__NOTOC__ Harold George "Jerry" Jerrard (1921 – 2013) was a British physicist known for his books with Donald Burgess McNeill. His research concerned

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, and included reviving the theory of the

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for modeling the behavior of polarised light, 60 years after it was suggested by

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and then largely forgotten. He was a reader of physics at the

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, a professor of physics at

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, and a

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. He also enjoyed sailing on

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, and served for 20 years in local politics in the

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, becoming leader of the borough council, mayor, and a member of the

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Selected publications

Books

*Jerrard, H. G., and McNeill, D. B. (1960). ''Theoretical and Experimental Physics''. United Kingdom:

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. *Jerrard, H. G., and McNeill, D. B. (1963). ''A Dictionary of Scientific Units, Including Dimensionless Numbers and Scales.'' United Kingdom:

. 6th ed., 1992.Reviews of ''A Dictionary of Scientific Units'': D. N. Baron, ''Journal of Anatomy'', ; E. Brüche, ''Physikalische Blätter'', ; Eric Deeson, ''Physics Bulletin'', ; A. S. G. , ''Current Science'', ; C. A. Hogarth, ''Physics Bulletin'', ; Elisabeth Weber, ''Angewandte Chemie'', , ; D. O. Wharmby, ''Physics Bulletin'', ; Eric Ziegel, ''Technometrics'', ,

Articles

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References

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