Papers of W. K. Clifford

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9-16 Miscellaneous mathematical notes Item 1870s
20 List of Arabic physicians and scientists Item 1875?
23 Notes beginning ‘But to the question “How do I come to exist, having just such a conscience as I have?” I answer after the teaching of Mr Darwin’ Item 1870s
26-8 Miscellaneous mathematical notes Item 1870s
32 Leaves from the Pall Mall Gazette, used as a wrapper by Lucy Clifford and marked by her ‘Letters & bits of writing of W. K. Clifford—very precious.’ Item 2 Jan. 1882
3a-d Four cancelled cheques drawn by W. K. Clifford on the London & County Bank in favour of J. J. Heywood, Macmillan & Co., E. Coe, and ‘Self’ Item 14 June 1869-18 Mar. 1870
7 Printed syllabus for a series of four lectures at the Royal Institution entitled ‘The General Features of the History of Science’, 27 Feb.-20 Mar. 1875 Item 26 Feb. 1875
9 Notes for ‘The Men of the Return’, Lecture IV (in the series ‘The General Features of the History of Science’) Item c. Mar. 1876
13 Partial draft of a paper entitled ‘On the Respect which is due to Opinions’ Item 1870s
5 Printed circular letter issued by W. H. Corfield as Honorary Secretary of the Organon Club, soliciting subscriptions for a testimonial for W. K. Clifford Item 16 Jan. 1879
1 Proof or offprint of pages from the Proceedings of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, containing the text of a lecture by W. K. Clifford entitled ‘On some of the Conditions of Mental Developement’, delivered at the Royal Institution on 6 Mar. 1868 Item 1869?
4 Printed pamphlet entitled The First and the Last Catastrophe: a Criticism of Some Recent Speculations about the Duration of the Universe, being the text of a lecture delivered by W. K. Clifford before the Sunday Lecture Society on 12 Apr. 1874 Item 1875
8 Offprint of an article by W. K. Clifford entitled ‘On the Free Motion under no Forces of a Rigid System in an n-fold Homaloid. (Provisional Notice.)’, extracted from the Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, vol. vii (1876) Item 1876
18 Galley proof of an article (by W. K. Clifford?) entitled ‘A Short Way with the Ritualists’, reprinted from The Examiner, 14 July (1870s?) Item 1870s?
23 Proposal for an insurance with the Law Fire Insurance Society, completed by W. K. Clifford Item 9 May 1876
31 Offprint of an article by Thomas Whittaker entitled ‘“Mind-Stuff” from the Historical Point of View’, reprinted from Mind, no. xxiv (Oct. 1881) Item 1881
1 Typed text of a lecture by Edwin Albert Power entitled ‘Exeter’s Mathematician (W. K. Clifford)’, delivered at the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, 10 Sept. 1969 Item 1969
6 Notes by A. M. Dilke on Leslie Stephen: His Thought and Character in Relation to His Times, by Noel Annan (1951) Item 1970s?
8 Leaf from The Times, containing a review of Clifford’s Lectures and Essays Item 22 Oct. 1879
12a Note from Macmillan & Co. Item 24 Nov. 1879
14 Cutting from the Daily News, containing an obituary notice of W. K. Clifford Item 6 Mar. 1879
18 Cutting from a newspaper, containing an obituary notice of W. K. Clifford Item Mar. 1879
6 The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art Item 15 Mar. 1879
9 The Inquirer Item 5 Apr. 1879
D1 Notebooks File 1860s-70s
D2 Photographs File 1860s-70s
1 Albumen carte-de-visite of a woman (perhaps Mary Fryer Clifford) by Dupleich, 5 rue de Noailles, Marseille Item 1860s or 1870s
7 Albumen carte-de-visite of W. K. Clifford by W. & A. H. Fry, 68 East Street, Brighton Item 1870s
13 Envelope marked ‘Photo’s’ Item late 19th c.
1 Essay on a passage from Bacon’s Instauratio Magna Item 1860s