Correspondence between Edmund Taylor Whittaker and D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

İsim	Correspondence between Edmund Taylor Whittaker and D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
Basım Tarihi:	1914
Tür	Belge
Dil	Arapça
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Kütüphane:	St Andrews Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi
Kayıt Numarası	alma991017091868008966
Lokasyon	University of St Andrews
Tarih	1914
Notlar	Correspondence involving Professor Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker, Professor of Mathematics, Edinburgh University, the Secretary, University of St Andrews, Fife, and D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson. 26 autograph letters signed, 2 typed letters signed, 2 DWT standard copy format letters, 1 typed copy letter and 1 autograph postcard [plain] signed. Main themes: Natural History [general]: Mathematical discussion of Natural History problems. General professional, personal and career news: DWT publications: On Growth and Form discussed [1915] Discussion of books, principally mathematical. The Royal Society of Edinburgh [RSE]: procedural business, publications, nominations: Sir James MacKenzie [ms19435: 1922], W P Wightman [1933], Professor F Enriques [Rome, Italy: 1938], Professor G Taylor [Yarrow Research Professor of the Royal Society], H N Russell [Princeton, United States], Sir John Boyd Orr, Kerr, Calman, Ritchie, Sir William Wright Smith, Larmor [1942], DWT as President [1937-1938], Manuscripts held by the society [1943]. University business: Edinburgh University and University of St Andrews: [1925 onwards]: Court, Senate, appointment of Readers, Chairs Appointment of the Astronomer Royal for Scotland: resignation of Sampson, availabe funds, candidates and potential candidates discussed: J A Carroll; DWT's assistance requested in contacting the Secretary of State for Scotland, Greaves appointed [1937-1938]: Ms19423-ms19436, ms19438-ms19440 [1914-1933]: References are made to fisheries research: most especially tides and marked fish in the North Sea [1914-1915], DWT's address [as president of the Classical Association?] praised [1930], Bishop Baines' Gifford Lectures [1933], the Edinburgh Mathematical Society financial situation [1933]. Colleagues discussed/patronage: Church [Phyllotaxis papers discussed: 1915], Miss Sherriff [assistant to Scott Lang at the University of St Andrews: 1918], J H Grace [Murdoch Trust assistance discussed: 1926], Names mentioned: Darwin, F Ludwig, Angel Gallardo, Ellis, ms19441- [1936-1945 [plus undated items]]: References are made to the Secretary of State for Scotland, The Second World War: Jack Whittaker [son of ETW refered to: 1942], Trueman and MacKezie's paper [1942], Colleagues discussed/patronage: Professor Max Born [inaugeral lecture as Tait professor of Mathematics, Edinburgh: 1936], Alman [Professor of mathematics from 1853: 1942], A C Dixon, Bromich and Larmor [late 1880s discussed: 1942], Forsyth [death: 1942], Hamilton [1942], Names mentioned: Kendall [1936], Aitken, Wishart, Nayman, Egon Pearson, McKendrick, Kermack, Elliott, Turnbull [1938], Professor Pincharle [deceased: 1938], Lord Rutherford [1938], C T R Wilson, G E Hale, Hibbert [1938], Forsyth's cremation [1942], Sydney Chapman [knighted: 1942], Darwin [knighted: 1942], Fowler [knighted: 1942], Ogilvie [knighted: 1942], Wedderburn [knighted: 1942], Cliffrd Dobell [1942], Grawford, Sedgwick, Robin Schlapp [physicist: 1942], Witrow [Cambridge: 1942], Professor Archibald. Secondary correspondent's details: ms19436: Typed copy letter: ETW to the Secretary, University of St Andrews [Fife] regarding the Ph D. thesis of Alex Inglis: 'James Gregory: a survey of his work in mathematical annalysis.' [1925]. Additional material/document information: ms19426: autograph postcard [plain] signed. [University of Edinburgh printed letterhead]. Ms19436: Typed copy letter, unsigned. Ms19438: Letter: Pencil annotated on dorse: Arabic [?] script and English notes in DWT's hand [letter dated 1933]. Ms19454: Pencil notes on dorse in DWT's hand [letter dated 1942]. ms19457: Printed sheet: University of Edinburgh, Mathematical Laboratory: Harmonic analysis form [Pencil annotated ETW in DWT's hand]. [2 copies, undated].
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Referans Numarası	ms19423-ms19436,ms19438-ms19457

