces. A crossed fringe technique' by Samuel Tolansky and W L Wilcock19 February 1947
RR/66/315Letter from Samuel Tolansky, regarding a paper 'Hyperfine structure in the arc spectrum of bromine' by Samuel Tolansky and S A Trivedi19 January 1940
MS/926/5/2/5Papers and correspondence of lunar principle investigators, collected by Colin Pillinger25 August 1967 - 6 April 1971
MS/926/5/2/6NASA papers and correspondence to Apollo lunar sample analysis principle investigators, collected by Colin Pillinger6 June 1973 - 9 August 1978
RR/69/310Referee's report by Cecil Reginald Burch, on a paper 'Further interferometric studies with mica. New multiple-beam fringes and their application' by Samuel Tolansky1945
RR/69/309Referee's report by Robert John Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, on a paper 'Further interferometric studies with mica. New multiple-beam fringes and their application' by Samuel Tolansky1945
RR/56/87Referee's report by Owen Willans Richardson, on a paper 'The nuclear spin of iodine II-Fine structure in the arc spectrum and a fine structure perturbation effect' by Samuel Tolansky[July 1935]
RR/62/58Referee's report by Owen Willans Richardson, on a paper 'Fine structure in the arc spectrum of platinum (A) The nuclear spin of pt 195 (B) Even isotope displacement' by Samuel Tolansky and E Lee[July 1936]
MS/926/5/1/1Proposals from the United Kingdom to NASA for the analysis of Apollo lunar surface samples, compiled by the Lunar, Planetary and Interplanetary Matter Working Group10 June 1966
PB/1/33/2Correspondence concerning the Copley Medal of the Royal Society1956
MS/926/5/3/5Papers regarding the background to early lunar separations, collected by Colin Pillinger 1970
MS/926/5/3/2Correspondence relating to Apollo 11 lunar sample analysis, collected by Colin Pillinger 14 July 1969 - 1973
RR/42/69Referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'Fine structure in the mercury singlet terms' by Samuel Tolansky21 December 1930
RR/68/508Referee's report by Cecil Reginald Burch, on two papers 'The topography of crystal faces - I. The topography of a (100) face of a left-handed quartz crystal' and 'The topography of crystal faces - II. The topography of cleavage faces of mica and selenite' by Samuel Tolansky[1944]
RR/65/265Referee's report by William Edward Curtis, on a paper 'The nuclear spin of iodine. IV. A new type of hyperfine structure deviation from the interval rule' by Samuel TolanskyNovember 1938
RR/66/314Referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'Hyperfine structure in the arc spectrum of bromine' by Samuel Tolansky and S A Trivedi[December 1939]
RR/79/147Letter from Samuel Tolansky to D C Martin, concerning two papers: 'Variations in the texture of diamonds' by F C Champion, and 'Variations in the β-particle counting properties of diamond' by N G Trott28 July 1953
RR/79/148Referee's report by Samuel Tolansky, on a paper 'Variations in the texture of diamonds' by F C Champion28 July 1953
RR/79/149Referee's report by Samuel Tolansky, on a paper 'Variations in the β-particle counting properties of diamond' by N G Trott28 July 1953
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