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Produced by the MRC Biophysics Research Unit/Department of Biophysics, King's College London.

King's College London Department of Biophysics

KCL Department of Biophysics: glass and acetate slides ('quarter plates', 'whole plates' and 'half plates') relating to the work of the Medical Research Council (MRC) Biophysics Research Unit (KCL Department of Biophysics from 1964)

KCL Department of Biophysics: quarter plate series: slides of images relating to research conducted in the Biophysics Unit and subsequently Department of Biophysics

Photographic image referenced as a "Reflecting Microscope"

Photographic image referenced as "Reflecting Microscope"

Graph referenced as "Absorption spectra of purines, pyrimidines and nucleic acids"

Graph referenced as "Microphotometer recordings of thymine spectrum at room temperature and at 90 k [Kelvin]"

Schematic diagram referenced as "Absorption cell for low temperature studies"

Schematic diagram referenced as "Ultraviolet achromatic refraction objective 1.24 NA [numerical aperture]"

Diagram referenced as "Middle piece and tail of a ram spermatozoa"

Diagram referenced as "Head structure of ram spermatozoa"

Diagram referenced as "Circular scales for angle measurements"

Diagram referenced as "Circular dial 1-100"

Printed diagram referenced as "Generalized drawing of mammalian sperm"

Printed diagram captioned as "Drawings of different mammalian sperms"

Printed diagram of a transverse section of seminiferous tubule in a mammal referenced as "Mammalian sperm heads"

Printed diagram captioned as "Drawing of the stages of spermatogenesis in mammals"

Printed diagram captioned as "Drawing of the stages of spermatogenesis in guinea pigs"

Printed graph referenced as "Ethyl-alcohol in CCl4 [carbon chloride] layer 1mm (1-3) and 5mm (4-6)"

Printed graph referenced as "absorption spectrum of methyl alcohol in carbon tetrachloride solutions"

Table captioned as "Fine structure in ultra-violet absorption spectra of some purines, pyrimidines, amino acids, nucleosides etc. "

Microscopic image of cellular structure [no reference]

Ultra-violet absorption spectra image and path length recordings referenced as "Ultra-violet absorption spectra of para and ortho substituted phenols"

Ultra-violet absorption spectra and path length recordings referenced as "Ultra-violet absorption spectra of pyridine bases"

Ultra-violet absorption spectra image and path length recordings referenced as "The effect on the ultra-violet absorption spectrum of substituting an octyl group in the othro position to a hydroxyl group"

Microscope image referenced as "Effect of ultrasonics upon mitosis sticky chromosome bridges"

Graph showing ultra-violet absorption curves relating to the effect of ultrasonics on nucleic acids referenced as "Effect of ultrasonics in nucleic acids. U.V. Absorption curves"

Copy of J M M Pinkerton's paper, "On the Pulse Method of Measuring Ultrasonic Absorption in Liquids" in Proceedings of the Physical Society, Section B, Volume 62, Number 5, 1949.

Series of microscopic images of Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) crystals referenced as "TMV crystals"

Photograph referenced as "Mechanical parts of reflecting objective"

Microscope image referenced as "Autoradiography of newt cells"

Copy of a photographic print referenced as "Accelerated flow method for rapid reactions"

Copy of a photographic print referenced as "Accelerated flow apparatus and amplifier"

Copy of a photographic print referenced as "Accelerated flow apparatus"

Graph referenced as "Ultra-violet absorption spectrum of nuclear sap"

Copy of a photographic print referenced as "Cassor double beam oscilloscope. Chassis from underneath"

Graph referenced as "Micro-photometer record across chick fibroblast and wedge"

Photographic image referenced as "Phase annali"

Microscopic image referenced as "Ferric oxide solution X13,000"

Microscopic image referenced as "Wyoming Bentonite. Large particle size x 13000"

Microscopic image referenced as "Wyoming Bentonite. Small particle size E.S.D. 15-20 mp"

Copy of a printed table of the structural data of minerals in clay referenced as "Structural data of minerals (Clay)"

Microscope image referenced as "Autoradiograph 28 day exposure"

Microscope image referenced as "Autoradiograph, newt normal 20 days"

Microscope image referenced as "Autoradiograph 5 days"

Microscopic image referenced as "Vanadium pentoxide solution aged x13,000"

