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Lectures delivered by James Nicol (1810-79), geologist, Professor of Natural History, Aberdeen University, 1853-78; James Clerk Maxwell (1831-79), Professor of Natural Philosophy, Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1857-60; Professor of Natural Philosopy, King's College London, 1860-5; Professor of Experimental Physics, Cambridge, 1871-79.

Scope and Contents The collection comprises professional correspondence with scientists, publishers and colleagues in Britain and abroad, papers relating to King-Hele's career at the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), particularly research into satellite orbits and observations of the Sputnik satellites in the late 1950s, committee papers, draft versions of various publications, literary and scientific, and papers relating to lectures, conferences and events. The collection covers all of King-Hele's...

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Miscellaneous material relating to geodesy and geodynamics, including a report on terrestrial magnetism and atmospheric electricity work at Greenwich and Abinger, 1927-1929; reports and notes to members of the Committee for Geodesy and Geodynamics, 1928 and 1930; correspondence regarding the possibility of establishing a permanent Department of Geodesy and Geophysics at Cambridge University; and a copy of the International Association of Geodesy 'Rapport du Secrétaire Perpétuel', 1909.

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Papers and correspondence on tides.

Scope and Contents Most of the present collection dates from Lenox-Conyngham's years in Cambridge, but, the diaries apart, many items look back on his service with the Survey of India. The extensive correspondence with Burrard presents many new insights into the workings of the Survey, and the personalities of its senior officers, while that with R. H. Phillimore illustrates the many difficulties Phillimore encountered in compiling and publishing, in newly independent India, his massive History of the...

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The archive covers almost every aspect of Bullard's career, with the exception of his wartime papers, which he destroyed in 1945. The collection comprises: biographical and family materials; extensive collections of working papers relating to Bullard's research and publications; consultancy and committee papers; lecture notes; and a selection of correspondence; and documents relating to Bullard's antiquarian book collecting.