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- 1946-1970 (Creation)
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145 files
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The material is divided as follows:
E.1 - E.70 Notes, drafts and calculations, 1946-59
E.71 - E.87 Patent applications relating to thermonuclear energy, 1946-59
E.88 - E.90 Correspondence and papers, 1946-52
E.91 - E.105 Minutes of meetings, 1952-63
E.106-E.111 Correspondence, 1958-63
E.112-E.143 Research reports and lectures by others
E.144, E.145 Miscellaneous other material
The survival of Thomson's research notes and drafts for this period (E.1 - E.70) is particularly interesting in view of the secrecy restrictions which allowed him to publish so little (but see F.114, F.115), although some of his drafts were reproduced for limited circulation as Harwell research reports (see, e.g., E.34, E.35).
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See F.150 - F.209 for further material on thermonuclear energy.