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1 N/A THMG/E/1 Manuscript notes on 'Electrodeless Discharge'. nd None
2 N/A THMG/E/2 Typescript draft with ms. additions on 'Atomic Energy from Deuterium' nd, c January 1947 None
3 N/A THMG/E/3 Two copies, both annotated, of duplicated typescript of 'Atomic Energy from Deuterium', of which E.2 is a draft. None
4 N/A THMG/E/4 Spring-back binder labelled 'Toroid 1947'. None
5 N/A THMG/E/5 Spring-back binder labelled 'Toroid. Early calculations', containing ms. notes and calculations nd None
6 N/A THMG/E/6 Spring-back binder labelled 'Toroid' containing various notes and calculation nd None
7 N/A THMG/E/7 Spring-back binder containing 4 pp. ms. calculations entitled 'Small Torus'. nd None
8 N/A THMG/E/7A Spring-back binder containing ms. notes and calculations entitled 'Large Torus. Notes'. nd None
9 N/A THMG/E/8 Spring-back binder containing 'Calculations relating to Torus without disintegration' nd None
10 N/A THMG/E/9 Spring-back binder labelled 'Synchroton & Tonnemann [Synchrotron and (P.) Thonemann] type devices, Misc. calc.' None
11 N/A THMG/E/10 Duplicated typescript 'Note on the Torus Project', n.d., but with ms. annotation by Thomson 'Sent to Bunneman Feb. 27 1948'. None
12 N/A THMG/E/11 Duplicated typescript on 'Effect of charge-exchange from gas molecules entering the torus' 3 June 1949 None
13 N/A THMG/E/12 Typescript headed 'Thermonuclear Reactions', January 1950. Jan 1950 None
14 N/A THMG/E/13 Various appendices to the typescript D12 None
15 N/A THMG/E/14 Bundles of later ms. notes and calculations relating to typescript E12 None
16 N/A THMG/E/15 Spare copy of 'Thermonuclear Reactions'. Carbon of typescript with appendix on 'Accumulation of Waste Products'. 1966 None
17 N/A THMG/E/16 Typescript on '"Wirbelrohr" Oscillations'. None
18 N/A THMG/E/17 Folder labelled 'Wirbelrohr Calculations'. None
19 N/A THMG/E/18 Folder labelled '4th Report. Air Cored Betatron work at Imperial College. December 1950'. 1949-50 None
20 N/A THMG/E/19 Spring-back binder containing 'Papers relating to work with Hemming on excitation of gas discharge by synchrotron action with travelling wave. 1951' None
21 N/A THMG/E/20 'Estimate of neutron yield from torus under threshold conditions'. June 1951 None
22 N/A THMG/E/21 Spring-back binder containing 'Calculations for yield of Tori of different sizes'. 12 March 1952 None
23 N/A THMG/E/22 'Theory of Torus with concentrated discharge assuming constant "tyrewise" velocity. Part I'. None
24 N/A THMG/E/23 Photocopy of typescript of E.22, dated November 1951. Nov 1951 None
25 N/A THMG/E/24 'Theory of Torus assuming constant "tyrewise" velocity. Part II'. None
26 N/A THMG/E/25 2 copies (not identical) of typescript version of E.24, dated November 1950. Nov 1950 None
27 N/A THMG/E/26 'III. Power required to run a discharge in a Torus'. None
28 N/A THMG/E/27 Typescript of E.26, dated January 1952. Jan 1952 None
29 N/A THMG/E/28 3 sets of background notes and a graph. None
30 N/A THMG/E/29 Calculations headed 'General Theory with constant tyrewise velocity w'. None
31 N/A THMG/E/30 Folder labelled `Thermonuclear Work. Folder 1. Professor Thomson's papers' None
32 N/A THMG/E/31 Papers relating to a conference on `The Physics of Ionized Gases' held at University College, London, 23-25 March 1953. 1953 None
33 N/A THMG/E/32 Two typescript drafts (not identical) of paper on 'The Pinch Discharge in a Wholly Ionised Gas'. October 1963' None
34 N/A THMG/E/33 'Addendum to "Pinch Discharge in a Wholly Ionised Gas"'. None
35 N/A THMG/E/34 Duplicated typescript of E.32 with ms. annotations, circulated as A.E.R.E. Harwell report X/M 119 October 1953 None
36 N/A THMG/E/35 Undated ms. draft of paper on 'Pinch Discharge in a Partially Ionised Gas'. None
