MILLER, Professor William Allen (1817-1870)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP5 |
Held at | : King's College London College Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/archivespec/ › |
Full title | : MILLER, Professor William Allen (1817-1870) |
Date(s) | : 1848-1852 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 2 volumes |
Name of creator(s) | : Miller | William Allen | 1817-1870 | Professor of Chemistry |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 17 December 1817, Ipswich; Demonstrator of Chemistry, King's College London, 1840; MB and MD, University of London, 1841-2; Professor of Chemistry at King's College London, 1845; Fellow, Royal Society, 1845; died, 30 September 1870.
Publications: Elements of Chemistry, theoretical and practical (London, 1855-1857); Introduction to the study of inorganic chemistry (1871); editor of Elements of meteorology (John W. Parker, London, 1845); On the importance of chemistry to medicine (London, 1845); Practical hints to the medical student (London, 1867).
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Out letter book, 1848-1852, containing copy letters relating to applied chemistry, in particular to the role of Professor William Allen Miller as a consultant retained by the Western Gaslight Company, and charged with improving the efficiency of its manufacturing facility at Vauxhall, Surrey, and in a similar capacity to undertake the analysis of particulate residues and other by-products of incomplete combustion in an industrial setting; the experimental analysis of various phosphates and salts; commentary upon the telegraph and upon suggestions that the earth itself could act as a substitute electrical conductor over distances.
Chemistry teaching and research notes, c 1845
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Two items as described i Scope and Content
Conditions governing access:
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services.
Finding aids:
Summary guide entry on-line and due to be published in hard copy.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Letter book transferred by the Chemistry Department, King's College London. Notes loaned by Mr David Tarbun, 2002.
Allied Materials
Related material:
King's College London College Archives holds further entries relating to the career of Professor Miller in King's College Council Minutes (Ref: KA/C/M); King's College Professorial Board Minutes (Ref: KA/PB/M).
Letters to Sir George Stokes, 1856-1870, are held at the Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Cambridge University Library (Ref: Add 7342, 7656).
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
King's College London Calendars. Entry compiled by Annabel Dodds and Geoff Browell.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with 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:
18 July 2000
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