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[?] :: [?], 10 March 1948

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Identifier: MS 2402.2.41
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TS (stencil copy)

2p.

Sent from: [?], Israel

Palestine

Dates: 10 March 1948

[?] :: [?], [1948?]

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Identifier: MS 2402.2.42
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TS (stencil copy)

1p.

Sent from: [?], Israel

Palestine

Dates: [1948?]

[?] :: [?], 21 September 1947

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Identifier: MS 2402.2.84
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TS (stencil copy)

1p.

Sent from: [?], Israel

Palestine

Dates: 21 September 1947

[?] :: [?], 17 September 1947

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Identifier: MS 2402.2.85
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TS (stencil copy)

2p.

Sent from: [?], Israel

Palestine

Dates: 17 September 1947

1 (37), Thomson to Ledermann, 2 Feb 1937

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Identifier: Coll-1064/1
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Thomson acknowledges receipt of Ledermann's letter and manuscript, expressing pleasure at Ledermann's continuing interest in factor analysis.

Thomson draws parallels between a formula Ledermann uses and the work of Kelley, specifically his pentad criterion as discussed in Crossroads in the Mind of Man.

Dates: 2 Feb 1937

1 (38), Thomson to Ledermann, 1 Jan 1938

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Identifier: Coll-1064/34
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Thomson asks Ledermann to explain an article of C Spearman's. The unnamed article is referred to in Spearman's The Abilities of Man, and regards the reversibility of proof of Spearman's tetrad criterion.

Dates: 1 Jan 1938

1 (39), Ledermann to Thomson, and Thomson to Ledermann, 25 Apr 1939-26 Apr 1939

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Identifier: Coll-1064/81
Scope and Contents In Ledermann's letter to Thomson, dated 25 Apr 1939, he informs Thomson of his applying for the Carnegie Teaching Fellowship, which would allow him to undertake original research in the areas of pure matrix algebra and abstract group theory. He also mentions that he would like to devote some time to applied mathematics, specifically factor analysis, and asks Thomson for permission to continue the work he undertook as Thomson's assistant, perhaps with the help of...
Dates: 25 Apr 1939-26 Apr 1939

1 (40), Thomson to Ledermann, 30 Jan 1940

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Identifier: Coll-1064/94
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Thomson invites Ledermann to dinner.

Dates: 30 Jan 1940

(1.) A Short History of Wars occasioned in Christendome by Bishops for 800 years ; (2.) The Poperie of the Service Book (1637) discovered by Didoclavius (David Calderwood); (3.) De Politia Ecclesiae Scoticanae ; (4.) Some few collections upon the buik cal, 1637-1653

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Identifier: La.III.69
Scope and Contents From the Series: Bound volumes constitute Section III of the Laing Collection with shelfmarks La.III. This long series of bound volumes includes copies of the scriptures and portions of the scriptures on vellum; breviaries and missals on vellum; treatises, discourses, sermons and notes on theological matters; and, treatises and notes on philosophical matters. There is historical, legal, and biographical material, and also letters. Within the series too there are some well known Scottish musical texts, poems,...
Dates: 1637-1653
pp. 8-9
pp. 8-9

1. Edinburgh, circa 1850 (spine-dated 1849)

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Identifier: Coll-10/1
Scope and Contents This volume, comprising 374 items mounted on 267 pages and covering the city of Edinburgh, is the first in this set of eight scrapbook albums compiled by the naturalist Adam White. Geographical coverage is largely restricted to the Edinburgh of White’s day: that is, to the then Burghs of Edinburgh (including the Old and New Town) and the Canongate.Material relating to other areas within the city’s present-day boundaries – such as Holyrood Park, Restalrig, Merchiston and the Burgh...
Dates: Other: circa 1850 (spine-dated 1849)

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