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10 April 2008
Oxford Today Trinity issue 2008 reported that the Royal Society of Chemistry erected a National Chemical Landmark in the form of a hexagonal blue plaque on 24 September 2007 at Oxford University's Clarendon Laboratory honouring the physicist Henry Gwyn-Jeffreys Moseley (1887-1915) who was killed at Gallipoli at the age of 27. In 1913, by using X-ray spectra from diffraction in crystals he found a sytematic relation between wavelength and atomic number, Moseley's Law. He showed there were gaps in the atomic number sequence, which were later found to be for very rare elements, hafnium discovered 1923, and rhenium discovered 1925.

Further details can be found on the internet at Tribute to First World War's Lost Scientist or Henry Moseley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

10 February 2008

Help! B Di What's this?

No, it is not an encrypted message but a few of the many symbols used for physical constants and variables. But what is their origin? Alby Reid a member of the Education Group, wants to know. Please look at his list and contact him if you can help at alby@bleary-id.co.uk.

30 January 2008
Death of Sir John McGregor Hill FRS

The Times published an obituary on Wednesday 30 Jan 2008 of Sir John Hill a nuclear physicist who played a central role in managing the development of the British nuclear energy industry.

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