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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.
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GB 0100 KCLCA C/PP4 1881-1889 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Tomlinson , Herbert , 1845-1931 , physicist
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.
Tomlinson presented the volume to the Governors of Chelsea Polytechnic in 1930. It was transferred from Chelsea College Library in 1985.
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.
Open, subject to the signature of a reader's undertaking form.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
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Cambridge University Library: letters to Sir George Stokes, 1866-1886 (Ref: Add 7342, 7656).
Sources: Who's Who. Entry compiled by 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. May 2002 Engineering Lectures (teaching method) Materials engineering Production engineering Royal Society Teaching methods Tomlinson , Herbert , 1845-1931 , physicist
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Tomlinson presented the volume to the Governors of Chelsea Polytechnic in 1930. It was transferred from Chelsea College Library in 1985.
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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.
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Open, subject to the signature of a reader's undertaking form.
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Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
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Cambridge University Library: letters to Sir George Stokes, 1866-1886 (Ref: Add 7342, 7656).
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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.
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