| Description | Volume 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:
At the front of the volume: Article and correspondence about the chemical laboratories in Glasgow. (1956-1957)
Pages 1-28: Introduction.
Page 28a: Letter to Travers from A.E. Cummins. (1952)
Page 28a: Paper on Sir James J. Dobbie, by Dr Alexander Lauder (printed). (1924)
Pages 28b-70, 80-85, & 102-111: Letters from Ramsay to his family, with a few letters to Ramsay, and copies of some letters from Ramsay to other correspondents. (1873-1879)
Pages 71-79: Article, notes, etc. on J.B. Hannay, by Travers. (1939)
Page 87: Ramsay’s ‘Picoline and its derivatives’, part 3 (reprinted from ‘Philosophical Magazine’, 5th series, vol. 6, July 1878).
Pages 88-101: Testimonials supporting Ramsay’s application for the Chair of Chemistry in the Royal College of Science, Dublin. (1879)
Page 112: Ramsay’s ‘On Daltonism’ (reprinted from ‘Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow’, 1880, vol. 12.)
At the end of the volume:
- Correspondence and newspaper cuttings connected with Travers’ editorial notes. (1954-1957)
- J. Norman Lockyer: The Mediterranean eclipse, 1870 (photocopy of a paper in ‘Nature’, 19 Jan 1891). |