Collection C/PP4 - TOMLINSON, Herbert (1845-1931)

Key Information

Reference code

C/PP4

Title

TOMLINSON, Herbert (1845-1931)

Date(s)

  • 1881-1889 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent

1 volume

Scope and content

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.

General Information

Name of creator

(1845-1931)

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 .

Custodial history

Tomlinson presented the volume to the Governors of Chelsea Polytechnic in 1930. It was transferred from Chelsea College Library in 1985.

Conditions governing access

Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only.

Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archives.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

Existence and location of originals

Off-campus collection

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Related materials

Cambridge University Library: letters to Sir George Stokes, 1866-1886 (Ref: Add 7342, 7656).

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Place access points

People and Organisations

Genre access points

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.

Script(s)

Archivist's note

Sources: Who's Who. Entry compiled by Geoff Browell.

Accession area