File 43 - Brief correspondence of biographical interest

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THMG/A/43

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Brief correspondence of biographical interest

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  • 1938; 1945 (Creation)

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Thomson, Sir George Paget (1892-1975), knight, physicist and Nobel laureate
(1892-1975)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Includes:
Thomson's letter to Commissioner of Metropolitan Police, requesting permission to buy ammunition for his `war trophy' pistol, in connection with his experiments at Imperial College on the deformation of metals under stress.
Correspondence re Thomson's cousin, Meyrick Paget, missing after the capture of Singapore.
A photograph of Thomson is also included in the folder.

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