Hadfield, Sir Robert Abbott (1858-1940)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0117 MS/220
Held at	: Royal Society   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://royalsociety.org/collections/ ›
Full title	: Hadfield, Sir Robert Abbott (1858-1940)
Date(s)	: 1869-1933
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 item
Name of creator(s)	: Hadfield | Sir | Robert Abbott | 1858-1940 | Baronet | metallurgist and industrialist
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, 1858; educated at Sheffield collegiate school; discovered of manganese steel, 1882; patented silicon steel, 1886; took over the family steel business; chairman and managing director of Hadfields Steel Foundry Company, 1888-1940; fellow of the Royal Society, 1909; died, 1940.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Bibliography of the Effects of Very Low Temperatures upon the Properties of Metals between the years 1869-1933, prepared by Sir Robert Hadfield.

Access & Use

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English

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Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions:
General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Feb 2009.