| Description | Volume 6/1 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: Photograph of Ramsay and Lady Ramsay. (1887)
Pages i-lx: Introduction.
Pages 1-10: Printed copies of letters of application and testimonials in favour of Ramsay as candidate for the Chair of Chemistry in University College London.
Pages 11-170: Correspondence and papers. (Feb 1887 – Dec 1890)
Page 27: Photograph of the Old Chemical Laboratory, University College London. (1887)
Pages 73a-b: Ramsay’s ‘On the molecular weight of metals’ (reprinted from ‘Journal of the Chemical Society’, LV, August 1889), with related note.
Pages 114-141: ‘Discussion on the theory of solution’, by Spencer Umfreville Pickering (reprinted from ‘Report of the Royal Society’, 1890).
Page 146: Pamphlet on technical training in chemistry at University College London. (c.1891)
Pages 153-159: Report on electrolysis and its physical and chemical bearings (reprinted from ‘Report of the Royal Society’, 1890).
At the end of the volume: F.G. Donnan’s Ostwald Memorial Lecture delivered on 27 January 1933 (reprinted from ‘Journal of the Chemical Society’, March 1933).
The contents of this volume are listed in greater detail in item RAMSAY/18. |