37 N/A THMG/E/36 Correspondence with A.A. Ware, November-December 1953, with re-draft of part of E.35. None
38 N/A THMG/E/37 Typescript draft of E.35 with ms. corrections December 1953 None
39 N/A THMG/E/38 Duplicated typescript of E.35, with ms. annotations, circulated as A.E.R.E. Harwell report X/M 122 17 December 1953 None
40 N/A THMG/E/39 Folder labelled `Miscellaneous Calculations and Results', 23 April 1954 None
41 N/A THMG/E/40 Undated ms. draft headed 'Loss of particles to the walls in presence of crossed electric and magnetic fields'. None
42 N/A THMG/E/41 'Miscellaneous calculations. Torus' None
43 N/A THMG/E/42 'Miscellaneous calculations. Torus' None
44 N/A THMG/E/43 'Miscellaneous calculations. Torus' None
45 N/A THMG/E/44 'Miscellaneous calculations. Torus'. None
46 N/A THMG/E/45 'Estimate of power required for a pinch' nd None
47 N/A THMG/E/46 'Note on Highly Ionised Discharge' nd None
48 N/A THMG/E/47 'Power loss in discharge' nd None
49 N/A THMG/E/48 Ms. and typescript versions of a second draft of E.47 undated None
50 N/A THMG/E/49 'Detailed calculations for paper on the plasma shock waves'. Ms. notes paginated from 10 - 18 nd None
51 N/A THMG/E/50 Soft-cover notebook containing calculations re thermonuclear work interleaved with some personal and autobiographical notes. None
52 N/A THMG/E/51 Spiral bound notebook containing calculations re thermonuclear work, notes on articles, personal jottings, etc. None
53 N/A THMG/E/52 Spiral bound notebook containing calculations re thermonuclear work and a few miscellaneous notes. None
54 N/A THMG/E/53 Spiral bound notebook containing calculations re thermonuclear work including Zeta and Sceptre, notes and drafts for lectures and publications, miscellaneous jottings, etc. None
55 N/A THMG/E/54 Spiral bound notebook with rather miscellaneous contents None
56 N/A THMG/E/55 Spiral bound notebook containing miscellaneous calculations, notes for lectures, personal jottings, etc. None
57 N/A THMG/E/56 Spiral bound notebook with only 3 remaining pages containing mathematical calculations and miscellaneous notes. None
58 N/A THMG/E/57 Spiral bound notebook with only one remaining page, containing a calculation None
59 N/A THMG/E/58 Blue notebook with some pages missing containing miscellaneous calculations, mainly re thermonuclear work. None
60 N/A THMG/E/59 Red notebook containing miscellaneous notes and calculations re thermonuclear work, starting from both ends of the book. None
61 N/A THMG/E/60 Hard-cover notebook originally used by Thomson at school, but mainly containing notes on various aspects of thermonuclear research. None
62 N/A THMG/E/61 Miscellaneous bundles of undated calculations re thermonuclear work. Includes 2 sets on Langevin Mobility. None
63 N/A THMG/E/62 'Conditions for the Neutral Atom in a Pinched Discharge to be confined to a sheathe'. 12 pp. typescript draft with ms. corrections nd None
64 N/A THMG/E/63 Duplicated typescript version of E.62 circulated as A.E.R.E. Harwell report X/R 1831 January 1956 None
65 N/A THMG/E/64 Several bundles of calculations c 1950 None
66 N/A THMG/E/65 Programme of a one-day conference on 'The production of controlled thermonuclear energy', Harwell, 4 June 1956, 1956 None
67 N/A THMG/E/66 Typescript, with ms. additions, on 'Energy Balance' June 1956 None
68 N/A THMG/E/67 Spiral-bound notebook containing Thomson's notes of a conference on 'Controlled Thermonuclear Reactions', held at Berkeley, California 20–23 February 1957 None
69 N/A THMG/E/68 'On the radial electric field necessary for containment in a "pinch" discharge'. 1957 None
70 N/A THMG/E/69 2 ms. drafts, labelled A and B None
71 N/A THMG/E/70 Typescript with ms. additions on 'The Use of Alpha Rays as Probes' 22 June 1959 None
