Pièce 86 - Letter from J. Clerk Maxwell to R. B. Litchfield

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Cote

Add. MS c/1/86

Titre

Letter from J. Clerk Maxwell to R. B. Litchfield

Date(s)

  • 27 May 1857 (Production)

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Pièce

Étendue matérielle et support

4 pp.

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Histoire archivistique

Bequeathed by Henrietta Litchfield (née Darwin) to Margaret Keynes.

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Gift of Margaret Keynes, April 1952.

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Portée et contenu

Gleinlair, Springholm, Dumfries. Describes a quiet life at Glenlair, and that he has not had a mathematical thought for a fortnight but is likely working subconsciously, shares news of friends and asks for more, notes how different his different hisread more

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Publication note

Published in The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell P. M. Harman, ed. Cambridge University Press, 1990, vol. I, no. 119.

Zone des notes

Note

Part of a collection of fifteen letters from Clerk Maxwell to Litchfield dating from 1853 to 1858 (Add. MS c.1/78-91).

Note

Letter marked "11" in red ink on front, with editorial marks throughout.

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