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

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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

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 hisread 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.

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