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Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937. Correspondence, 1890-1937.

Title: Correspondence, 1890-1937.

This microfilm edition of Rutherford's papers in Cambridge University Library provides an invaluable resource for the study of the progress o f radioactivity, atomic physics, and nuclear physics.

ArchivalResource: ca. 3400 letters (on 6 microfilm reels).

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THOMPSON, Professor Silvanus Phillips (1851-1916), 1828-1951

Title: THOMPSON, Professor Silvanus Phillips (1851-1916) 1828-1951

ArchivalResource: 6 boxes

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Henrici, O. (Olaus), 1840-1918. Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1876-1902.

Title: Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1876-1902.

Materials by or relating to Olaus Magnus Friedrich Erdman Henrici can be found in the following series: Referees Reports: 19 reports by Henrici on papers by (i) W. K. Clifford, (ii) R. S. Heath, (iii) R. Lachland, (iv) J. J. Walker, (v) W. Brennand, (vi) H. M. Taylor, (vii) T. A. Hearson, (viii) McAulay, (ix) W. F. Sheppard, (x) K. Pearson and L. N. G. Filon. Miscellaneous Correspondence: 1 letter to the Royal Society. Manuscripts (General): 2 letters to Joseph Larmor in the Larmor Letters.

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Everett, J. D. (Joseph David), 1831-1904. Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1863-1902.

Title: Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1863-1902.

Materials by or relating to Joseph David Everett can be found in the following Series: Manuscripts (General): 6 letters in the Larmor Letters and 2 letters (to Edward Sabine) in the Sabine Letters. Referees Reports: 3 reports by Everett on paper by (i) J. Prestwich, (ii) E. H. Griffiths (iii), A. Findley. 4 joint reports by J. Tyndall, J. C. Maxwell, and W. A. Miller on papers by Everett. Miscellaneous Correspondence: 3 letters to the Royal Society. Archived Papers: 2 papers. Herschel Letters: 1 letter to J. F. W. Herschel. Topic: (1) atmospheric electricity (2) experiments on flexure.

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Bragg, William Henry, Sir, 1862-1942. Miscellaneous letters, 1907-1931.

Title: Miscellaneous letters, 1907-1931.

Letters to Joseph Larmor, Arthur Schuster and to the Royal Society.

ArchivalResource: 23 items.

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Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907. Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1851-1906.

Title: Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1851-1906.

Materials by or relating to William Thomson can be found in the following series: Referees Reports: 120 reports by W. Thomson on papers by other scientists; 8 reports on papers by him. Manuscripts (General): 14 letters to A. Schuster; 15 letters to J. Larmor; 2 letters to T. E. Thorpe; addressess to the Royal Society on Kelvin Centenary 1924. Miscellaneous Correspondence: 12 letters to the Royal Society. Philosophical Transactions: 8 papers. Archived Papers: 9 papers. Miscellaneous Manuscripts: 4 items. Herschel Letters: 2 letters to J. F. W. Herschel.

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Helen Wright Collection on George Ellery Hale, 1887-1972

Title: Helen Wright Collection on George Ellery Hale, 1887-1972

The working papers, correspondence, publications, photos and biographical materials of George E. Hale (1868-1938) form the collection known as the Helen Wright Collection on George Ellery Hale in the Archives of the California Institute of Technology. Not only was Hale the foremost solar astronomer of his day, but he was also exceedingly energetic in the organization and promotion of the enterprise of science, both at home and abroad. The materials in the collection reflect both aspects of his career, as well as his other interests and personal life.

ArchivalResource: 6 linear feet

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George Ellery Hale papers, 1882-1938

Title: George Ellery Hale papers, 1882-1938

This collection documents George Ellery Hale's role in planning and developing major observatories in the U. S., and in founding the California Institute of Technology and the Huntington Library. The collection also illustrates the role Hale took in organizing the National Research Council, and in promoting international cooperation among scientists. Records relating to Hale's work on the spectrohelioscope are also included.

ArchivalResource: 80 linear feet

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Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938. Papers of George Ellery Hale, 1882-1938.

Title: Papers of George Ellery Hale, 1882-1938.

