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Add MS 48983
- Record Id:
- 032-001958775
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001958775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x0003da
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 48983
- Title:
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LETTERS OF SCIENTISTS, MAINLY TO JOHN TATLOCK, electrical engineer, of Glasgow, and including four letters (ff. 3-10) from Michael Faraday to William Thomson (Baron Kelvin 1892); 1859-1908, n.d. Arranged alphabetically by writers, names of whom are given in the Index to the present Catalogue. Paper; ff. 23. Quarto. 1859-1908, n.d. Presented by H. J. Tatlock, Esq.
- Scope & Content:
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Natural Science: Letters of scientists, mainly to J. Tatlock: 1859-1908.
includes:
- f. 1 Sir James Dewar, FRS: Letter to J. Tatlock: 1882.
- ff. 3-10 William Thomson, Baron Kelvin: Letters to, from M. Faraday: 1859.
- ff. 3-10 Michael Faraday, scientist: Letters to W. Thomson: 1859.
- f. 11 Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, scientist: Letter to Messrs. Baird and Tatlock: 1904.
- f. 13 Wilhelm Konrad Röntgen, d 1923 German physicist: Letter to W. Friedrich (?): n.d.: Germ.: Imperf.
- f. 14 Silvanus Phillips Thompson, physicist: Letter to J. Tatlock: 1908.
- ff. 15-22 William Thomson, Baron Kelvin: Letters to J. Tatlock: 1880-1904.
- f. 22 John Tatlock, electrical engineer, of Glasgow: Note by: aft. 1904.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001958775
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001958775
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
German - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1859
- End Date:
- 1908
- Date Range:
- 1859-1908
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
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Halbert John Tatlock: Presented: in 1955.
- Exhibitions:
- British Library Treasures, (online), 27 February 2016-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Dewar, James, Knight, chemist and physicist, 1842-1923
Faraday, Michael, natural philosopher, scientific adviser, and Sandemanian, 1791-1867
Lodge, Oliver Joseph, scientist; of Add MS 48983
Röntgen, Wilhelm Konrad, German physicist, d 1923
Tatlock, Halbert John
Tatlock, John, electrical engineer, of Glasgow
Thompson, Silvanus Phillips, physicist
Thomson, William, Baron Kelvin