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Radar Calculation by Maurice Henry Lecorney Pryce. Introduction to the calculation states 'The problem is to find the electromagnetic field due to a source of elctromagnetic oscillations placed near to a very large sphere. By large is meant that the ratio of the wavelength to its radius, and also the ratio of the distance of the source from the surface of the sphere to its radius, are very small. The source is supposed to be in vacuo. The material of the sphere is such that waves are attenuated in a distance small compared with the radius."

Papers of and relating to Joseph Priestley, inclusing volume of items relating to Priestley's life, three letters from Priestley, his spectacles, and Diploma and seal awarded in 1780 by Catherine II, Empress of Russia.

Press cuttings books and files relating to Great Ormond Street Hospital, including the opening of buildings, events, campaigns, staff, fundraising and statistics, 1857-[2000]; comprising 'Notices of the Press', 1857-1879 (GOS/13/1); GOS/13/2: Press-cuttings and printed circulars concerning opening of new hospital wing, 1893; GOS/13/3: Press-cuttings and printed circulars concerning the Imperial Coronation Bazaar, 1902; GOS/13/4: Press-cuttings book concerning Astor Gift (of new Out-Patients Department), 1902; GOS/13/5: General Press-Cuttings Book, of items concerning both the hospital and child health in general, 1914-1917; GOS/13/6: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1916-1920; GOS/13/7: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1919-1922; GOS/13/8 Press-Cuttings Book of 1919 Appeal ('Children’s Hospital City'); GOS/13/9: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1922-1923; GOS/13/10: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1923-1926; GOS/13/11: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1927-1933; GOS/13/12: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1932-1933; GOS/13/13: Secretary’s Official Press-Cuttings Book, 1926-1934;GOS/13/14: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1934-1935; GOS/13/15: General Press-Cuttings, Book, 1938-1939; GOS/13/16: Medical Press-Cuttings Book, 1948-1954; GOS/13/17: General Press-Cuttings Book, 1950-1952; GOS/13/18 General Press-Cuttings Book, 6/1952-9/1954; GOS/13/19: Hospital Centenary Press-Cuttings Book, 1952; GOS/13/20: General Press-Cuttings Book, 8/1954-8/1956; GOS/13/21/1-39, Files of General Press-Cuttings, 1954-1977 (mainly covering 1965-1966); GOS/13/22: Press-Cuttings Book of visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, 18 October 1938; GOS/13/23: Articles from The Times about the hospital, 1934, 1966, 1969; GOS/13/24: Copies of national and London newspapers containing articles on industrial action at the hospital, 1979-1980; GOS/13/25 Miscellaneous Press-Cuttings file, 1884-1984; GOS/13/26:Miscellaneous Press-Cuttings and articles (file), 1877-1981, this includes some complete newsletters and journals containing articles or advertisements about Great Ormond Street Hospital including The Primrose League Gazette 1921; law journals; poster for 'Mr. Punch’s Living Pictures', c 1925, Christmas issue of Fireside 1882, with article on Great Ormond Street Hospital at Christmastime; GOS/13/27:Obituary notices for Dr Jenner (1898) and Sir Thomas Smith (1909); GOS/13/28: Miscellaneous Press-Cuttings compiled by Nursing Directorate Office, 1932-1994, including items on 'The Wishing Well Appeal', the 1987 extension of the Peter Pan copyright to the Hospital, the demolition of houses in Guilford Street prior to the construction of Great Ormond Street Hospital's Nurses’ Home, 1932, with photograph; GOS/13/29: Article on Great Ormond Street Hospital from The Observer 1993; GOS/13/30: Article about bone marrow transplant at Great Ormond Street Hospital from The Cambridge Student 2000. GOS/13/38-97 Press Cuttings albums of 'Wishing Well Appeal, 1987-89.

Staff records of Premier Motor Policies Limited including salaries book, report of the retirement of Rodney Byrne, and 'Premier' house magazine.

Shares records of Premier Motor Policies Limited including combined register, directors, secretaries and members; and directors' shareholdings.

Premises records of Premier Motor Policies Limited comprising photographs of Melbourne House, Aldwych.

Corporate records of Premier Motor Policies Limited including board of directors' minute books and agenda papers; auditors' final accounts and reports to directors; audited accounts, with annual reports; photographs, and motor show dinner programme.

