Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937 (Baron Rutherford of Nelson, physicist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1871 - 1937
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
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Correspondence of Ernest Rutherford and others with Adolph Isenthal, concerning radium
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10369
Dates:
1903-1908 (and one dated without year)
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Ernest, Baron Rutherford of Nelson (1871–1937): Correspondence and Papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7653
Scope and Contents
Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), Baron Rutherford of Nelson, was born in Nelson, New Zealand. In 1895 he came to England to be a research student under J.J. Thomson at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. His first professorial appointment was at McGill University in Montreal, 1898-1907, where he and Frederick Soddy advanced the transformation theory, the still-accepted interpretation of the phenomenon of radioactivity. While in Canada Rutherford also made contact with two other outstanding...
Dates:
1890-1938
Conditions Governing Access:
The MS Add.7653 Ernest Rutherford papers are owned by the University of Cambridge and are open for consultation under the normal regulations of the University Library's manuscripts collections; see http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/manuscripts/.
The only limitations to use are in respect of the low-level radioactivity of a small number of items in the collection. Further advice is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room staff.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Ernest, Lord Rutherford: Correspondence and Papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8249
Scope and Contents
List of subscribers to a presentation made to Rutherford, McGill University, Montreal, 1 May 1907. Letter from Rutherford to 'Mr Becker', 1 Feb. 1909. Letter from the Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig, to Rutherford, 28 May 1912, with a rough translation by Rutherford. Contract between the Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft and Rutherford, 7 Aug. 1912, with a rough translation by Rutherford. Letter from W. Vaughan, Montreal, to Rutherford, 16 Aug. 1912. Statement of accounts due to...
Dates:
1907-1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Ernest, Lord Rutherford of Nelson: Letters to George Briggs
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8832
Scope and Contents
13 letters from Rutherford concerning his and Briggs' work in nuclear physics, especially the velocity of a-rays, and containing details about members of staff and the Cavendish Laboratory.
Dates:
1924-1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Ernest Rutherford: Letters to A.B. Wood
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8404
Scope and Contents
Typescript and manuscript letters from Ernest Rutherford to A.B. Wood, with a covering note of 28 March 1984.
Dates:
1913-1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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John Strutt, 3rd Lord Rayleigh: Sound detection papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8243
Scope and Contents
Papers sent to Lord Rayleigh regarding sound detection in water. 1. R.A.S. Paget, Board of Invention and Research, letter to Rayleigh, 6 October 1915, 1 page, enclosing no. 2. 2. Sir Ernest Rutherford, Manchester University, 'Report on methods of collection of sound from water and the determination of the direction of sound', 30 September 1915, 11 pages. 3. R.A.S. Paget, letter to Rayleigh, 25 October 1915, 2 pages, enclosing no. 4. 4. A. Mallock, 'Experiments on the determination of the...
Dates:
1915-1916
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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