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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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4 pp.
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(1832-1903)
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Bequeathed by Henrietta Litchfield (née Darwin) to Margaret Keynes.
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Gift of Margaret Keynes, April 1952.
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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 his society is in Aberdeen.
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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.
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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.