Four folders of handwritten calculations, c. 1930s: Schubaurer's Ellipse - 0.2 to 0.4, 0.4 to 1.0, 1.0 to 1.8, and 1.8 to 2.0. Loose items: a letter from L.J. Comrie to Hartree, 17 September 1937, discussing a calculation; a letter from Bertha Jeffreys, Lady Jeffreys, to A.E.B. Owen, 5 December 1986, forwarding a letter from Prof. L. Howarth of Bristol, confirming that the papers were likely to be those of Hartree, and citing his publications on these experiments.
Douglas Rayner Hartree: Calculations on Schubaurer's Ellipse
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- Reference
- GB 12 MS Add.8329
- Dates of Creation
- 1930-1986 (Circa)
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 1 file(s) 1 box-file
Scope and Content
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Acquisition Information
Transferred from the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, 1980.
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