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La.III.522: Specimens of calligraphic styles of writing, 1570-1624 (approximate)
Item
Identifier: La.III.522
Scope and Contents
MS La.III.522 is a composite manuscript of late-sixteenth and/or early-seventeenth century pieces of calligraphy, assembled by a later collector. The bulk of the manuscript is a combination of two different calligraphic alphabets with sample-texts, which follow the aspect and structure of early-modern writing-books. One of these decorative alphabets is composed of gothic, knotwork intials, while the other is structured by Roman capital letters against backgrounds of delicate, swirling vines....
Dates:
1570-1624 (approximate)
Radar, 1935-1952
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-37/C.248-C.274
Scope and Contents
This sub-series consists of 27 files containing material relating to Edward Appleton’s research into Radar [Radio Detection And Ranging]. Much of this consists of reports and information, some of it was sent to Appleton to document research in progress or for various wartime projects, and some was sent to or assembled by him as documentation for the historical development of radar. The material consequently includes some interesting reports on wartime research in Britain and elsewhere, and...
Dates:
1935-1952
Various offprints, 1884-1996
File
Identifier: Coll-1255/12/1/1
Scope and Contents
Offprints include Oscar Hertwig, Richard Hertwig and August Weismann on fertilisation, Renzo Nobili on reproduction and syngens in Paramecium aurelia and Piero Luporini on cellular interactions. Also contains a copy of Genetics of the Protozoa by H.S. Jennings and obituaries of Clifford Dobell and Tracy Sonneborn.
Original box labelled 'Mating Types: Paramecium.'
Dates:
1884-1996