72 N/A THMG/E/71 Typescript containing preliminary specification with drawings and calculations for toroidal wave guide, no title or date c 1946 None
73 N/A THMG/E/72 'Method of using the nuclear energy of the D-D reaction' nd, c1946 None
74 N/A THMG/E/73 5 pp. typescript, no author or date, describing the mode of action of the toroid. None
75 N/A THMG/E/74 Draft provisional patent specification for 'Improvements in or relating to high temperature systems' by G.P. Thomson and M. Blackman None
76 N/A THMG/E/75 Provisional specification for U.K. patent application No. 13963/46 by Thomson and Blackman for `Improvements in or relating to high temperature systems' None
77 N/A THMG/E/76 Complete specification for U.K. patent application No. 13963/46 by Thomson and Blackman for 'Improvements in or relating to high temperature systems' None
78 N/A THMG/E/77 Correspondence with Ministry of Supply re U.S. patent application 1947-49 None
79 N/A THMG/E/78 Correspondence re U.K. and U.S. patent applications. Includes drafts of amendments July and October 1951 None
80 N/A THMG/E/80 3 copies of complete specification for patent application for 'Improvements in or relating to High Temperature Systems', filed in U.K. and U.S. 14 Jan 1953 None
81 N/A THMG/E/81 Correspondence mainly re U.S. patent applications. Dec 1952 - May 54 None
82 N/A THMG/E/82 Correspondence May re U.S. and U.K. patents. May 1955 - Jan 56 None
83 N/A THMG/E/83 2 copies of specification for U.S. patent. 1956-57 None
84 N/A THMG/E/84 Correspondence re U.K. and U.S. patents. Aug 1957-Sep1958 None
85 N/A THMG/E/85 Correspondence re patent applications No. 13963/46 and 1034/52 Mar-Nov 1959 None
86 N/A THMG/E/86 Spring-back binder labelled 'Papers on Patent for Extraction of Power'. None
87 N/A THMG/E/87 Contents of folder labelled '1958. MS relating to extraction of power'. The original folder has been discarded. April 1959 None
88 N/A THMG/E/88 Notes of various meetings 1946–49 None
89 N/A THMG/E/89 Correspondence 1947–51 None
90 N/A THMG/E/90 Spring-back binder labelled 'Aldermaston Contract. Secret letters 1951-52'. 1951 None
91 N/A THMG/E/91 A.E.I./A.E.R.E. Joint Progress Meetings 2 and 4 5 February 1952 None
92 N/A THMG/E/92 A.E.I./A.E.R.E. Joint Progress Meeting 7 19 October 1953 None
93 N/A THMG/E/93 A.E.I./A.E.R.E. Joint Progress Meetings 8 - 10 1954 None
94 N/A THMG/E/94 A.E.I./A.E.R.E. Joint Progress Meetings 12 - 14 1955 None
95 N/A THMG/E/95 A.E.I./A.E.R.E. Joint Progress Meetings 15 - 17 1956 None
96 N/A THMG/E/96 A.E.I./A.E.R.E. Joint Progress Meetings 20 - 21 1957 None
97 N/A THMG/E/97 A.E.I./A.E.R.E. Joint Progress Meetings 22 - 24 1958 None
98 N/A THMG/E/98 A.E.I./A.E.R.E. Joint Progress Meetings 25 - 27 1959 None
99 N/A THMG/E/99 A.E.I./A.E.R.E. Joint Progress Meetings 28 - 31 1960 None
100 N/A THMG/E/100 A.E.I./A.E.R.E. Joint Progress Meetings 32 - 34 1961 None
101 N/A THMG/E/101 A.E.I./A.E.R.E. Joint Progress Meetings 35 - 37 15 March 1962 None
102 N/A THMG/E/102 A.E.I./A.E.R.E. Joint Progress Meetings 38 - 40 1963 None
103 N/A THMG/E/103 C.T.R. [Controlled Thermonuclear Research] Advisory Committee. Minutes of meetings 1 and 2 >1957 None
104 N/A THMG/E/104 Meeting of C.T.R. Advisory Committee 18 December 1958 None
105 N/A THMG/E/105 Meeting of the C.T.R. Advisory Committee 4 November 1959 None
106 N/A THMG/E/106 Letters from T E Allibone 1958–63 None
107 N/A THMG/E/107 Correspondence with D R Chick 1958–60 None
108 N/A THMG/E/108 Correspondence with S E Hunt 1960 None
109 N/A THMG/E/109 Correspondence with R S Pease nd None
110 N/A THMG/E/111 Correspondence with A A Ware 1958–60 None
