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Authorised form of nameLowry; Thomas Martin (1874 - 1936); physical chemist
Dates1874 - 1936
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLow Moor, Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Date of birth26 October 1874
Place of death54 Bateman Street, Cambridge, England
Date of death02 November 1936
Occupationphysical chemist
Research fieldOrganic chemistry
Physical chemistry
ActivityEducation:
Kingswood School, Bath; Central Technical College at South KensingtonCentral Technical College, South Kensington; DSc (Lond)
Career:
Assistant to Henry Edward Armstrong FRS 1876, professor of chemistry at the Central Technical College (1896-1913); held lectureship at Westminster Training College (1904); appointed head of the chemistry department at Guy’s Hospital, London (1913); first professor of physical chemistry at the University of Cambridge (1920-1936); died following a heart attack (1936).
Honours:
OBE 1918; CBE 1920
Memberships:
Faraday Society (President 1928–30)
Chemical Society (VP 1922–4)
Oil and Colour Chemists' Association (VP 1925–8)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election07/05/1914
Age at election40
ProposerWilliam Palmer Wynne;Frederic Stanley Kipping; Percy Faraday Frankland; Arthur William Crossley; Martin Onslow Forster; Richard Tetley Glazebrook; Herbert Brereton Baker
Henry Edward Armstrong; William Jackson Pope; Henry John Horstman Fenton; Charles Thomas Heycock; Henry Alexander Miers; Lazarus Fletcher; William Barlow
Royal Society activityLectures:
Bakerian 1921 (jointly)
RelationshipsParents: Edward Pearce Lowry, Methodist minister, and Jemima Hofland.
Spouse: Eliza, eldest daughter of a Methodist minister, Cornelius Wood (1904).
Children: Two sons and one daughter.
Published worksRCN 50937
General contextFounding member and President of the Faraday Society.
Remembered for the Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory.
Royal Society Obituary or MemoirClick to view (may be contained within a meeting notice, presidential address or list of death notices)
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SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1936-1938 vol 2 pp 287-293, plate, by W J Pope
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/14924521
Royal Society codeNA7850
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/002818Lowry, Thomas Martinnd
EC/1914/11Lowry, Thomas Martin: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/005409Lowry, Thomas Martin1993
RR/16/150Referee's report by James Walker, on a paper 'The electrical conductivity and other properties of Sodium Hydroxide in aqueous solution as elucidating the mechanism of conduction' by William Robert Bousfield and Thomas Martin Lowry4 July 1904
RR/38/106Referee's report by Frederick George Donnan, on a paper 'The molecular dimensions of organic compounds. Part I.-General considerations' by Thomas Martin Lowry and A G NasiniDecember 1928
NLB/67/272Copy letter from David Prain, Treasurer of the Royal Society; to Dr [Thomas Martin] Lowry, FRS26 November 1924
NLB/39/690Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr T [Thomas] M [Martin] Lowry24 February 1909
NLB/40/220Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr T [Thomas] M [Martin Lowry3 May 1909
NLB/50/438Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [Thomas Martin] Lowry, Fellow of the Royal Society7 July 1914
NLB/52/439Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Electros [Committee]8 December 1915
NLB/52/250Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. Thomas Martin Lowry, FRS23 October 1915
NLB/52/325Copy letter from [Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]; to [Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]3 July 1914
RR/17/218Referee's report by William Cecil Dampier Whetham, on a paper 'The silver voltameter' by Frank Edward Smith, Thomas Mather and Thomas Martin Lowry[August 1907]
RR/17/217Referee's report by John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, on a paper 'The silver voltameter' by Frank Edward Smith, Thomas Mather and Thomas Martin Lowry[August 1907]
RR/27/2Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The properties and molecular structure of thin films. Part III - expanded films' by Neil Kensington Adam19 May 1922
NLB/54/445Copy letter from Dr. Arthur Schuster, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Thomas Martin] Lowry, FRS17 May 1917
RR/27/55Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The system: Na2O—CO2—NaCl—H2O, considered as two four- component systems' by Francis Arthur FreethFebruary 1922
