Papers in Connection with Apparatus and Instruments

Date:
1850-1906
Reference:
GALTON/2/1
Part of:
Galton Papers
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Contains papers on a variety of scientific instruments and apparatus, including the Telotype, Altazimuth, hand heliostat, wave machine, the "Tactor" machine, sextants, a hypsometer, and humidity clock. The material comprises descriptions, diagrams, calculations and correspondence with instrument makers and Galton's friends, acquaintances and peers with regard to procurement, design and manufacture of instruments.

Publication/Creation

1850-1906

Physical description

1 box

Terms of use

The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Location of duplicates

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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Location of original

The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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