| Description | Volume 15/2 of William Ramsay's correspondence and papers, as compiled by his former assistant, Morris W. Travers, following Ramsay's death. The contents of the volume are as follows:
In the front of the volume: Photographs of Ramsay and Lady Ramsay.
Pages 162a-317: Correspondence and papers. (January 1911 – December 1913)
Pages 165-173: F.P. Burt and F.L. Usher, ‘The relative atomic weights of nitrogen and sulphur’ (1910).
Pages 174-183: Presidential address from Ramsay to the British Association, 1911 (printed).
Pages 184-189: Photographs (the British Association, Portsmouth).
Pages 219-224: Sir W. Ramsay, ‘The formation of neon as a product of radioactive change’ (reprinted from ‘J. Chem. Soc.’, vol. 101, 1912).
Page 223: M.W. Travers, ‘The composition of the mixture of the rare gases from the hot springs of Bath’ (reprinted from 'J. Chem. Soc.', 1937).
Page 230: Photograph of Ramsay, c.1913.
Pages 245-264: Manuscript in Ramsay’s handwriting, ‘Le rôle de l'hélium dans le nature’, paper delivered to the Rome Chemical Society in 1913.
Page 272: Sir W. Ramsay, ‘The presence of helium in the gas from the interior of an x-ray bulb’ (‘J. Chem. Soc.’, vol. 103, 1913).
Pages 277-290: ‘Notes on transmutation experiments’ by Alfred Egerton, and ‘Critique of the history of work’, manuscript by Egerton, with notes by Ramsay. (1927)
Pages 291-305: 2nd draft of ‘The synthesis of argon’, by Egerton and Ramsay (partly manuscript in Ramsay’s handwriting).
Pages 306-310: A.C.G. Egerton, ‘The analysis of gases after the passage of electric discharge’ (reprinted from ‘Proceedings of the Royal Society’, series A, vol. 91).
Pages 311-317: Sir W. Ramsay, ‘A hypothesis of molecular configuration in 3 dimensions of space’ (reprinted from ‘Proceedings of the Royal Society’, series A, vol. 92, 1916). |