Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von, 1821-1894 (scientist in the field of acoustics)
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
"F. Chemists, Physicians, Travellers, and Geographers", 1808-1897
Item
Identifier: Coll-1997/2
Scope and Contents
This volume is entitled "F. Chemists, Physicians, Travellers, and Geographers" and contains 85 letters addressed to Sir Charles Lyell and others in his family by physicists, chemists, explorers, geographers, geologists, and doctors and surgeons. Most of the letters are accompanied by a facing photograph or portrait print of the letter’s author.
Humphry Davy, chemist, with signed portrait [plate]. 1...
Dates:
1808-1897
Letter to Miss G. J. Lidstone from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 16 July 1931
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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L101
Scope and Contents
Letter, 16 July 1931, Suffolk, Donald Tovey to Miss G. J. Lidstone. Discussion of acoustics and Helmholtz's theory of timbre. Holograph signed, with press cutting and envelope addressed to Mary Grierson.
Dates:
16 July 1931
Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from [G. N. Wintour], 18 August 1931
Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1973
Scope and Contents
Letter, 18 August 1931, Midlothian, [G. N. Wintour] to Donald Tovey. Discussion of the work of the work of Helmholz and Trautwein and comment on Tovey's conducting abilities. Holograph signed.
Dates:
18 August 1931