Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1848-1852 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
2 volumes
Scope and content
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 ... »
System of arrangement
Two items as described i Scope and Content
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
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.
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Repository
Custodial history
Letter book transferred by the Chemistry Department, King's College London. Notes loaned by Mr David Tarbun, 2002.
Conditions governing access
Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only.
Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archives.
Language of material
- English
Physical Description
The wet letter process was used in the letter book and consequently many of the letters are faint and unclear.
Finding aids
This collection level description.
Existence and location of originals
Please note: We require 7 days notice to retrieve this collection as part, or all of it, is held off-campus. Read more ›
Related materials
Place access points
People and Organisations
- Western Gaslight Company (Subject)
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.
Archivist's note
King's College London Calendars. Entry compiled by Annabel Dodds and Geoff Browell.