Papers, 1877-1914.

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Papers, 1877-1914.

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Manuscripts on permanent magnets and harmonic analysis, miscellaneous correspondence, papers, sketches and photographs, together with his own books, pamphlets and collected manuscripts. Included among the manuscripts are two fourteenth century manuscripts of Petrus Peregrinus, Epistola De Magnete, and Sacrobosco, De Spera. Thompson also collected letters and autographs of scientists ranging from von Guericke and Ampère to the electrical inventors such as Swan and Siemens who wrote to Thompson himself. These are bound in two albums with each letter mounted on a page faced by an engraving, photograph or cartoon of the writer.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Thompson, Silvanus P. (Silvanus Phillips), 1851-1916

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English physicist; author of works on electricity and magnetism, and on lives of scientists. Thompson had hoped to get enough subscriptions to print this work however it didn't materialize. There is a printed order form tipped in, saying the edition would be limited to 225 copies and printed by Ernest Enthoven at the Essex House Press. From the description of Albrecht Dürer's Geometry : manuscript translation of the 1538 edition of Underweysung der Mussung, ca. 1900. (Unknown). Worl...

Ampére, André-Marie, 1775-1836

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Epithet: electrician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000923.0x0002f4 French scientist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Monsieur Bredin in Lyon, le 29 floreal [ca. 19 May, no year]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131692 From the description of Official transcripts signed : Paris, 1807 Nov. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132659 French mathematici...