RR/26/1Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The properties and molecular structure of thin films of palmitic acid on water. Part I' by Neil Kensington Adam[May 1921]
RR/26/23Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The adsorption of gas by charcoal, silica, and other substances' by Henry Briggs29 March 1921
NLB/64/488Copy letter from David Prain, Treasurer of the Royal Society; to Professor [Thomas Martin] Lowry, FRS24 April 1923
RR/27/1Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The properties and molecular structure of thin films. Part II - condensed films' by Neil Kensington Adam19 May 1922
RR/28/50Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The structure of thin films.—Part V' by Neil Kensington Adam[May 1923]
RR/22/89Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'General equations for the neutralisation of dibasic acids, and their use to calculate the acidity of dilute carbonate solutions' by E B R PrideauxJune 1915
NLB/60/563Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Thomas Martin] Lowry, FRS24 February 1921
NLB/61/241Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Thomas Martin] Lowry, FRS3 June 1921
RR/44/102Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The mechanism and molecula statistics of the reaction CuSO4.5H2O = CuSO4.H2O + 4H2O' by B TopleyJanuary 1932
NLB/66/702Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Thomas Martin] Lowry, C.B.E, FRS23 June 1924
RR/38/108Referee's report by Arthur Lapworth, on a paper 'The mechanism of chemical change. I.—Promotion and arrest of the mutarotation of tetra-acetylglucose in ethyl acetate' by Thomas Martin Lowry and G Glyn OwenMay 1928
RR/43/25Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The double refraction of quartz along the optic axis' by H A FerreiraNovember 1931
RR/42/56Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The kinetics of the heterogeneous thermal decomposition of methyl formate' by Edgar William Richard Steacie12 February 1930
RR/43/98Referee's report by Christopher Kelk Ingold, on two papers 'The mechanism of chemical change. Part II.—Catalysis of the mutarotation of beryllium benzoylcamphor' and 'The mechanism of Chemical change. —Part III. mutarotation of Aluminium Benzoylcamphor' by Thomas Martin Lowry and Ralph C TraillApril 1931
RR/32/81Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The catalytic decomposition of nitrous oxide on the surface of gold: a comparison with the homogeneous reaction' by Cyril Norman Hinshelwood and C R PrichardFebruary 1925
RR/38/109Referee's report by Alfred Fowler, on a paper 'An improved method of ultra-violet anomalous rotary dispersion of sodium tartrate' by Thomas Matin LowryJune 1928
RR/43/104Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'Viscosity and rigidity in suspensions of fine particles. II.—Non-aqueous suspensions' by C M McDowell and Francis L Usher9 March 1931
NLB/60/781Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Thomas Martin] Lowry, FRS5 April 1921
RR/53/31Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'On the dependence of the densities of phenol-water solutions upon their composition' by J J Coleman and F E E Germann[March 1934]
NLB/60/519Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Thomas Martin] Lowry, FRS17 February 1921
NLB/60/604Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. Thomas [Martin] Lowry, FRS2 March 1921
NLB/61/146Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Thomas Martin] Lowry, FRS24 May 1921
NLB/57/344Copy letter from Sir Arthur Schuster, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir William [Jackson Pope, FRS, KBE]20 October 1919
NLB/60/726Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Thomas Martin] Lowry, FRS19 March 1921
RR/46/33Referee's report by Nevil Vincent Sidgwick, on a paper 'Molecular structure and physical properties of prussic acid. Part I. —Refractive dispersion of prussic acid and its homologues' by Thomas Martin Lowry and S T Henderson[March 1932]
NLB/57/337Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir William [Jackson] Pope, FRS, KBE21 October 1919
RR/47/21Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'On the absorption spectra of some higher oxides' by Arun K Dutta and Prabhat K Sen Gupta5 October 1932
RR/49/46Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'Adsorption, oriented overgrowth and mixed crystal formation' by Charles William Bunn[April 1933]
NLB/64/539Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Thomas Martin] Lowry, C.B.E., FRS03 May 1923
NLB/57/377Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr TM [Thomas Martin] Lowry, FRS29 October 1919
RR/52/98Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'Structures of the metallic carbonyl and nitrosyl compounds' by Nevil Vincent Sidgwick and Richard William Bailey17 February 1934