111 N/A THMG/E/112 T E Allibone: Statement for Chairman of Associated Electrical Industries Ltd. Progress in Thermonuclear Research at Associated Electrical Industries Limited 1958 None
112 N/A THMG/E/113 Typescript by W P Allis: 'Seminar on the Pinch Effect' 29 April 1952 None
113 N/A THMG/E/114 Typescript by R J Bickerton titled 'Scaling hours and the Stable Pinched Discharge', nd None
114 N/A THMG/E/115 Typescript by M Blackman titled 'Drift of Electrons at the core of the "Pinch"' nd None
115 N/A THMG/E/116 Typescript by R F Hemmings titled 'Probe Measurements in a Ring Discharge' 20 March 1952 None
116 N/A THMG/E/118 Typescript by S E Hunt titled 'The Levitron Experiment. An appreciation for the Plasma Physics Research Sub-Committee' nd, c1959 None
117 N/A THMG/E/119 Typescript by B S Liley titled 'Sceptre' 1957 None
118 N/A THMG/E/120 Typescript by P A Sturrock titled 'Non-linear effects in electron plasmas' c 1955 None
119 N/A THMG/E/121 A.E.R.E. report by W B Thompson titled 'A phenomenological theory of the constricted gas discharge at moderate currents' May 1952 None
120 N/A THMG/E/122 Typescript by W B Thompson titled `The Diffusion Theory of the Constricted Gas Discharge' October 1952 None
121 N/A THMG/E/123 A.E.R.E report by W B Thompson titled ,The theoretical characteristics of constricted discharges in mercury and caesium vapour' None
122 N/A THMG/E/124 A.E.R.E report by W B Thompson titled 'An elementary theory of the Hall effect in a gas discharge' February 1954 None
123 N/A THMG/E/125 Typescript by W B Thompson titled 'The Scaling of the Constricted Gas Discharge' nd None
124 N/A THMG/E/126 Typescript by W B Thompson titled 'Gas Discharge Project' nd None
125 N/A THMG/E/127 Typescript titled 'Equilibrium Characteristics of a Pinched Gas Discharge Cooled by Bremsstrahlung Radiation' nd None
126 N/A THMG/E/128 Typescript titled 'Pressure in a Gas Discharge' nd None
127 N/A THMG/E/129 typescript by W B Thompson and R.T.P. Whipple titled 'Neutral Gas Pressure Effects in the Gas Discharge' nd None
128 N/A THMG/E/130 Typescript by W B Thompson titled 'Electron Beam as a Magnetic Probe' with calculations nd None
129 N/A THMG/E/131 Typescript by W B Thompson and S.J. Roberts titled 'The Viscous Discharge. A New Model of the Highly lonised Gas Discharge' nd None
130 N/A THMG/E/132 Set of 8 duplicated typescript lectures titled 'An Introduction to Plasma Physics'. nd None
131 N/A THMG/E/133 Typescript by S W Cousins and A A Ware titled 'High Current Discharge Research. March 1949-March 1950)' c 1949-50 None
132 N/A THMG/E/134 Typescript by A A Ware titled 'Relativistic Treatment of "Pinch" Forces' nd None
133 N/A THMG/E/135 Typescript by A A Ware titled 'Low Frequency Ring Discharge Giving Continuous "Pinch" Forces' nd None
134 N/A THMG/E/136 Typescript by A A Ware titled 'Note on the Theory of the "Pinch" Effect' nd None
135 N/A THMG/E/137 Typescript by A A Ware titled 'The Radial Electric Field in a High Current Discharge and the Effect of the Discharge Tube Wall' 1 October 1952 None
136 N/A THMG/E/138 Typescript by A A Ware titled 'Power Loss due to Current Zeros in a Toroidal Ring Discharge - Suggested 50 cycle Ring Discharge' 6 January 1953 None
137 N/A THMG/E/139 Typescript by J A Wesson titled 'The Effects of Stray Magnetic Fields on Plasma Containment' 17 May 1960 None
138 N/A THMG/E/140 Two typescripts by multiple authors 1957 None
139 N/A THMG/E/141 Five unsigned typescripts 1960-62 None
140 N/A THMG/E/142 Miscellaneous diagrams, photographs, etc. None
141 N/A THMG/E/143 Bundle of miscellaneous reprints re thermonuclear research. None
142 N/A THMG/E/144 Small ring-binder containing lists of articles read by (or recommended to) Thomson 1959–70 None
143 N/A THMG/E/145 Miscellaneous bundles of notes and calculations, all undated n.d. None