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  <dc:title>William Ramsay's correspondence and papers, vol. 1: At Glasgow University and Tübingen</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Volume 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:

Pages 2-4: Notes by Professor Travers about the deposit of the Ramsay Papers for safe-keeping during the war. (1939-1946)

Page 4: Letters from Sir William Tilden to Lady Ramsay on his projected Life of Ramsay. (1916-1917)

Pages 5-29: Introduction. (1947)

Page 30: Summary of Ramsay’s activities in the years 1869-1872.

Pages 31-35: The Chemical Society of Glasgow Minute Book of 1800-1801, by Forsyte J. Wilson (reprinted from ‘Annals of science’, vol. 4, no. 4, October 1937).

Pages 36-116 &amp; 131-134: Letters from William Ramsay to his family. (1868-1872)

Pages 117-130: Ramsay’s inaugural dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Natural Sciences at Tübingen University (printed). (1872)

Pages 135-137: Copy of a letter from Travers to Sir Henry Tidy. (1952)

Page 135: List, in Ramsay’s hand, of holidays 1869-1910.

At the end of the volume:
- Photographs of Ramsay and colleagues at Glasgow Academy;
- Typescript of Sir William Ramsay’s degrees;
- Notes on Ramsay’s childhood, by Miss J. Macvicars.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1868-[1957]</dc:date>
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