Scientific Lectures and Writings

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
1 Spring-back folder inscribed 'Rigid Dynamics. G.P. Thomson. Corpus Christi'. File
6 Folder of loose lecture notes inscribed on first page 'Geometrical Optics'. File [1922-30]
12 Folder of loose lecture notes, inscribed on first page 'Mathematics for Students in Physics'. Paginated 1-26, but material continues on similar topics. File
14 Lecture on 'Kinetic Theory', paginated 21-25, perhaps once part of a longer sequence (paper similar to that in F.3) File n.d
22 Spring-back folder inscribed `Elasticity' containing notes for lectures File
27 Folder of notes on various topics in physics, with various revisions and additions on nuclear physics and cosmic rays. File 1947
30 Spring-back folder inscribed 'Discarded pages from Wave Motion lectures'. File
35 'Electron Optics' File nd
36 Notes for 'British Association Discussion'. File
38 Talk titled 'Waves and particles'. File c 1928
40 'Diffraction of Electrons. Lecture at University College Feb.8/29'. File
48 'Electron Diffraction. Univ. of New York Lecture 1'. File 1929-30
54 Notes for a series of four lectures, no indication of place. File 1929-30
60 'The Waves of an Electron' File possibly 1928
62 'Optical Experiments with Electrons', notes 'extracted from a lecture to the Optical Society'. File 1930
70 'Electron Diffraction as a Method of Research' File Jan-Feb 1935
77 'The Electron Microscope'. File
81 Shorter notes for lectures, on 'refractive index', and on 'Analysis of surface layers'. File nd
85 Four sequences of notes by Thomson on crystal growth (one dated March 1938). File 1938-48
87 Sequence of notes on crystal growth File
90 'Origin of stars'. File
96 'Electrons: particles and waves', a talk for BBC 'Science Survey' File May 1951
102 Notes for `The Second Law of Thermodynamics deduced from information theory' File
104 Ms. and typescript draft of lecture titled 'Heavy Meson' File 1952
105 Duplicated version of `Heavy Meson' for distribution File 1952
106 'Mesons', ms. and typescript notes and drafts, with a heading 'Portugal' File 1952
107 'Capture of μ mesons by heavy nuclei', ms. draft and notes, with a heading `Not published'. File 1952
108 -109 Miscellaneous background material, reprints, conference proceedings, notes by others on the subject for 'Heavy Mesons' File 1952
114 'The Containment of Plasma by the Pinch Discharge' File 1958
116 Draft chapter on 'Light', for proposed book on physics for adults, which Thomson was asked to contribute to a series published by Harper and Brothers. File May-December 1958