| Description | D.171-D.270. Editorial Correspondence
Academic Press, 1971
D.171. Request for comments on plans to publish work on "The mechanical properties of metals", expressing the hope Frank "will be able to write or edit such a work", 1 March 1971.
Acta Crystallographica, Various dates 1955-81
D.172. Chiefly re refereeing.
Acta Metallurgica, 1971
D.173. Refereeing.
Adam Hilger Ltd., 1981
D.174. Request for report on book on dolomite formation with a view to its possible UK publication, and Frank's report.
Annual Review of Materials Science, 1979
D.175. Request to write "a prefatory chapter for volume 11, which is to be published in the summer of 1981" (declined).
Applied Materials Research, 1964
D.176. Request for advice on the journal.
Butterworth & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., Various dates 1949-75
D.177. Chiefly 1971, 1974 and 1975 letters covering payments of quarterly honoraria and travelling expenses to Frank as a member of the company's Scientific Advisory Board. Letter of 27 June 1975 is on the discontinuation of the Board following "a review of our Scientific Publishing".
Cambridge Philosophical Society, 1971
D.178. Refereeing for Society's Proceedings.
Canadian Journal of Physics, 1975
D.179. Refereeing.
Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1967, 1973
D.180. Re Clarendon Press series Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials. Sir Nevill Mott sought Frank's advice on a proposed book on structure and properties of polymers, 1967. H. Fröhlich invited Frank to write for the series, 1973, but Frank replied "My retirement is due in 1976. I don't know whether I will write any book, but I am sure I won't before then."
Commission des Publications Françaises de Physique, 1968-83
Frank was invited to become a member of the Commission, run jointly by the Société Française de Physique and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, in June 1971. The role of the Commission, established 1967, was to uphold the quality of papers published by the Journal de Physique and the Revue de Physique Appliquée. In addition to refereeing papers for the Commission, Frank attended many of its meetings in Paris at which wider issues, such as the integration of European physics journals, were discussed.
D.181-D.190. General correspondence and papers, and papers for Commission meetings, 1971-77.
D.181. 1971. Includes invitation to join Commission, 23 June, and acceptance, 1 December.
D.182. 1972 January. Includes material re the formulation of common scientific symbols and abbreviations in European physics journals.
D.183. 1972 May-December. Frank attended the meetings on 5 June and 27 November.
D.184. 1973.
D.185. 1974 February-June. Frank attended the 25 February meeting.
D.186. 1974 September, October. Frank attended the 14 October meeting.
D.187. 1975 February, March. Frank attended the 11 March meeting. Includes letter, 17 March, re "the problems of any journal in Applied Physics". Frank concluded "there is room in Europe for one, and only one, journal of general applied physics".
D.188. 1975 September, October. Frank attended the 10 November meeting at which a proposal to create a section of applied physics was considered.
D.189. 1976.
D.190. 1977. Frank attended his last Commission meeting 7 March. He was replaced from September by R.S. Pease.
D.191-D.194. Correspondence re refereeing. 4 folders.
D.191. 1968-71
D.192. 1972-75
D.193. 1976-80
D.194. 1982, 1983, nd.
Contemporary Physics, 1978-85
Frank was invited to join the Editorial Board of Contemporary Physics as a consultant editor in May 1978. Owing to the pressure of other commitments Frank felt unable to join the Board until February 1979.
The material is chiefly papers for Board meetings and correspondence re papers offered for publication.
D.195. General editorial correspondence including initial invitation to join Editorial Board 19 May 1978 and letter welcoming Frank to Board 13 March 1979. Also signed dinner menu for "twenty first birthday of Contemporary Physics and tribute to the editor, G.R. Noakes", 1 April 1980. Signatories include Frank, Noakes, B.R. Coles, H.B.G. Casimir, J.A. Lee, J. Bentley, G.W. Series, Sir Nevill Mott and Sir Arthur Vick.
D.196-D.201. Papers for Board meetings. 6 folders.