RR/37/1Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The structure of thin films. Part XII.—Cholesterol and its effect in admixture with other substances' by N K Adam and G JessopJuly 1928
NLB/64/465Copy letter from David Prain, Treasurer of the Royal Society; to Mrs. [Percival] Spencer [Umfreville] Pickering; Woolacombe, Devon18 April 1923
RR/59/34Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The refractive index of gaseous heavy water' by Clive Cuthbertson and Maude Cuthbertson[March 1936]
NLB/62/345Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Thomas Martin] Lowry, FRS28 January 1922
RR/64/108Referee's report by Joseph Kenyon, on a paper 'Rotatory dispersion in the amine series I - d-spiroheptane-diamine and its derivatives' by Thomas Martin Lowry and W C G Baldwin7 June 1937
NLB/63/481Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society and FRS; to Professor [Thomas Martin] Lowry, FRS26 [October] 1922
NLB/63/740Copy letter from Sir David Prain, Treasurer of the Royal Society and FRS; to Professor [Thomas Martin] Lowry, FRSUndated
RR/35/113Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'Homogeneous reactions involving complex molecules.—The kinetics of the decomposition of gaseous dimethyl ether' by Cyril Norman Hinshelwood and P J AskeyMarch 1927
RR/32/80Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The conductivity of uni-univalent salts in methyl alcohol at 25°C' by H Hartley and J E Frazer15 July 1925
NLB/65/526Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Thomas Martin] Lowry, FRS13 November 1923
NLB/64/542Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Thomas Martin] Lowry, C.B.E., FRS03 May 1923
NLB/70/532Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Thomas Martin] Lowry, FRS5 May 1927
NLB/65/138Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Thomas Martin] Lowry, FRS10 August 1923
NLB/65/679Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Charles Thomas] Heycock, FRS6 December 1923
NLB/65/123Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to The Lord Rayleigh [Robert John Strutt], FRS4 August 1923
NLB/67/151Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Thomas Martin] Lowry FRS5 November 1924
NLB/67/286Copy letter from David Prain, Treasurer of the Royal Society; to Dr [Thomas Martin] Lowry, FRS1 December 1924
NLB/66/622Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Robert John Strutt] Lord Rayleigh, FRS6 June 1924
NLB/66/712Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. F. A. Lindemann, FRS25 June 1924
RR/38/71Referee's report by Frederick Alexander Lindemann, on a paper 'The optical rotatory power of quartz on either side of an infra-red absorption band' by Thomas Martin Lowry and C P SnowMarch 1930
NLB/66/748Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Thomas Martin] Lowry, FRS3 July 1924
NLB/69/94Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to F. H. Constable, Esq., St. John's College, Cambridge8 January 1926
NLB/69/326Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [Edward] John Russell, FRS4 March 1926
NLB/69/422Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [Edward] John Russell, FRS12 April 1926
NLB/72/346Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Thomas Martin] Lowry, CBE, FRS9 July 1929
NLB/70/609Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Thomas Martin] Lowry, FRS3 June 1927
NLB/71/533Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Thomas Martin] Lowry, C.B.E., FRS2 July 1928
NLB/70/621Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Thomas Martin] Lowry, FRS10 June 1927
NLB/70/614Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Thomas Martin] Lowry, FRS8 June 1927
NLB/71/536Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to M. le Secretaire, La Societe de Chimie Industrielle, 49 Rue des Mathurins, Paris [France]4 July 1929
NLB/72/459Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Thomas Martin] Lowry, CBE, FRS2 November 1929
NLB/73/278Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Prof. [Thomas Martin] Lowry, FRS27 April 1931
NLB/72/10Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Thomas Martin] Lowry, CBE, FRS18 January 1929
RR/26/86Referee's report by Thomas Ralph Merton, on the Bakerian Lecture 'The titration curve of gelatine.—Report to the medical research council' by Thomas Martin Lowry and Percy Corlett Austin[November 1921]
RR/37/9Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The infrared emissionspectre of the carbon monoxide flame' by C R Bailey and Kim Hou LihAugust 1926
RR/46/49Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The relation between mean atomic volume and composition in copper-zinc alloys' by E A Owen and Llewelyn Pickup[November 1932]