Business records of Premier Motor Policies Limited including letters, circulars and specimen policies; agency appointments: application; and specimen appointment forms.

Diagrams and manuscript of paper on colour blindness prepared by Sir William Pole, prepared for his paper published in 'Philosophical Transactions' in 1859.

The collection is particularly noteworthy for its full documentation of all aspects of Pirie's research, development and promotion of leaf protein for human comsumption. It is divided into the following sections:

Section A, Biographical. It includes obituaries, a copy of the Royal Society Biographical Memoir, a little documentation of undergraduate work, and historical material assembled by Pirie relating to J Brachel, J B S Haldane, F G Hopklins, and H H Mann. Miscellaneous material includes Pirie's philosophical notes on the nature of life the scientific method and other topics.

Section B, Research notebooks. These complete the sequence of numbered notebooks listed in the 'Catalogue of the Papers of Sir Frederick Charles Bawden including the papers of Alfred Alexander, Peter Kleczkowski and Norman Wingate Pirie' and also deposited in the Archives of the Royal Society. The sequence presented here runs from 1929-1996, with the missing notebooks to be found in the Bawden collection. The work documented includes Pirie's earliest research with A A Miles on 'Brucella abortus' and 'Brucella mellitensis', his research with F C Bawden on viruses, and the many facets of his work on leaf protein to the end of his life. There are also two numbered notebooks not included in the sequence which date from the 1940s.

Section C, Leaf Protein work. This is the largest section in the collection and documents the work for which Pirie became widely known. The material comers Pirie's own research work on leaf protein, his interest in leaf protein work worldwide, the promotion of leaf protein and the development of equipment, especially suitable for use in less developed countries, which could be used to extract it. There is documentation of Pirie's struggles within the Agricultural Research Council to find support for his work, his reports on progress and later fund raising for his reasearch. There is material relating to design and construction of leaf protein apparatus of various types. Pirie believed strongly that leaf protein could make a positive contribution to nutrition in poorer countries and trials were undertaken in India, Jamaica and other countries. Latterly he found backing for his work from the 'Find Your Feet' charity and this relationship is documented. Also of interest is Pirie's interest in promoting leaf protein, including sample recipes using the foodstuff.

Section D, Other Research interests. This focuses on Pirie's earlier research, including the work for which he was elected to the Royal Society and was awarded the Copley Medal. It is not extensive and should be consulted alongside the notebooks in Section B. It is presented by topic and includes research on tobacco mosaic and tomato bushy stunt viruses by Pirie and F C Bawden in the 1930's, work on 'Brucella abortus' in the 1930's and 1940's and bracken extraction in the 1950's. There is also material relating to various alternative sources of protein, including seafood, which relates to this interest in nutrition. Miscellaneous material includes documentation of Pirie's lobbying on behalf of 'biochemical engineering' research in the 1950's.

Section E, Drafts and Publications. This presents drafts and related material including publication on food resources and his 1987 book 'Leaf Protein and its by-products in human and animal nutrition', a small number of book reviews and a little editorial correspondence. The bulk of the section, however, comprises a sequence of Pirie's volumes of bound offprints, from 1929 to 1991 (with material for 1992-1996 unbound). This sequence is more than just a full record of Pirie's published work output, as intercalated or pasted to pages of the volumes are typescripts of unpublished work or work not published in full, reports on research, visits abroad etc, correspondence, and letters to the press on a wide variety of topics including nuclear weapons, the Communist Party, space exploration, scientific writing and world nutrition. The offprints themselves may bear later manuscript annotations and typescript notes by Pirtie, giving improved methods, corrections and later bibliographical references.

Section F, Visits and Conferences. These document a few of Pirie's visits 1946-1989. There is material relating to extended visits to the USA in 1946, to Czechoslovakia, the USSR and China in 1952, and later visits in connection with leaf protein work. The lack of coverage is partially compensated for by the quality of some of the documentation of the visits, including Pirie's manuscript and typescript notes and his official reports.

Section G, Correspondence. This is again partial in its coverage. The bulk relates to Pirie's work on leaf protein. There are also individual letters from significant correspondents, from the 1930's on, including A Szent-George, J B S Haldane, G C de Hervey, Sir Peter Medawar, T Svendberg, R L M Synge etc, which Piries appears to have kept for historical reasons. The correspondence is presented in alphabetical order by correspondent.

