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Townsend, John, Sir, 1868-1957

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Personal name headingTownsend, John, Sir, 1868-1957
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Variant(s)Townsend, John Sealy Edward, 1868-1957
Townsend, John Sealy, 1868-1957
Townsend, John S. E., 1868-1957
Townsend, J. S. (John Sealy), 1868-1957
Birth date1868-06-07
Death date1957-02-16
Profession or occupationPhysicists
Found inElectrons in gases, 1948: t.p. (Sir John Townsend)
OCLC, 1/6/97 (hdgs.: Townsend, John Sealy Edward, 1868-, Townsend, John Sealy Edward, 1868-1957)
The conductivity produced in gases by the motion of negatively charged ions, 1901: t.p. (by John S. Townsend, M.A., Wykham Professor of Physics, Oxford)
Wikipedia, WWW, searched January 4, 2021 (Sir John Sealy Edward Townsend, F.R.S., (7 June 1868 - 16 February 1957) "was an Irish mathematical physicist who conducted various studies concerning the electrical conduction of gases ..." " He was a Wykeham Professor of physics at Oxford University")
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Electricity in gases, 1915: title page (by J.S. Townsend)