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Correspondence between Edmund Taylor Whittaker and D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

Basım Tarihi 1914

Tür Belge

Dil Arapça

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Kütüphane St Andrews Üniversitesi Kütüphanesi

Kayıt Numarası alma991017091868008966

Lokasyon University of St Andrews

Tarih 1914

Notlar Correspondence involving Professor Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker, Professor of Mathematics, Edinburgh University, the Secretary, University of St Andrews, Fife, and D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson. 26 autograph letters signed, 2 typed letters signed, 2 DWT standard copy format letters, 1 typed copy letter and 1 autograph postcard [plain] signed. Main themes: Natural History [general]: Mathematical discussion of Natural History problems. General professional, personal and career news: DWT publications: On Growth and Form discussed [1915] Discussion of books, principally mathematical. The Royal Society of Edinburgh [RSE]: procedural business, publications, nominations: Sir James MacKenzie [ms19435: 1922], W P Wightman [1933], Professor F Enriques [Rome, Italy: 1938], Professor G Taylor [Yarrow Research Professor of the Royal Society], H N Russell [Princeton, United States], Sir John Boyd Orr, Kerr, Calman, Ritchie, Sir William Wright Smith, Larmor [1942], DWT as President [1937-1938], Manuscripts held by the society [1943]. University business: Edinburgh University and University of St Andrews: [1925 onwards]: Court, Senate, appointment of Readers, Chairs Appointment of the Astronomer Royal for Scotland: resignation of Sampson, availabe funds, candidates and potential candidates discussed: J A Carroll; DWT's assistance requested in contacting the Secretary of State for Scotland, Greaves appointed [1937-1938]: Ms19423-ms19436, ms19438-ms19440 [1914-1933]: References are made to fisheries research: most especially tides and marked fish in the North Sea [1914-1915], DWT's address [as president of the Classical Association?] praised [1930], Bishop Baines' Gifford Lectures [1933], the Edinburgh Mathematical Society financial situation [1933]. Colleagues discussed/patronage: Church [Phyllotaxis papers discussed: 1915], Miss Sherriff [assistant to Scott Lang at the University of St Andrews: 1918], J H Grace [Murdoch Trust assistance discussed: 1926], Names mentioned: Darwin, F Ludwig, Angel Gallardo, Ellis, ms19441- [1936-1945 [plus undated items]]: References are made to the Secretary of State for Scotland, The Second World War: Jack Whittaker [son of ETW refered to: 1942], Trueman and MacKezie's paper [1942], Colleagues discussed/patronage: Professor Max Born [inaugeral lecture as Tait professor of Mathematics, Edinburgh: 1936], Alman [Professor of mathematics from 1853: 1942], A C Dixon, Bromich and Larmor [late 1880s discussed: 1942], Forsyth [death: 1942], Hamilton [1942], Names mentioned: Kendall [1936], Aitken, Wishart, Nayman, Egon Pearson, McKendrick, Kermack, Elliott, Turnbull [1938], Professor Pincharle [deceased: 1938], Lord Rutherford [1938], C T R Wilson, G E Hale, Hibbert [1938], Forsyth's cremation [1942], Sydney Chapman [knighted: 1942], Darwin [knighted: 1942], Fowler [knighted: 1942], Ogilvie [knighted: 1942], Wedderburn [knighted: 1942], Cliffrd Dobell [1942], Grawford, Sedgwick, Robin Schlapp [physicist: 1942], Witrow [Cambridge: 1942], Professor Archibald. Secondary correspondent's details: ms19436: Typed copy letter: ETW to the Secretary, University of St Andrews [Fife] regarding the Ph D. thesis of Alex Inglis: 'James Gregory: a survey of his work in mathematical annalysis.' [1925]. Additional material/document information: ms19426: autograph postcard [plain] signed. [University of Edinburgh printed letterhead]. Ms19436: Typed copy letter, unsigned. Ms19438: Letter: Pencil annotated on dorse: Arabic [?] script and English notes in DWT's hand [letter dated 1933]. Ms19454: Pencil notes on dorse in DWT's hand [letter dated 1942]. ms19457: Printed sheet: University of Edinburgh, Mathematical Laboratory: Harmonic analysis form [Pencil annotated ETW in DWT's hand]. [2 copies, undated].

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Referans Numarası ms19423-ms19436,ms19438-ms19457