Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1898-1917.

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Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1898-1917.

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Materials by or relating to Joseph Ernest Petavel can be found in the following series: Miscellaneous Correspondence: 10 letters to the Royal Society; Referees Reports: 2 joint reports by (i) Foster and Griffiths and (ii) Abney and Harcourt on papers by Petavel.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Petavel, Joseph Ernest, Sir, 1873-1936.

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Educated at University College London. Professor of engineering and director of Whitworth Laboratories, University of Manchester 1908-1919. Director of the National Physical Laboratory, 1919-1936. K. B. E. 1920. F. R. S. 1907. From the description of Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1898-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81360221 Physicist and Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83226822 ...

Royal Society (Great Britain)

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The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge began in 1645 when a group of eminent British thinkers started to meet regularly in London to discuss the new, experimental philosophies of science. Though the English Civil War and the Cromwellian Protectorate interrupted its meetings, the Society was formally constituted in 1660. Two years later King Charles II granted the Society its first charter. A second royal charter was granted in 1663 when the Society was given its official nam...