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Part of the 'British Men of Science' series, and published by Nelson 1964. An account of J. J. Thomson and his work, by G.P. Thomson.
D/1: Preface; Chapter 1 and 2 (incomplete)
D/2: Chapter 6
D/3: Chapters 7, 8 and 9 (incomplete
D/4: Chapters 10, 11 and 12; Appendix (incomplete)
D/5: Lists of illustrations

With re-cast and re-assigned chapter headings.

With re-cast and re-assigned chapter headings.

Re proposed 'Science Centre' on the South Bank, where the Royal Society would have had premises in 'New Burlington House'. Taylor was strongly opposed to the idea, and the folder includes ms. letters sent by him to Fellows and Officers of the Society. Includes a letter from G. P. Thomson.

Also includes draft description of G.P. Thomson's work on electron diffraction.

Thompson, E.P. 1975

Thomson, G.P. n.d. c.1964

Titterton, E.W. 1950, 1952

Todd, W.M. 1976

The film bears the caption 'Sir Joseph J. Thomson is welcomed by Bell Telephone Engineers and escorted through their laboratories at the Western Electric Co., New York, March 28 1923'. It is accompanied by a brief letter re the film to G.P. Thomson, 23 October 1962, from H.F. Wickham of Associated Electrical Industries Limited.

The notes are in pencil, blue and red ink or biro, and include short narratives, diagrams, calculations, bibliographical indications, etc. The notebooks are all headed 'J.J. Thomson' but are not dated.
D/13: Notes on J.J. Thomson's papers (some in detail) and those of others, or on history of Cavendish Laboratory. Includes plan for 'Chapter IV'.
D/14: Similar material. Both ends of book used. Includes notes for 'Unplaced possible additions' (on pumps - used as Appendix in book).
D/15: Similar material. Both ends of book used. P.3 is headed 'J.J.T. continued'. Pps. 1 & 2, headed 'Leckhampton', contain a draft proposal for Leckhampton House, the postgraduate campus of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, officially established in 1961 during the Mastership of G.P. Thomson.

Thomson, G.P. 1940. Includes note from R.W.B. Stephens.

Titterton, E.W. 1940-41

Turner, L.A. 1941. Telegram only.

Tyndall, A.M. 1940

Unidentified

Includes correspondence re the birth of Rose's son George Paget Thomson.

Trinity Lodge, Cambridge - Thanks the Frazers for their congratulations for George's Nobel Prize, assures them that he had nothing to do with it; George has had a serious illness and 3 major operations over the last two years.

Some pages apparently torn from ringback notebooks.

Originally used by G.P. Thomson for mathematical notes on Gamma Functions (c. 1910-12) and continuing with drafts for biography of J. J. Thomson. Includes some loose pages of plans and notes.

Mostly re illustrations.

Signed G. P. Thomson, Kathleen, and Janet on verso.

With printed material consulted by G.P. Thomson for the biography.

Address given by G. P. Thomson at International Conference on the Quantum Interactions of the Free Electron, held 23-25 Apr 1956 at University of Maryland, and published in Physics Today, Aug 1956, which bears a photograph of J.J. Thomson on the cover.

Undated, but refers to G.P. Thomson's experiments on electron waves (1927).