GB 0098 B/EGERTON - EGERTON, Sir Alfred (1886-1959)

12 boxes

Accumulated by Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine during the course of business.
GB 0098 B/EGERTON Created 1908-1958 Collection (fonds) 12 boxes Egerton , Sir , Alfred Charles Glyn , 1886-1959 , knight , chemist
Born, 1886; educated at Eton, University College London; Reader in Thermodynamics, Oxford University, 1921-1936; elected Fellow of the Royal Society, 1923; Professor of Chemical Technology, Imperial College, 1936-1952; Secretary, Royal Society, 1938-1948; Knighted, 1943; Rumford medal of the Royal Society, 1946; Chairman of Scientific Advisory Council to Minister of Fuel and Power, 1948-1953; Director, Salters Institute of Industrial Chemistry, 1949-1959; Emeritus Professor of Chemical Technology, University of London, 1953-1959; Chairman, Commonwealth Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, India, 1954; died, 1959.

Publications: The 1939 Callendar Steam Tables with G S Callendar (E Arnold & Co, London, 1939); editor of Fuel; lectures and papers largely relating to combustion and utilization of energy.

Accumulated by Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine during the course of business.

Papers of Sir Alfred Egerton, 1908-1958, comprising research papers, notes and reports largely relating to explosives, manufacture of ammonia and hydrogen, [1916-1925], laboratory work at Oxford, 1919-1926, work for the Admiralty, 1940-[1950], papers relating to patents, 1928-1958; research notebooks, 1908-1937, including some correspondence and notably concerning vapour pressure of metals, amides of metals, residual gases in discharge tubes; lecture notes concerning combustion; papers on optical pyrometry, 1933-1938; correspondence and papers relating to research on the properties of steam, steam tables, international conferences on steam, 1930-1946.

The papers are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.

Researchers wishing to consult the Archives should first contact the College Archivist, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, for an appointment.

A photocopying service is available at the discretion of the Archivist. Photocopies are supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.
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A catalogue is available at the College Archives.

Records of the Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (KC), held at Imperial College.

Correspondence and papers, held at the Royal Society (reference: AE); correspondence with Lord Cherwell, 1914-1949, held at Nuffield College Library, Oxford, (reference: Cherwell papers); correspondence with Archibald Vivian Hill, 1944-1959, held at the Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge (reference: AVHL).

Sir Alfred Egerton, FRS 1886-1959. A memoir with papers Lady Ruth Julia Egerton (privately printed, London, 1963).

Sources: Who Was Who (A & C Black, 1961, volume V); National Register of Archives; British Library On-Line Public Access Catalogue 97. Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. 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. December 2000 Admiralty Chemical processes Chemical research Chemistry Chemists Combustion Egerton , Sir , Alfred Charles Glyn , 1886-1959 , knight , chemist Gases Gas industry Industry Power industry Scientific personnel Scientists Personnel People by occupation People

Papers of Sir Alfred Egerton, 1908-1958, comprising research papers, notes and reports largely relating to explosives, manufacture of ammonia and hydrogen, [1916-1925], laboratory work at Oxford, 1919-1926, work for the Admiralty, 1940-[1950], papers relating to patents, 1928-1958; research notebooks, 1908-1937, including some correspondence and notably concerning vapour pressure of metals, amides of metals, residual gases in discharge tubes; lecture notes concerning combustion; papers on optical pyrometry, 1933-1938; correspondence and papers relating to research on the properties of steam, steam tables, international conferences on steam, 1930-1946.

The papers are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.

Researchers wishing to consult the Archives should first contact the College Archivist, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, for an appointment.

A photocopying service is available at the discretion of the Archivist. Photocopies are supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.

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Records of the Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (KC), held at Imperial College.

A catalogue is available at the College Archives.

Correspondence and papers, held at the Royal Society (reference: AE); correspondence with Lord Cherwell, 1914-1949, held at Nuffield College Library, Oxford, (reference: Cherwell papers); correspondence with Archibald Vivian Hill, 1944-1959, held at the Churchill Archives Centre, Cambridge (reference: AVHL).

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.

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