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A 23 pp. typescript account by Carmelita Hinton (Taylor's cousin by marriage) with a ms. note 'Written for friends for Xmas 1924', and a ms. note by Batchelor 'Sent to Stephanie Ravenhill. Part 2 describes a cruise on "Frolic" with G.I.T. as skipper.'
The party included 'Aunt Maggie' (Taylor's mother), 'another cousin Ursula' [Nettleship, see A.161], a 'Dr. Adrian' [E.D. Adrian] and 'The O'Malleys' [see A.163].

Autograph ms., pages numbered 3-41, with a note by G.K. Batchelor, 'Found in G.I's garage in a water-stained folder, July 1976'.
Although the pagination begins p.3, the paper begins `Some months ago Sir J.J. Thomson suggested to me to try and find some explanation of the action of crystal rectifiers, and the experiments described in this paper are the results of this suggestion'. It seems therefore that the missing pages 1 and 2 did not include the substance of the paper.
Also included is correspondence re the paper between G.K. Batchelor and A.B. Pippard, 1976.

Exercise-book, with ms. note by G.K. Batchelor inside front cover 'Notebook used by G.I.T. on `Scotia' in 1913'. Contains notes, drawings and calculations on anemometer observations on turbulent air, 8 May-27 July 1913. Includes drawings for the tethered kite on the mast-head which enabled successful observations to be taken.
Some pages have been torn from the rear of the book.

This became paper T.1421d for Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (Taylor's comments on the paper T.1421 by Cowley and Levy).
The paper has various diagrams, calculations and `doodles' by Taylor, probably made during committee meeting.

Covering the years 1919-34; written for Science and Humanity Year-book.

Visit to California Institute of Technology. 1968
Eighth Symposium on Naval Hydrodynamics, Pasadena, California. 1969
British Hydromechanics Research Association: talk on fluid science. 1969-70
Visit to Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1970
Visit to Fort Collins, Colorado State University. 1970

Bess Rosenthal died in 1971 but the family continued to write to `dear Uncle G'.

Third Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics (CANCAM 71). 1971
Visit to Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1971
Taylor delivered the Lester Gardner Memorial Lecture, which encouraged G.K. Batchelor and M. Van Dyke to propose a 'Recorded dialogue with G.I. Taylor' to take further some of the ideas expressed.
Invitation to Jubilee Session, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow. 1971
Invitation to Second Congress of Polish Science, Warsaw. 1972
150th Anniversary of Franklin Institute. 1973
Congress on 'Advanced Problems in Mechanics', and Panetti Centenary, Turin. 1975
250th Anniversary celebrations, Academy of Sciences, Moscow. 1975

Mainly letters to Margaret Taylor re presentation of drawings and paintings by her husband to various museums and galleries, 1931-35. Includes correspondence from: S. Cockerell (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge), C. Dodgson (Dept. of Prints and Drawings, British Museum), M. Hardie (Victoria and Albert Museum), 1931-33, Fine Art Society. A curriculum vitae of Edward Taylor is also included.

Includes letter to Julian from W.B.L. Trotter, 1914 and letters to Taylor from Julian, 1919, 1956-61. Press-cuttings, and order of Memorial Service after death of Julian Taylor, 1961.

Family tree of the descendants of William and Alice Boole.(Photocopy supplied by G.K. Batchelor)
Misc. genealogical notes on the Boole family (to 1879).
Notes for a family tree by Taylor, with a ms. footnote `notes of talk between GIT and E.L. Voynich'

Misc. items relating to George Boole.

Includes: 2 autograph signatures of George Boole.

Notes of various items relating to Boole in the possession of the Taylor family.

List of items relating to Boole left at `Farmfield' at Taylor's death, and their disposition (compiled by G.K. Batchelor).

List of material presented by Taylor to the Royal Irish Academy, May 1954.

Press-cuttings re Boole.

Material relating to the celebration of the occasion at the Royal Irish Academy, at which Taylor gave a talk `George Boole and his family connexions'. Includes: Invitation to attend, programme of events, a letter from W.C. Kneale on Boole's poetry and a letter from H.B. Hartley re Taylor's article.

One of these letters has ms. notes and calculations by Taylor on verso

Includes photograph of Taylor and P.A. Sheppard, 1958.

Includes correspondence with:
J. I. Beck, 1969
J. S. Bunt (Taylor's bequest of his portrait to Glenn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea), 1969
M. Deacon (taped interviews with Taylor), 1969
T. Griffiths (his profile of Taylor, see A.4), 1972
J. Hanson (history of Royal Aeronautical Establishment, etc.), 1968
R. MacLeod (Taylor's papers), 1972
M. Slocombe (BBC Sound Archives), 1970

Paper Met.66 for Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

Concerns the formation, constitution, membership, records of early meetings of The Yacht Research Council. Taylor was a founder member of the Council, and Chairman of the Committee on Sail Design. Includes related correspondence, and a copy of a brochure on the Council's work, 1961