RR/28/3Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'Heat of crystallisation of quartz' by Rames Chandra Ray19 May 1922
RR/46/47Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'Variation of mean atomic volume with temperature in copper-zinc alloys, with observations on the ß-transformation' by E A Owen and Llewelyn Pickup[November 1932]
RR/45/9Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The behaviour of electrolytes in mixed solvents. Part. III.–The molecular refractivities and partial molar volumes of lithium chloride in water-ethyl alcohol solutions' by John Alfred Valentine Butler and Anthony David Lees11 March 1931
RR/57/24Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The absorption spectra of some polyatomic molecules containing methyl and ethyl radicals' by Harold Warris Thompson[March 1935]
RR/62/109Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'Relations between optical rotatory power and constitution in the steroids' by Robert Kenneth Callow and Frank George Young[June 1936]
RR/64/106Referee's report by Samuel Sugden, on a paper 'Optical activity in ketones. The rotatory dispersion and circular dichroism of m-methyl cyclohexanone and of pulegone in their ketonic absorption bands' by Thomas Martin Lowry, Delia M Simpson and C B Allsopp8 October 1937
RR/64/105Referee's report by Samuel Sugden, on three papers 'Rotatory dispersion in the amine series I - d-spiroheptane-diamine and its derivatives', 'Rotatory dispersion in the amine series II-l-secondary butylamine and its derivatives' and 'Rotatory dispersion in the amine series III-The absorption spectra of diamines' by Thomas Martin Lowry and W C G Baldwin5 July 1937
RR/64/107Referee's report by Robert Robertson, on a paper 'Refractive dispersion of organic compounds IX—Optical exaltation in unsaturated hydrocarbons containing conjugated double bonds' by Thomas Martin Lowry and C B Allsopp[September 1937]
RR/36/7Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'An investigation of aqueous solutions of sulphur dioxide' by C E Maass and Otto Maass17 October 1927
RR/28/1Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The effect of long grinding on quartz (silver sand)' by Rames Chandra Ray[August 1922]
RR/39/80Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on three papers 'On the stability of unimolecular films. Part I.—The conditions of equilibrium', 'On the stability of unimolecular films. Part II.-The mechanism of film expansion' and 'On the stability of unimolecular films. Part II.— Dissolution in alkaline solutions' by C G Lyons and Eric Keightley Rideal19 March 1929
NLB/65/140Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Lord Rayleigh [Robert John Strutt], FRS10 August 1923
RR/28/6Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on two papers 'The photo-chemistry of potassium permanganate. Part I.—Application of the potentiometer to the study of photo-chemical change' and 'The photo-chemistry of potassium permanganate.-Part II. On the energetics of the photo-decomposition of potassium permanganate' by Eric Keightley Rideal and Ronald George Wreyford Norrish[November 1922]
RR/43/96Referee's report by Robert Robertson, on a paper 'Optical rotatory power of vapours. part I.— Rotatory dispersion of camphor and of camphorquinone, especially in the region of absorption' by Thomas Martin Lowry and H K GoreNovember 1931
RR/21/110Referee's report by Herbert Brereton Baker, on a paper 'The silver voltameter. Part III. The solvent properties of silver nitrate solutions' by Thomas Martin Lowry[August 1914]
NLB/60New Letter Book volume 60, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration2 December 1920-26 April 1921
NLB/52New Letter Book volume 52, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration9 July 1915-8 March 1916
RR/26/87Referee's report by Samuel Walter Johnson Smith, on the Bakerian Lecture 'The titration curve of gelatine.—Report to the medical research council' by Thomas Martin Lowry and Percy Corlett Austin25 October 1921
RR/28/49Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The structure of thin films. Part IV.—Benzene derivatives. A condition of stability in monomolecular films' by Neil Kensington Adam[May 1923]
RR/34/5Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'A homogeneous unimolecular reaction-the thermal decomposition of acetone in the gaseous state' by Cyril Norman Hinshelwood and William Kenneth Hutchison[March 1926]
RR/46/35Referee's report by Samuel Walter Johnson Smith, on a paper 'Optical rotatory power. Part IV.-rotatory dispersion of Bornyl and Menthyl Zanthates, especially in the region of absorption' by Thomas Martin Lowry and H Hudson[October 1932]