Correspondence and documents (1904-1937) relating to Hale's role in planning and developing major observatories in the U.S., including Mt. Wilson and Palomar, in founding the California Institute of Technology and the Huntington Library, in the organization of the National Research Council, and in promoting international cooperation among scientists; correspondence and notebooks (1926-1936) relating to Hale's work on the spectrohelioscope; family correspondence, diaries, autobiographical notes, fundraising appeals, and honors. Correspondents include Giorgio Abetti, Andrew Carnegie, Gano Dunn, Albert Einstein, H. Guggenheim, Herbert Hoover, Sir James H. Jeans, Sir Joseph Larmor, Arthur A. Noyes, Ernest Rutherford, Woodrow Wilson, Robert S. Woodward, the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and the University of Chicago.

ArchivalResource: 100 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71068765 View

Orr, William M'Fadden, d.1934. Papers, 1898-1926.

Title: Papers, 1898-1926.

Working notes and drafts, and copies of published papers on mathematical and physical problems; correspondence with contemporary mathematicians and physicists including R. V. Southwell, National Physical Labaoratory, Middlesex, and A. E. H. Love, and Joseph Larmor, St. John's College, Cambridge.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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Webb, Robert Rumsey, 1850-1936. Letters and notes.

Title: Letters and notes.

Ms. notes on various mathematical topics and problems. 3 letters to Sir. J. Larmor, 1900, 1917 & n.d.

ArchivalResource: Less than 1 box.

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Larmor, Joseph, 1857-1942. Correspondence with Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson.

Title: Correspondence with Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson.

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Huggins, William, Sir, 1824-1910. Correspondence, 1865-1908.

Title: Correspondence, 1865-1908.

17 letters to J. F. W. Herschel; 214 letters to Joseph Larmor; ca. 80 letters to the Royal Society.

ArchivalResource: 377 items.

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Correspondence, 1906-1937.

Title: Correspondence, 1906-1937.

Primarily letters to Rutherford from his students and colleagues. The correspondence reflects his research achievements and ability to attract and train brilliant students as well as his involvement with the institutional establishment of science. The letters, rich in technical content, particularly for the early years, provide a picture of the scientific community and the state of science during the first four decades of the 20th century. Topics of the collection include radioactivity, atomic and nuclear physics, and his professorships. Principal correspondents include Bertram B. Boltwood, Niels Bohr, William H. Bragg, Robert W. Boyle, James Chadwick, John Cockcroft, Marie Curie, Arthur S. Eve, Kasimir Fajans, Hans Geiger, Otto Hahn, George E. Hale, Georg Hevesy, John Joly, Louis V. King, Joseph Larmor, Gilbert N. Lewis, Ernest Marsden, Stefan Meyer, John N. Pring, Owen W. Richardson, Harold R. Robinson, Arthur Schuster, Frederick Soddy, and Joseph John Thomson.

ArchivalResource: 6 reels.

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Havelock, Thomas, Sir, 1877-. Papers, ca. 1894-ca. 1968.

Title: Papers, ca. 1894-ca. 1968.

Includes material on education and honours received by Thomas Havelock (degrees, medals, and a menu); letters relating to Havelock's early attempts to become an apprentice shipbuilder (1893); notebooks relating to military matters (Chelsea Barracks, 1916) as well as to lectures by J. J. Thomson at Cambridge (ca. 1896), by Macdonald on waves and Bessel functions, and Larmor on Electricity (1900); a laboratory notebook on electricity; offprints of materials by Havelock and others; graphs of various kinds, not accompanied by text.

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Archive for the History of Quantum Physics, 1898-1950 (bulk), 1898-1950

Title: Archive for the History of Quantum Physics, 1898-1950 (bulk) 1898-1950

Primary source materials for the history of quantum physics in the twentieth century, collected under the auspices of the American Philosophical Society and the American Physical Society, with a grant from the National Science Foundation.

ArchivalResource: 300.0 Microfilm reel(s), 12,500 items on 300 microfilm reels; 107 recordings

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Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940. Papers, 1874-1912.

Title: Papers, 1874-1912.

Notebooks containing notes taken by Lodge at lectures by Henrici, Clifford; Physical notebooks 1-9 (experimental notes) [notebook 8 contains first use of term 'coherer']; Research notebooks (results, tables, graphs, ether experiments); Index of Papers for References and for Students' notes for Lodge's own lectures, 1885-1895 (incomplete). Letters from various scientists of the day, including A. P. Chattock, G. F. Fitzgerald (Trinity College Dublin), Sir Joseph Larmor (St. John's College Cambridge), Sir Richard Glazebrook.

