IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA C/PP4
Held at: King's College London College Archives
Title: TOMLINSON, Herbert (1845-1931)
Date(s): 1881-1889
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume
Name of creator(s): Tomlinson | Herbert | 1845-1931 | physicist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born 1845; education at St Peter's School, York, and Christ Church, Oxford; Demonstrator and Lecturer in Natural Philosophy at King's College London, 1870-1894; Principal of the South-Western Polytechnic, Chelsea, 1894-1904; died, 1931. Publications: numerous papers and articles published in learned journals including the Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society and the Philosophical Magazine.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
The papers of Herbert Tomlinson, [1895-1904], comprise a printed volume of lectures delivered to the Royal Society by Tomlinson between 1881 and 1889, mainly concerning the effects of strain in materials and on viscosity.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open, subject to the signature of a reader's undertaking form.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
Physical characteristics:
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Tomlinson presented the volume to the Governors of Chelsea Polytechnic in 1930. It was transferred from Chelsea College Library in 1985.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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Related material:
Cambridge University Library: letters to Sir George Stokes, 1866-1886 (Ref: Add 7342, 7656).
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Sources: Who's Who. Entry compiled by Geoff Browell.
Date(s) of descriptions: May 2002