D.196. 1979 3 May
D.197. 1979 11 October
D.198. 1980 1 April
D.199. 1980 2 October
D.200. 1981
D.201. 1985
D. 202-D.206. Correspondence re papers submitted to Contemporary Physics. Includes correspondence re refereeing by Frank. 5 folders.
D.202. 1979, 1980
D.203. 1980 December
D.204. 1981 January-April
D.205. 1981 May - November
D.206. 1982-86
Editions de Physique, 1977-78
The Advisory Board of the Société Française de Physique established a committee to oversee the launch of a series of monographs on fundamental and applied physics to be published by Editions de Physique. Frank was invited to join the committee on 9 December 1977. The project was abandoned, owing to financial difficulties, in October 1978.
D.207. Includes correspondence re proposed monograph reviewing synchrotron radiations, and papers for committee meetings 1978.
Dirasat, 1982
D.208. Refereeing.
Egyptian Journal of Physics, 1977, 1978
D.209. Refereeing.
Electronics Letters, 1973, 1974
D.210. Refereeing
Endeavour, 1978
D.211. Request to review book (declined).
Engineering Synopses, 1976-78
Frank was invited to serve as Royal Society representative on a British Library funded Bath University Library Advisory Committee for "the evaluation of an experiment in synoptic publishing" by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. The Project Head was J.H. Lamble. The committee met from 1976 78, and a Final Report was produced in 1979.
D.212. Invitation to serve, 5 August 1976; preliminary correspondence.
D.213. Copy of original proposal as sent to the British Library in support of the application for a grant.
D.214-D.218. Correspondence and papers, including papers for Advisory Committee meetings.
Much of the material is concerned with the form and content of the evaluation questionnaire and assessment of the information gathered therefrom. 5 folders.
D.214. 1977 (1)
D.215. 1977 (2)
D.216. 1978 (1)
D.217. 1978 (2)
D.218. 1978 (3)
Industrial Diamond Review, 1979[?]
D.219. 2pp typescript and proof copies of Frank's review of The Properties of Diamond by J.E. Field.
Institute of Physics Publishing Division, 1978, 1979
D.220. Invitation to act "as compiler for the title 'Dislocations. " for a series Keynote Reprints in Physics to be published in association with Adam Hilger Ltd., 10 August 1978, and correspondence arising.
Frank agreed to act as joint compiler with J.D. Eshelby but the project was abandoned in 1979.
International Journal of Fracture Mechanics, 1972
D.221. Refereeing
International journal on the texture of crystalline solids, 1971, 1972
D.222. Brief correspondence re the launch of the proposed journal including invitation to Frank to join the Editorial Advisory Board as an honorary member (accepted).
IPC Science and Technology Press Ltd., 1971
D.223. 1p typescript of Frank's review of Liquid Crystals and Their Applications, ed. T. Kallard.
Journal of Chemical Physics, 1969-74
D.224. Refereeing.
Journal of Computational Physics, 1981
D.225. Refereeing.
Journal of Glaciology, 1969, 1971
D.226. Correspondence re Frank's review of Physics of Ice, ed. N. Riehl et al.
Journal of Materials Science, 1965-86
Frank became an Advisory Editor in 1967, a year after its launch.
D.227, D.228. General correspondence, chiefly with R.W. Cahn, Chairman of Editorial Board, and W. Bonfield, Executive Editor. Includes minutes of Board meetings sent to Advisory Editors. 2 folders.
D. 229. Refereeing.
Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 1955, 1969-74
D.230. 1955 letter is request for Frank to review Physical Properties of Solid Materials by C. Zwikker. 1969-74 correspondence is re refereeing.
Journal of Molecular Structure, 1980
D.231. Request for Frank to review The Solid-Liquid Interface by D.P. Woodruff (declined).
(International) Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
Various dates 1972-87
D.232. 1986 correspondence is re Frank's contribution to the 30th Anniversary Issue in honour of Harvey Brooks. Includes 2pp typescript copy of Frank's tribute.
Journal of Polymer Science, 1974
D.233. Refereeing.
