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Item
Identifier: Coll-1064/86
Scope and Contents
Thomson asks Ledermann to do nothing for the time being with the calculations referred to in his previous correspondence, since he thinks there are potential discrepancies to be checked beforehand.
Dates:
14 Aug 1939
Sub-Series
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/G1/3/5
Scope and Contents
- 060.01: Wilkins Prognosis Test in Modern Languages, 1920
- 063.02: Columbia Research Bureau Spanish test, 1926;
- 063.03: Handschin Modern Language Tests : Silent Reading Test A, Spanish, 1920.
Dates:
1920-1926
Item
Identifier: Coll-10/6
Scope and Contents
This volume of Adam White’s set of eight scrapbook albums contains 231 items mounted on 179 pages.Geographically the album covers west central Scotland. Beginning with the burgh of Stirling, its Castle and other antiquities, and the upper Forth valley, the itinerary moves on to the city of Glasgow, with depictions of its commercial and public buildings and its cathedral. The Clyde valley is represented in antiquities such as Bothwell Castle and beauty spots such as Cory...
Dates:
Other: circa 1850 (spine-dated 1849)
Item
Identifier: Coll-1064/5
Scope and Contents
Thomson discusses his plans for summer, which include lecturing at the Bingley Training College, and staying at Glenapp, Ayrshire, and informs Ledermann that he is not sure where he will be based for winter.
He advises Ledermann to undertake preparatory reading, and attaches a short reading list which includes the work of T L Kelley, L L Thurstone, W P Alexander, and Cyril Burt.
Dates:
28 Jun 1937
Item
Identifier: Coll-1064/40
Scope and Contents
Thomson asks Ledermann to investigate a matter regarding the centering of a matrix of marks which he reproduces in the letter.
Dates:
10 Feb 1938
Item
Identifier: Coll-1064/87
Scope and Contents
Thomson tells Ledermann he is glad Dr Comrie [?] is interested in the work referred to in his previous letters regarding children born in Scotland on the 1st of Feb, May, Aug, and Nov of 1926, but mentions again that errors in the original calculations mean the further calculations to be undertaken will have to be postponed.
Dates:
24 Aug 1939
Item
Identifier: Coll-10/7
Scope and Contents
This is the seventh volume in Adam White’s eight-volume set of scrapbooks. It contains 208 items mounted on 152 pages.The volume covers Aberdeenshire, the historical counties of Elgin, Nairn and Banffshire, and mainland Inverness-shire and Argyll. Despite the album’s title, the county of Angus (otherwise Forfarshire) is covered in the fourth volume of the Symbolae.Once again the coverage is largely by locality, beginning with the...
Dates:
Other: circa 1850 (spine-dated 1849)
Sub-Series
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/G1/3/6
Scope and Contents
07.01: Ruch-Popenoe General Science Test, 1923;
07:02: Ruch-Cossman Biology Test, 1924;
07.03: Columbia Research Bureau Physics Test, 1926;
07.04: Powers General Chemistry Test, 1924;
07.06: Science aptitude examination for the sixth annual Science Talent Search, 1946-1951;
07.07: New Style Tests in Chemistry by A C Cavell,...
Dates:
1923-1947
Item
Identifier: Coll-1064/6
Scope and Contents
Thomson asks Ledermann to meet him at the Thackeray Hotel in London. He suggests further publications for Ledermann to read, particularly in relation to matrix methods, including publications by G Udny Yule, R A Fisher, and T L Kelley.
Dates:
8 Jul 1937
File
Identifier: Coll-1064/41
Scope and Contents
Contains three letters, largely unrelated. In the first letter, dated 15 Jan 1938 and numbered 8a (38), Thomson informs Ledermann that his [Thomson's] manuscript regarding univariate selection has been sent back to him by F C Bartlett, as the publisher requires it typed, and advises him that his own manuscript has likely been sent back for the same reason. In the second letter, dated 17 Jan 1938 and numbered 8b (38), Thomson asks...
Dates:
15 Jan 1938-12 Feb 1938