| Description | <p>Consists of letters from Karl Pearson to William Macaulay</p>
<li>Folder 1</li>
<p>Concerning differential equations, his time at Heidelberg University, mentions brother visiting and walking in Black Forest, looking forward to Berlin, concerning an instrument to be made in Stuart's workshops, concerning time at Marlow studying law, no work in mathematics so going to the Bar at Christmas, concerning "New Wether", concerning atom paper, sought advice about paper on Strut Clifford's book, concerning his beam lectures, method of deducing Couchy's formula, invite to first dinner of the UCL Engineering Society (Jun 1885), concerning elasticity papers and the word 'stretch', concerning Macaulay applying for post at Liverpool (Feb 1886), concerning St Venant's paper, concerning roof truss problem, mention of Hampstead cottage (21 Oct 1886), concerning integators and integraphs, congratulations on appointment as bursar at King's College Cambridge (Dec 1887), provost election at King's College Cambridge, 'Elasticity' paper returned to press, comments on shafting paper, education of engineering students (Mar 1889), trip to Norway, on/off engagement to Maria Sharpe (Aug / Sep 1889).</p>
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<li>Folder 2</li>
<p>Concerning post at Cambridge following retirement of Stuart, but not in right frame of mind to consider it, definition of entropy, marriage to Maria Sharp (Jun 1890) and honeymoon in Norway (Aug 1890), concerning candidates for Stuart's Chair at Cambridge, lectures at Gresham, Sigrid born (25 Aug 1891), principle of inertia, fighting the Gresham Charter, questions about Headlam for UCL history post (1892), resigning Gresham professorship owing to overwork, equation of 9th degree (1893), Lord Kelvin, work at UCL increased, announced Egon's birth with Old Testament citations (11 Aug 1895) (named after a Greman friend, Egon Zoller, killed in carriage accident), skew curves, finish writing <i>Chances of Death</i> and essay on passion play (1897), family history research, repeated doses of influenza, description of Filon wants him to go to King's College Cambridge (1898), pleased with Darwin medal award (1898), Helga born (31 Dec 1898), crystalline structure of metals - fracture - metal "fatigue", recounting family illnesses Winter and Spring 1899, considering Tait's Chair at Edinburgh (1901), research on whether there is correlation between size and shape of head and intellectual ability, one letter from Maccaulay to Pearson dated 20 Jun 1901 about Macgregor and Donald, work for Miss Bardswell and Miss Beeton at Cambridge, Draper's grant, honorary fellow of King's (1903), mother's cancer (1905), provostship of King's.</p> |