RR/44/1Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The structure of surface films. Part XVI.—Surface potential measurements on fatty acids on dilute hydrochloric acid' by Neil Kensington Adam and J B HardingJuly 1932
RR/48/5Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The determination of the valency angles of the oxygen and sulphur atoms and the methylene and sulphoxy groups, from electric diploe moments' by G C Hampson, R H Farmer and Leslie Ernest Sutton[August 1933]
RR/16/149Referee's report by William Cecil Dampier Whetham, on a paper 'The electrical conductivity and other properties of Sodium Hydroxide in aqueous solution as elucidating the mechanism of conduction' by William Robert Bousfield and Thomas Martin LowryJune 1904
RR/21/109Referee's report by David Leonard Chapman, on a paper 'The silver voltameter. Part III. The solvent properties of silver nitrate solutions' by Thomas Martin Lowry[August 1914]
RR/34/36Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'On the change of refractive index of linseed oil in the process of drying and its effect on the deterioration of oil paintings' by A P Laurie21 May 1926
RR/34/45Referee's report by Richard Tetley Glazebrook, on a paper 'Optical rotatory dispersion. Part III.—The rotatory dispersion of quartz in the infra-red, visible and ultra-violet regions of the spectrum' by Thomas Martin Lowry and W R C Coode-Adams[October 1926]
RR/34/46Referee's report by Thomas Ralph Merton, on a paper 'Optical rotatory dispersion. Part III.—The rotatory dispersion of quartz in the infra-red, visible and ultra-violet regions of the spectrum' by Thomas Martin Lowry and W R C Coode-Adams[September 1926]
RR/38/107Referee's report by Christopher Kelk Ingold, on a paper 'The mechanism of chemical change. I.—Promotion and arrest of the mutarotation of tetra-acetylglucose in ethyl acetate' by Thomas Martin Lowry and G Glyn Owen20 April 1928
RR/39/2Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The structure of surface films. Part XIV.?Some esters of fatty acids. Eridence of flexibility in the long chains' by Neil Kensington Adam6 December 1929
RR/41/146Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'On the stability of unimolecular films. Part IV. —Amines' by C G Lyons and Eric Keightley RidealMay 1930
RR/43/97Referee's report by Robert Howson Pickard, on a paper 'Studies of co-ordination.—Part II. absorption spectra of metallic derivatives of benzoylcamphor' by Thomas Martin Lowry, Henry Burgess, Ivor John Faulkner and Ralph C TraillApril 1931
RR/44/73Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The experimental study of the rate of dissociation of salt hydrates. The reaction CuSO4.5H2O = CuSO4.H2O + 4H2O' by M L Smith and B Topley20 August 1931
RR/46/34Referee's report by Thomas Ralph Merton, on a paper 'Optical rotatory power. Part IV.-rotatory dispersion of Bornyl and Menthyl Zanthates, especially in the region of absorption' by Thomas Martin Lowry and H Hudson[November 1932]
RR/47/19Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The absorption spectrum of nitrous-oxide and the heat of dissociation of nitrogen' by Arun K DuttaMay 1932
RR/47/102Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'Polarisation measurements on basic beryllium acetate and beryllium acetylacetonate' by John William Smith and William Rogie AngusApril 1932
RR/50/4Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'The structure of surface films. Part XVIII. -The effect of alkalinity in the underlying solution on films of fatty acids' by Neil Kensington Adam and J G F Miller26 June 1933
RR/54/149Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry, on a paper 'Principles and assumptions in the calculations optical rotatory power' by Werner 8 April 1935
RR/49/32Referee's report by Thomas Martin Lowry and John Edward Lennard-Jones, on two papers 'Optical rotatory power. I—A theoretical calculation for a molecule containing only isotropic refractive centres' and 'Optical rotatory power. II.—The calculation of the rotatory power of a molecule containing four refractive radicals at the corners of an irregular tetrahedron' by Samuel Francis Boys[December 1933]
MC/23/268Letter from [Thomas Martin] Lowry, 130 Horseferry Road, Westminster, London, to the Assistant Secretary, Royal Society16 November 1908
MC/29/173Letter from [Thomas Martin] Lowry, 130 Horseferry Road, Westminster, London, S.W, to the [Royal Society]4 July 1914
MC/37/86Letter from [Thomas Martin] Lowry, 54 Bateman Street, Cambridge, to Sir David Prain, The Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W.111 April 1923
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