Background
He was born in Bromley-by-Bow in London on 19 January 1905, the son of William and Elizabeth Jane Childs.
(Time changes most things, and physical constants are seem...)
Time changes most things, and physical constants are seem ingly not immune from this contingency. The publishers' suggestion for a new edition has provided an opportunity for a thorough scrutiny of the contents of this book and for the adjustment to some fourteen years of changes since the last edition. At the same time the contents have been increased by the addition of one or two new tables, and current moves towards the adoption of an international system of units ex plain the appearance in the book, wherever it is practicable, of S. 1. units. However, the habits of a lifetime are not easily changed, and it is too much to expect that despite careful proofreading the change of units has been carried through without errors. I shall be grateful for intimation of such mis takes. I wish moreover to thank all those who in the past have taken the trouble to draw my attention to errors, or to superior determinations, or simply to offer advice or criticism. For those who do not find what they seek in this collection, more complete compilations of physical constants are to be found in: Tables of Physical and Chemical Constants, G. W. C. Kaye and T. H. Laby, 13th edition 1966, Longman. Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 52nd edition 1971, Chemical Rubber Company. International Critical Tables. National Research Council, McGraw-Hill. Zahlenwerte und Funktionen aus Physik; Chemie; Astronomie; Geophysik and Technik. Landolt and Bornstein, Springer-verlag.
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1949. Fifth Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York., 77 pages. 8 oz. (Light Blue 6.75 x 4.375 x .375 inches Hardcover with black lettering/design). Physical Constants; Selected for Students with Seven Nomograms (Methuen's Monographs on Physical Subjects) by W. H. J. Childs. Contents: General Physics, Heat, Light, Magnetism and Electricity. Sound.
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He was born in Bromley-by-Bow in London on 19 January 1905, the son of William and Elizabeth Jane Childs.
He was educated at East Ham Grammar School and then attended the University of London graduating Bachelor of Science in 1924. He continued as a postgraduate, being awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in 1928.
He then received a position on the Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory (forming part of the Royal Institution where he worked 1931 to 1940. During the Second World War he served on the Armaments Research Department, and stayed in this role until demobbed in 1947. In 1947 he received a Professorship from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and lectured in Physics there until retiral in 1969.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1949, his proposers including Norman Feather and C T R Wilson.
He died on 26 April 1983.
(Time changes most things, and physical constants are seem...)
(1949. Fifth Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York., ...)