Material reflecting Pickles' career in the medical profession.

Role as General Practitioner: material relating to Pickles in his role as General Practitioner in Aysgarth, 1912-1964, including a pocket diary, 1940, a thermometer, material relating to 50th anniversary of Pickles as General Practitioner, 1962, and his retirement in 1964. (1940)- (1965)

Research Work: manuscripts of articles, lectures and speeches, both typescript and longhand, and accompanying support material, including slides and a poster advertising a lecture, relating to epidemiological research, particularly based around his book, 'Epidemiology in Country Practice' (1939) [see B PIC A 3-1] 1930-1963; epidemiological charts and drawings, including birthrate charts and plan of the Aysgarth District where Pickles carried out his research; reports, records and correspondence relating to various diseases 1917-1969; and additional articles on infectious disease by other authors, n.d. (1917-1969)

Published Work: annotated personal copy of 'Epidemiology in Country Practice' (1939) which includes reviews and correspondence, paperback copy of reprint of book (1984), and paperback Serbo-Croat version, published in Zagreb (1956), and book reviews, in response to the first edition, 1939, and the re-issue, 1949. (1939-1984)

College of General Practitioners President: material relating to Pickles role as President of the College of General Practitioners, 1953-56. (From 1957 the College was known as the Royal College of General Practitioners) Includes James Mackenzie lecture (1954), letters, photograph of 1st Scottish Council (1953-54), Addresses, such as speech made to the Canadian College of GPs (1954). Also includes letters and photographs about the unveiling of the Pickles memorial plaque in Aysgarth (1971). (1953-1985)

Other Professional Roles: contains reports, correspondence, and speeches, relating to Pickles role both as part-time Medical Officer of Health, 1935, and as witness to the Royal Commission on Population, 1944. Also included are a selection of dinner menus from formal occassions which Pickles attended. (1936-1963).

Material reflecting the more personal aspect of Pickles' life. Includes medals, prizes and awards presented to Pickles in recognition of his work, and the related certificates and correspondence; material about Pickles created by others, including 'Will Pickles of Wensleydale: The Life of a Country Doctor' (1970) the official biography by John Pemberton; correspondence regarding the painting of Pickles portrait, in 1954, for the College of General Practitioners (later the Royal College of General Practitioners); articles and letters regarding significant events in his life, such as his 80th birthday, and his death, in 1969, and the ensuing obituaries. Also includes family and personal papers, amongst them is material of local, genealogical and personal interest, such as the Pickles family tree dating from c 1825, photographs of Pickles and of Aysgarth, and his personal notes and recollections.

Arrangement: Functional.

Copy of the Logbook kept on board the ship of the Hon. Captain Phipps, 1773.

Minutes of the Philosophical Club of the Royal Society, 1847-1901.

Philosophia Universalis Pertineis a Gabrielem Colleno Logicum, 1694.

Shares records of Philatelic Insurances Limited including register of members and directors, with transfers; share transactions; share certificate counterfoils; and register of directors' shareholdings.

Presentation papers on William Haseldine Pepys from various authors, with a letter from Michael Faraday in Volume 1.

Record of grants paid to, for what, and amounts. Electronic system of grant tracking takes over in 2003.

Clerk's copy of 'Opinions presentees par M. Pasteur, dans la reunion do 16 Mars 1868 au Palais de Tuileries' (Views presented by Louis Pasteur at a reunion at the Palais de Tuileries, 16 March 1668).

Papers of Professor Thomas Richard Parsons, 1922-1959, including correspondence, lecture notes and memoranda, mainly 1920s-1930s.

A small notebook containing parliamentary and other speeches.

Transcription by E Gerland of the original correspondence between Denis Papin and Gottfried Leibniz correspondence held at Cassel State Library, Hanover, with presentation correspondence from E Gerland to RB Prosser.

Corporate records of Palladium Life Assurance Society including deed of settlement, and correspondence relating to merger between Eagle and Palladium.

Business records of Palladium Life Assurance Society including propectuses; life instruction book; proposals; re-registrations of judgements on Irish cases; contents of 'Box 1299, including stamped letters, prospectuses, proposal forms, receipts, copies of Post Magazine, letter books and other papers; newspaper reports and papers relating to 'Box 1299'; and advertisement.

