Papers of W. K. Clifford

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13 Envelope marked ‘Photo’s’ Item late 19th c.
1 Proof of a handbill for a lecture by W. K. Clifford entitled ‘The First and the Last Catastrophe; a criticism on some recent speculations about the duration of the universe’, to be read before the Sunday Lecture Society on 12 April 1874, including a syllabus of the lecture Item 30 Mar. 1874
3 Printed pamphlet entitled On the Scientific Basis of Morals, being the text of a lecture to be read (by W. K. Clifford before the Metaphysical Society) at the Grosvenor Hotel on 9 Mar. 1875 Item 1875
5 Proofs of leaves from the Contemporary Review, containing part of an article entitled ‘The Ethics of Belief’, corrected by hand; with mathematical notes on the back Item 1876
21 Draft syllabus of Clifford’s paper ‘The Ethics of Belief’ Item 1876?
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
25 Notes (probably a draft syllabus for a lecture) on the development of geometric algebras Item 1870s
29 List of the names and addresses of Gill, (Joseph Frank) Payne, and Lee (all doctors?) Item 3 Apr. (1870s)
31 Extract from Through Scylla and Charybdis, by George Tyrell (1907), possibly in the hand of Margaret Clifford Item c. 1907
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
8 Notes for a lecture (‘The Times and Places of Scientific Progress’, Lecture II in the series ‘The General Features of the History of Science’) Item c. Mar. 1876
11 Paper entitled ‘On the Influence upon Morality of a Decline in Religious Belief’ Item 1870s
1 Draft rules of the Cambridge Republican Club, etc., in the hand of W. K. Clifford Item c. Nov. 1870
2 Printed member’s ticket issued to W. K. Clifford for the forty-fifth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Bristol Item 1875
3 Ticket of admission to lectures by W. K. Clifford at the Royal Institution, signed by him Item 1875
7a-b Printed prospectus of the Clifford Testimonial Fund (2 copies) Item 1879
8 Certificate of the marriage of William Kingdon Clifford and Sophia Lucy Jane Lane on 7 Apr. 1875 Item 30 Jan. 1880
9 Cutting containing an article headed ‘From the “Devon and Exeter Gazette”’, regarding a pith-work model of the west front of Exeter Cathedral made by Mrs Kingdon (W. K. Clifford’s grandmother) for the Great Exhibition, 1851 Item c. 1911
7 Corrected proofs of leaves from the Contemporary Review, containing part of an article entitled ‘The Ethics of Belief’ Item 1876
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
10 Printed pamphlet entitled The Bearing of Morals on Religion, being the text of a lecture delivered by W. K. Clifford before the Sunday Lecture Society on 4 Mar. 1877 Item 1877
17 Uncut sheets, and parts of sheets, from Seeing and Thinking by W. K. Clifford, containing a chapter entitled ‘Of Boundaries in General’ Item 1879
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?
19 Galley proof of an article by W. K. Clifford entitled ‘Scientific Apparatus’, corrected by hand Item 1870s?
23 Proposal for an insurance with the Law Fire Insurance Society, completed by W. K. Clifford Item 9 May 1876
28 Leaves from the Revue Philosophique, containing a review by A. Ephraïm of Clifford’s Lectures and Essays Item 1880
1 Letter from James Clerk Maxwell to Frederick Pollock Item 12 Apr. 1876
10 Letter from W. H. Thompson to Frederick Pollock Item 28 Mar. 1881
9b Leaf from the proof of a pamphlet issued by University College, London, entitled Recommendation of the Faculties of Arts and Laws and of Science on the Teaching of Mathematics and Physics Item 1879
2 The National Reformer Item 26 Sept. 1880