ArchivalResource: 30 notebooks, letters.

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Heaviside, Oliver, 1850-1925. Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1891-1921.

Title: Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1891-1921.

Materials by or related to Oliver Heaviside can be found in the following series: Manuscripts (General): 8 letters to Joseph Larmor (Larmor Letters); Miscellaneous Manuscripts: 7 items including letters to H. Rix, A. W. Porter, and G. E. C. Searle; Miscellaneous Correspondence: 6 items (mostly lettes to the Royal Society. Referees Reports: 3 reports by Heaviside on papers by (i) A. McAulay, (ii) K. Pearson and A. Lee; 3 reports on papers by Heaviside by (i) J. H. Poynting and J. J. Thomson, (ii) W. Burnside. [Topic: electo-magnetism, personal matters.]

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Davis, Bergen, 1869-1958. Notebooks, 1899-1912.

Title: Notebooks, 1899-1912.

Student notebooks and experimental notebooks. The student notebooks (1899-1904) consist of lecture and laboratory notes taken by Davis while a student at Columbia University, the University of Göttingen, and Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory. Courses and professors at Columbia University include Mechanics, taught by Robert S. Wood; Light Theory, by William Hallock; and Electronics and Magnetism, by Michael I. Pupin. At the University of Göttingen courses included Mechanics, taught by R.G. Weber; Basic Mechanics and Magnetism, taught by Woldemar Voigt; and Electric Phenomena, by Carl V.E. Reicke, as well as other courses (teachers unidentified) on thermodynamics, the theory of gases, and electric phenomena in gases. At the Cavendish Laboratory courses included Electrodynamics, taught by Sir Joseph Larmor, and Hydrodynamics by Sir George Stokes. The experimental notebooks (1899-1900) are for work done while a research fellow at Columbia University in the fields of electricity and magnetism, electron dymanics, and circuit equations.

ArchivalResource: 1.8 linear ft.

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Dewar, James. Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1877-1917.

Title: Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1877-1917.

Materials by or relating to James Dewar can be found in the following series: Manuscripts (General): 43 letters to Joseph Larmor in the Larmor Letters; 2 letters to John Hall Gladstone; 2 letters to Arthur Schuster in Schuster Correspondence. Miscellaneous Correspondence: 12 letters to the Royal Society. Referees Reports: 11 reports by Dewar on papers by (i) W. N. Hartley and A. K. Huntingdon (ii) E. J. Mills (iii) W. A. Tilden and W. A. Shenstone (iv) T. S. Humpidge (v) Wm. Ramsay and Sydney Young (vi) H. W. Callendar (vii) J. Joly. Council Documents: 8 items. Miscellaneous Manuscripts: 2 items.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83660361 View

Sir George Gabriel Stokes: Miscellaneous Papers, c.1830s-1902

Title: Sir George Gabriel Stokes: Miscellaneous Papers c.1830s-1902

ArchivalResource: 96 boxes

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Larmor, Joseph, 1857-1942. Correspondence, 1884-1940.

Title: Correspondence, 1884-1940.

Includes 2221 items of correspondence to J. Larmor in 7 volumes; also 100 items of correspondence from Larmor, mainly to The Royal Society.

ArchivalResource: 7 volumes.

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Eddington, Arthur Stanley, Sir, 1882-1944. Papers. 1909-1932.

Title: Papers. 1909-1932.

Includes 11 letters to Joseph Larmor.

ArchivalResource: 12 items.

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Sir Joseph Larmor collection, 1905

Title: Sir Joseph Larmor collection 1905

ArchivalResource: Correspondence (2 leaves)

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Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940. Correspondence, 1874-1938.

Title: Correspondence, 1874-1938.

Correspondence, mainly scientific. Principal correspondents include: H. E. Armstrong, 1885-1932; W. E. Ayrton, 1884-1899; A. P. Chattock, 1888-1927; G. F. Fitzgerald, 1883-1900; G. C. Foster, 1874-1915; O. Heaviside, 1885-1915, Sir J. Larmor, 1885-1936; A. Muirhead, 1887-1911; J. W. Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, 1885-1916; S. P. Thompson, 1929-1932, W. Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, 1884-1907.

ArchivalResource: 1,991 items.