Manuscript volume of 'Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica', by Isaac Newton. Manuscript written out by Humphrey Newton, Isaac Newton's assistant and amanuensis, and annotated by Newton and Halley. Manuscript from which the First Edition was printed.

Cartoon called "The Adventures of Isaac Newton" illustrating the attempts by Newton to demonstrate the force of gravity to the Fellows of the Royal Society, published in Viz Magazine, page 5, May 2004.

Preliminary Report on, and photographs of, the event mounted and bound into one volume. Includes a letter from James Hector donating the report and photographs. Includes a second letter of 22 September 1886 with an additional 15 photographs with remarks on the back which have also been pasted in to the volume. The comments have been typed underneath the photographs.

Staff records of Navigators and General Insurance Company Limited comprising photographs of staff.

Shares records of Navigators and General Insurance Company Limited including register of members and share ledgers; register of transfers; share transactions; share certificates book; register of directors' shareholdings; notice and letter relating to EGM.

Corporate records of Navigators and General Insurance Company Limited including indemnity agreement with Navigators' and Engineer Officers' Union; minutes of the board of directors' and joint managing directors' meetings; investment committee minutes; minute books of shareholders' meetings and annual general meetings with annual reports and accounts, and related correspondence; annual reports and accounts; registers of directors and secretaries, board of directors' correspondence; and seal book.

Business records of Navigators and General Insurance Company Limited including proposal forms and flyer, specimen policies and related papers, policies issued, printed books and booklets, agency appointment, notes for brokers and agents, posters, advertisements, showcard and exhibition flyer, photograph illustrating salvage operations, and brochure about a boatyard near Ely.

National Physical Laboratory Executive Committee Minutes, 1924-1925.

Letters and papers about the early years of the National Physical Laboratory.

Shares records of the National Mercantile Life Assurance Society including shareholders' deed of release, and power of attorney to execute.

Premises records of the National Mercantile Life Assurance Society including article, prints and advertisement.

Corporate records of the National Mercantile Life Assurance Society including deed of settlement, power of attorney, memorials by company secretary as to directors and new trustee, and act of parliament.

Business records of the National Mercantile Life Assurance Society including policies and related papers.

Horizontal pendulum records from the British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904.

Photographs of the British National Antarctic Expedition in six volumes.

Biographical Memoirs notes and papers accumulated by Guido Pontecorvo relating to Hermann Joseph Muller gathered by Pontecorvo in the process of writing Muller's obituary for Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society.

Papers of Thomas Muir comprising notebooks: a series of six loosely-bound collections of notes and drafts; 'Articles for Pogendorff VI', notes and first draft completed 1933; 'Oblong Arrays' material for paper 304 1-30, 31-60, 61-93 and 'Dunkel Notes', material for paper 305 1-30, 31-51.

Two manuscripts by Louis Joel Mordell: 1. 'On the geometry of numbers in some non-convex regions' 60 pages, some manuscript corrections and 2. ' Hardy's mathematician, apology' review article 10 pages, photocopy.

Four letters from Edward Wortley Montagu to Sir William Watson, 1773-1779.

Papers relating to the Meteorological Council's relations with the Royal Society, containing extracts, copy and original letters with manuscript notes, and printed material from the Meteorological Council, including some minutes, 1872-1900; with a summary of relations between the two bodies arranged chronologically, 1854-1901.

Two tracts on acids by John McNab comprising:

1. Experiments on Mineral Acids and Rectified Spirits of Wine, for finding the greatest degree of cold.

2. Experiments on the Congelation of Vitriolic and Nitrous Acids in Hudson's Bay.

An account of the Mato Grosso based on the Royal Society and Royal Geographical Society expedition to central Brazil in 1967-1969 by Anthony Smith. Typescript marked 'First draft'.

Observations at Greenwich Observatory by the Reverend Nevil Maskelyne, DD, FRS, covering; transits 1765-1810; zeniths 1765-1810 and observations of comets 1769-1790.

Corporate records of the London Mutual Life and Guarantee Society comprising copy of chairman's statement at special board meeting and announcement to policyholders of agreement with Eagle.

Business records of the London Mutual Life and Guarantee Society comprising policy for Mark Lemon; unused proposal, policy and related forms, and list of medical referees.

Shares records of Liverpool Reversionary Company Limited including share ledgers and registers of members and share certificates.