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NELSON, Edith Alice

Born 10 February 1890; died Melbourne 26 April 1976. Education, University of Melbourne (B.A. 1911, B.Sc. 1912, M.A. 1913, M.Sc. 1914). Demonstrator in natural philosophy at the University of Melbourne 1923; senior demonstrator 1924-48; lecturer 1948-53.
  1. (With T.H. Laby) Thermal conductivity: gases and vapors. In International Critical Tables. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co. Inc., 1929. Vol. 5, pp.213-215.
  2. The effect of stratification on the gravity gradient and the curvature of the level surface. Philosophical Magazine, S.7, 10 (1930), 513-516.
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