Journal of Statistical Physics, 1982
D.234. Circular letters from R. Landauer re "guest column section" for the Journal.
Macromolecular Reviews, 1971
D.235. Request for Frank to write a review article "on the theory of liquid crystals".
Mineralogical Society, 1976
D.236. Refereeing for Society's Magazine.
Nature, Various dates 1948-85
D.237. General correspondence. Includes request to review Crystal Defects and Crystalline Interfaces by W. Bollmann, 28 April 1971; proof copy of Frank's review of The Molten State of Matter : Melting and Crystal Structure by A.R.J.P. Ubbelohde; photocopy of "News and Views" section of Nature 306, 3 November 1983, p.13, referring to "the late F.C. Franck (who died last year)".
D.238-D. 242. Refereeing. 5 folders.
D.238. 1967-72
D.239. 1973
D.240. 1974 (1)
D.241. 1974 (2)
D.242. 1975, 1976, 1981
New Scientist, 1965
D.243. Request for article “about your ideas on materials and earthquakes".
Nuovo Cimento, 1968
D.244. Refereeing.
Oxford University Press, 1957, 1961
D.245. Material re The Oxford Library of the Physical Sciences series.
Philosophical Magazine, Various dates 1956-86
D.246-D.248. Refereeing. 3 folders.
D.246. 1956, 1968, 1969
D.247. 1972-76
D.248. 1983, 1985, 1986
Physical Review Letters, 1973
D.249. Refereeing.
Physics Letters A, 1975
D.250. Refereeing.
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 1977, 1978, 1983
D.251. Refereeing.
Physics Today, 1982
D.252. Request for Frank to write on "solitons" (declined).
Polymer, 1980, 1982
D.253. Refereeing.
Research, 1951
D.254. Re request for Frank to write "review article on crystal growth".
Royal Astronomical Society, 1975-77, 1985
D.255. Refereeing.
Royal Meteorological Society, 1949
D.256. Refereeing for Society's Quarterly Journal.
Science, 1977
D.257. Refereeing
Society of Chemical Industry, Nd.
D.258. Refereeing.
Solid State Physics, 1955
D.259. Request to contribute.
Solid State Science Reports, 1978, 1979
D.260. Correspondence with M.B. Gordon of Gordon & Breach, J.B. Goodenough, J. Friedel and G.J. Dienes re Solid State Science Reports, a series of review monographs on materials science. Frank agreed to act as joint editor.
Surface Science, 1973
D.261. Refereeing.
Tectonophysics, 1971
D.262. Refereeing.
Times Newspapers Ltd., Various dates 1971-85 and nd.
Material in D.263 and D.264 relates to letters to the editor of The Times from Frank on a variety of scientific and non scientific subjects.
D.263. 23 June 1971, "Four letter words".
15 April 1972, "Aubrieta".
31 July 1975, nuclear emulsion techniques.
D.264. 25 April 1980, "Wit as a weapon",
? November 1985, computer error.
Nd., "Three Lane Roads".
D.265. Request to Frank to write review article on major physics journals for The Times Higher Educational Supplement, 26 October 1978 (declined).
Trans Tech Publications, 1984
D.266. Letter suggesting the publication of Frank's "complete works".
Veneda Publishing Company Ltd., 1964
D.267. Invitation to contribute a book to a "popular science series".
Wiley Series on the Science and Technology of Materials, 1956
D.268. Invitation from J.H. Hollomon, advisory editor, to write a book on "the structure of polymers" for the series.
D.269. Book reviews of:
Naturforschung und Medizin in Deutschland, 1939-1946, vols. 8 and 9: Physik der festen Körper, ed. G. Joos.
The Atmospheres of the Earth and Planets, ed. G.P. Kuiper (report of a 1947 symposium).
Elasticity and Anelasticity of Metals by C.M. Zener (1948).
Radiative Transfer by S. Chandrasekhar (1949).
D.270. Miscellaneous referee's reports and comments.
D.271. Published Papers |