Physics
Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:
Ambrose Fleming: Notes on James Clerk Maxwell's lectures
Notes by Ambrose Fleming on the last course of lectures given by James Clerk Maxwell at Cambridge University, delivered October 1878 - June 1879. There is an index at the front of each volume.
Cosslett Associated Papers
Drawings relating to the construction of the first UK high voltage transmission electron microscope at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.
Douglas Rayner Hartree: Calculations on Schubaurer's Ellipse
Four folders of handwritten calculations, c. 1930s: Schubaurer's Ellipse - 0.2 to 0.4, 0.4 to 1.0, 1.0 to 1.8, and 1.8 to 2.0. Loose items: a letter from L.J. Comrie to Hartree, 17 September 1937, discussing a calculation; a letter from Bertha Jeffreys, Lady Jeffreys, to A.E.B. Owen, 5 December 1986, forwarding a letter from Prof. L. Howarth of Bristol, confirming that the papers were likely to be those of Hartree, and citing his publications on these experiments.
Edmund Hopkinson: Notes on Nicholas Saunderson's Lectures
Covers mechanicks, hydrostaticks, pneumaticks, sounds, opticks, the rainbow, astronomy and tides.
Ernest Rutherford: Letters to A.B. Wood
Typescript and manuscript letters from Ernest Rutherford to A.B. Wood, with a covering note of 28 March 1984.
Francis William Aston: Correspondence and Papers
Frank Oldham: Student Notebooks
Oldham's notes of his experimental work in physics for the Natural Sciences Tripos, Part II, 1925-1927. An enclosed letter from Oldham, 24 July 1973, explains that he came to St John's College, Cambridge, in 1925 with a degree from King's College, London, which excused him from Part I of the Tripos. A copy letter from Prof. A.B. Pippard, 12 July 1973, acknowledges receipt of the notebooks for the Cavendish Laboratory archives.
George Frederick Charles Searle: Notebooks and Class Experiments
James Clerk Maxwell: Letters to George Chrystal and other papers
The collection is comprised of papers relating to James Clerk Maxwell, George Chrystal, Prof. William Garnett (Maxwell's Demonstrator at the Cavendish Laboratory), and John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh. A typed note states '5.10.67: Presented by Professor Mott, these were found among the possessions of his late Father, who worked in the Cavendish Laboratory for two years in the early days'. The miscellaneous items, nos. 22-26, are in Maxwell's hand.
John Parnther: Notes and transcripts of lectures
Notes by John Parnther of Peterhouse College on a series of lectures given at Cambridge University. Lectures by N. Saunderson and Robert Smith on hydrostatics, sounds, optics, mechanics, astronomy, the tides, technical chronology, dioptrica and catoptrica.
Papers of Piotr Leonidovich Kapitza
The material was mainly collected by Professor David Schoenberg while he was writing the Royal Society Memoir of Kapitza in 1985. Régis Brun provided additional correspondence to, from and about Kapitza in 2007. This is a small collection of papers, pamphlets, letters and extracts from published sources relating to Kapitza. It includes xerox copies.
R V Jones Associated Papers
These papers were deposited by Steuart Campbell, who corresponded with R V Jones in the 1980s. The contents are mainly letters from R V Jones, sent to Campbell between 1980 and 1988.
Sir George Gabriel Stokes: Miscellaneous Papers
Sir Gordon Sutherland: Correspondence and Papers
Sir Joseph John Thomson: Correspondence and Papers
Sir William Lawrence Bragg and others: Correspondence and Papers
The Papers of Brigadier Ralph Alger Bagnold
The collection comprises documentation of Bagnold's desert expeditions, the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) and scientific research, supplemented by maps and photographs. The collection includes drafts of Bagnold's autobiography ("Sun, Wind, War and Water", 1991) and draft chapters on the history of the LRDG, as well as some personal papers and correspondence.
The Papers of Bruno Pontecorvo
Personal papers and correspondence relating to Bruno and Marianne Pontecorvo and their family, including Bruno's scientific correspondence.
The Papers of C. T. R. Wilson
Papers comprising correspondence, mainly about barrage balloons and airships, 1917-40, photographs and offprints.
The Papers of Dame Athene Donald
The majority of the collection relates to Donald's scientific career and research: including publications; academic conferences; papers relating to scientists collaborating and working for Donald; scientific findings and data. It also includes material, including articles, relating to Donald's role as a gender equality champion and a copy of her blog.
The Papers of Dr (Vernon) Ellis Cosslett
Correspondence and papers concerning the development of the Electron Microscope
The Papers of E T S Walton
The material at Churchill Archives Centre comprises Walton's Cavendish Laboratory notebooks with associated papers and correspondence.
The Papers of Edward George Bowen
The Papers of Gabriele Rabel
The Papers of Jack Ratcliffe
Papers relating to physics, including articles, lectures, research notes and correspondence.
With biographical material, 1987-9.