Identificatie
referentie code
Add. MS c/1/86
Titel
Letter from J. Clerk Maxwell to R. B. Litchfield
Datum(s)
- 27 May 1857 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Stuk
Omvang en medium
4 pp.
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
archiefbewaarplaats
Geschiedenis van het archief
Bequeathed by Henrietta Litchfield (née Darwin) to Margaret Keynes.
Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging
Gift of Margaret Keynes, April 1952.
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
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… read more
Verwante materialen
Notitie Publicaties
Published in The Scientific Letters and Papers of James Clerk Maxwell P. M. Harman, ed. Cambridge University Press, 1990, vol. I, no. 119.
Aantekeningen
Aantekening
Part of a collection of fifteen letters from Clerk Maxwell to Litchfield dating from 1853 to 1858 (Add. MS c.1/78-91).
Aantekening
Letter marked "11" in red ink on front, with editorial marks throughout.
Trefwoorden
Naam ontsluitingsterm
- Maxwell, James Clerk (1831-1879), physicist (Onderwerp)