Kelvin collection, c [ca. 1874-ca. 1906] [microform]. : correspondence, papers and notebooks relating to William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. [ca. 1874-ca. 1906]

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Kelvin collection, c [ca. 1874-ca. 1906] [microform]. : correspondence, papers and notebooks relating to William Thomson, Lord Kelvin. [ca. 1874-ca. 1906]

"Personal and scientific correspondence and papers, incl. c.5,600 letters addressed to him, 31 letter books 1878-84, 1889-1906 containing drafts of c.4,000 out-letters, 180 research and other notebooks and travel journals 1835-1907, and drafts of his publications". Cf. Guides to sources of British history, v.2 (1982).

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