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Graham, Thomas (1805-1869)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0120 MSS.2551-2584

Held at: Wellcome Library

Title: Graham, Thomas (1805-1869)

Date(s): 1821-1868

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 34 volumes

Name of creator(s): Graham | Thomas | 1805-1869 | chemist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Graham became professor at Andersonian University, Glasgow, 1830-1837, and at University College, London, 1837-1855. He was Master of the Mint, 1855 to his death. For further information see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Thomas Graham comprising notes, chiefly on chemistry, and some correspondence, 1821-1868.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented by Mrs. Tweedie 1929.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Combustion | Chemical processes
Diabetes mellitus | Diseases | Pathology
Dialysis | Chemistry, analytical | Investigative techniques | Medical techniques
Fossil fuels | Fuels
Medicine, traditional | Culture
Osmosis | Permeability | Chemistry, physical | Chemistry
Phosphates | Inorganic compounds | Chemical compounds
Recipes | Literary forms and genres | Literature
Chemical Compounds

Personal names
Graham | Thomas | 1805-1869 | chemist

Corporate names

Places