GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP5 - MILLER, Professor William Allen (1817-1870)

2 volumes

GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP5 1848-1852 Collection (fonds) 2 volumes Miller , William Allen , 1817-1870 , Professor of Chemistry
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).

Letter book transferred by the Chemistry Department, King's College London. Notes loaned by Mr David Tarbun, 2002.

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

Two items as described i Scope and Content

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

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.
English
The wet letter process was used in the letter book and consequently many of the letters are faint and unclear.

Summary guide entry on-line and due to be published in hard copy.

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).

King's College London Calendars. Entry compiled by Annabel Dodds and Geoff Browell. 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. 18 July 2000 Chemical analysis Chemical compounds Chemical industry England Europe Gases Industry Manufacturing industry Miller , William Allen , 1817-1870 , chemist Surrey UK Vauxhall Western Europe Western Gaslight Company London Lambeth

Letter book transferred by the Chemistry Department, King's College London. Notes loaned by Mr David Tarbun, 2002.

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

Two items as described i Scope and Content

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

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.

• English

• Latin

English

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).

Summary guide entry on-line and due to be published in hard copy.

Letters to Sir George Stokes, 1856-1870, are held at the Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Cambridge University Library (Ref: Add 7342, 7656).

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.

• English