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THE Kelvin Medal, which was founded to commemorate the work of Lord Kelvin, is awarded triennially by a committee in London consisting of the presidents of eight of the leading engineering institutions of Great Britain, after consideration of recommendations received from similar bodies in all parts of the world. Sir J. J. Thomson was selected as the recipient of the award for 1938 (see NATURE, May 7, p. 825) and the presentation was made on May 3 in the Great Hall of the Institution of Civil Engineers by Lord Rayleigh on behalf of the Kelvin Medal Award Committee. Lord Rayleigh's address is printed below.
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Presentation of the Kelvin Medal to Sir J. J. Thomson. Nature 141, 883–884 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141883a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/141883a0