Printed papers, mathematical and philosophical notes, and other papers,

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2 Handbill for a course of lectures ‘On Seeing and Thinking’ to be read by W. K. Clifford for the Trades Guild of Learning at the Town Hall, Shoreditch, on 3, 10, and 17 Dec. 1874; including a syllabus of the first lecture Item 1874
7 Notes (possibly a draft syllabus for a lecture) containing a definition of research, a classification of the kinds of scientific apparatus, and a list of ‘phenomena produced or controlled’ Item 1870s
8 Notes beginning ‘We Secularists also hold opinions which may reasonably be called negative by those who hold the contrary opinions’; with geometrical notes on the back Item 1870s
17 Part of a letter from W. K. Clifford to William or Mary F. Clifford, or both Item 1860s or 1870s
18 Letter from James Challis to W. K. Clifford Item 25 Feb. 1867
20 List of Arabic physicians and scientists Item 1875?
24 Abortive notes on the ethics of alleviating pain, beginning ‘1. Answer to proposed question’ Item 1870s
4 Cutting from a newspaper, containing an article by Dr Maurice Davies entitled ‘The Bishop of Manchester at the East End’, including an account of a sermon by the Bishop (James Fraser) in response to W. K. Clifford’s article ‘The Unseen Universe’ Item 7 June 1875
6 Notes (possibly a draft syllabus for a lecture) beginning ‘Importance of establishing connections between different branches of scientific enquiry …’ Item 1870s
19 Transcripts of two passages from The Principles of Science, by W. Stanley Jevons, referring to P. G. Tait’s Thermodynamics Item 1874?
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
9-16 Miscellaneous mathematical notes Item 1870s
22 Beginning of an abortive letter Item 15 Nov. 1877
26-8 Miscellaneous mathematical notes Item 1870s
30 Calling card of Mrs W. K. Clifford 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