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Larmor, Joseph, 1857-1942. Papers.

Title: Papers.

Correspondence (ca. 510 items); papers, including manuscripts of his published and unpublished works; and materials for a work on the dissipation of energy.

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Webb, Harold Worthington, 1884-1974. Autobiography, ca. 1962.

Title: Autobiography, ca. 1962.

Webb describes working as a child with his father, who had studied in Göttingen with Hermann von Helmholtz and was a consultant for the building of the Manhattan Bridge; his early education; his undergraduate education at Columbia College and further work with his father at Stevens Institute during his senior year; graduate work at Columbia University under Michael Pupin, Albert Wills, George Pegram, William Hallock, and Ernest F. Nichols; his assistantship to visiting professors Vilhelm F. K. Bjerknes, Hendrik A. Lorentz, and Otto Lummer; work with George Pegram on heat developed by thorium; Ph.D. work under Nichols; research at the Cavendish Laboratory where he heard lectures by John J. Thomson and Joseph Larmor, and at Berlin where he attended lectures by Max Planck and Walther Nernst; a brief account of the state of physics in the first decade of the 20th century; his World War I work in the Signal Corps in radio and arc cathodes; his return to Columbia University after the war, where he reorganized the Ernest Kempton Precision Laboratory and taught graduate courses; his early research in atomic physics; the growth of physics during the 1920s; activities as secretary of the American Physical Society (1923-1929 and 1939-1941); and his outside interests, marriage, and family

ArchivalResource: 13 pp.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82999267 View

Ernest Rutherford correspondence, 1890-1937, 1890-1937

Title: Ernest Rutherford correspondence, 1890-1937 1890-1937

This microfilm edition of Rutherford's papers in Cambridge University Library provides an invaluable resource for the study of the progress o f radioactivity, atomic physics, and nuclear physics.

ArchivalResource: 6.0 Microfilm reel(s)

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Larmor, Joseph, 1857-1942. Papers, ca. 1880-1937.

Title: Papers, ca. 1880-1937.

Working papers on electrostatics and c. 300 items of correspondence with contemporary scientists (in Add 7656, Add 7342, Add 7653.

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Bassett, Alfred Barnard, 1854-1930. Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1887-1923.

Title: Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1887-1923.

Materials by or relating to Alfred Barnard Bassett can be found in the following series: Manuscripts (General): 8 items in the Larmor Letters. Miscellaneous Correspondence: 5 letters. Referees Reports: 3 reports by Basset on papers by (i) J. H. Mitchell (ii) R. A. Sampson. 5 reports on papers by Bassett by (i) W. M. Hicks (ii) J. J. Thomson and G. F. Fitzgerald (iii) William Thomson and H. Lamb [Topic: viscosity and elasticity].

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81818797 View

Larmor, Joseph, Sir, 1857-1942. Letters to Lord Rayleigh, 1896-1917.

Title: Letters to Lord Rayleigh, 1896-1917.

ArchivalResource: 17 items.

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Edward Williams Morley Papers, 1833-1923, (bulk 1863-1899)

Title: Edward Williams Morley Papers 1833-1923 (bulk 1863-1899)

Chemist and physician. Correspondence, certificates, and printed matter, including letters from Myron A. Munson, Morley's college roommate and lifelong friend, written while Munson was serving in the Union Army in 1864, and extensive correspondence with prominent European and American scientists.

ArchivalResource: 1,200 items; 3 containers; 1.2 linear feet

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Larmor, Joseph, 1857-1942. Letters to K. Pearson, 1888-1911.

Title: Letters to K. Pearson, 1888-1911.

ArchivalResource: 24 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78821041 View

Glazebrook, Richard, 1854-1935. Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1878-1932.

Title: Items in various series of The Royal Society, 1878-1932.

Materials by or relating to R. T. Glazebrook can be found in the following series: Miscellaneous Correspondence: 72 items. Referees Reports: 22 reports by Glazebrook on papers by other scientists. 3 reports on papers by Glazebrook. Council Documents: 31 items. Manuscripts (General): 28 letters to Joseph Larmor (Larmor Letters) and 6 letters to Arthur Schuster (Schuster Correspondence). Miscellaneous Manuscripts: 2 items. Archived Papers: 1 paper. Topic: thermal conductivity, specific heat of gases, electricity.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79294519 View