Microscopic image referenced as "Vanadium pentoxide solution fresh x13,000"

Table referenced as "Reflecting objectives 0.18"

Photographic image referenced as "Interferogram 0.79 N.A. [numerical aperture] 33% [central obstruction] 0.21"

Photographic image referenced as "Interferogram 0.54 N.A. [numerical aperture] 35% [central obstruction] 0.24"

Photographic image referenced as "Tobacco mosaic virus (T.M.V.) 7 Interchanging bands"

Photographic image referenced as "Tobacco mosaic virus (T.M.V.) 12 Helical contour"

Schematic diagram referenced as "Amici component N.A. [numerical aperture] 1.4"

Microscopic image of unknown cellular structure [no reference].

Hand-drawn graph referenced as "Absorption curves for two constituents of chick fibroblast in tissue culture"

Diagram referenced as "Measuring grid"

Microscopic image referenced as "Mitotic cells in a chick"

Diagram referenced as "Microphotometer dial"

Schematic diagram referenced as "Diagram of apparatus. Optical paths"

Copy of a printed diagram of extinction curves in the ultraviolet absorption spectrum referenced as "Extinction curves"

Schematic diagram referenced as "Clocking system. Exposure times"

Graph referenced as "Microphotometer trace through a living cell"

Graph referenced as "Microphotometer trace at 312. Irradiation nuclei"

Graph referenced as "Microphotometer trace at 265. Irradiation nuclei"

Graph referenced as "Measurement of absorption in irradiated cells"

Graph referenced as "Measurements of absorption of a living irradiated cell"

Schematic diagram referenced as "Optical paths in apparatus"

Graph showing ultra-violet absorption curve referenced as "Extractions from bean root tips"

Graph referenced as "Ultra-violet absorption curve of in vitro and in root lip extract"

Diagram referenced as "Generalized diagram of mammalian sperm"

Diagram referenced as "Diagram of head of ram sperm"

Diagram referenced as "Diagram of middle piece transverse section R.S. 7"

Diagram referenced as "Diagram of middle piece of ram sperm. Longitudinal section"

Diagram referenced as "Diagram of head of ram sperm. Cross sections through tail and fibrils"

Diagram referenced as "Diagram of head of ram sperm showing axes of symmetry"

Microscope image referenced as "Ram spermatozoa paper. Plate I"

Microscope image referenced as "Ram spermatozoa paper. Plate II"

Microscope image referenced as "Ram spermatozoa paper. Plate III"

Microscope image referenced as "Ram spermatozoa paper. Plate IV"

Microscope image referenced as "Ram spermatozoa paper. Plate V"

Microscope image referenced as "Ram spermatozoa paper. Plate VI"

Microscope image referenced as "North-South 'RNA spirulate"

Series of x-ray diffraction exposures referenced as "Nucleohistone rings of various humidities"

Comparison image of x-ray diffraction exposures referenced as "Change of intensity of nucleohistone 55A° [degrees] refe."

Photograph of space-filled molecular models referenced as "DNA and RNA models"

Diagram referenced as "DNA chemical structure"

Diagram referenced as "DNA-Ethidium model projection onto helix axis"

Diagram referenced as "Ethidium and proflavine chemical structure"

X-ray diffraction exposures referenced as "Poly A and Poly U diffraction Pattern 4219"

X-ray diffraction exposure referenced as "SRIVA Pattern 4158"

Copy of a printed diagram referenced as "Proposed mechanism for the specific action of 5FU"

Copy of a printed diagram referenced as "Genetic map of the r II region showing the base pairs in the standard type"

Copy of a printed diagram referenced as "Map of the messenger-RNA for the rII region showing the nucleotides"

Graph referenced as "Cross λ [lambda]emi Xλ [lambda] ++. Filter of the progeny phages of different genotype in the drops collected after centrifugation"

Copy of a printed diagram referenced as "Spot test used in classification of r mutants"

Diagram referenced as "Schematized behaviour of two diploids heterozygous the regulator for both structural genes"

Diagram referenced as "General model of the regulation of enzyme synthesis"

Diagram referenced as "Genetic map of the C region of the temperate bacteriophage λ [lambda]"

Graph referenced as "Transfer experiment with λ [lambda]emi"

Diagram referenced as "Models for recombination by breakage of DNA molecules"

Graph referenced as "Filter of the progeny phages of different genotypes in the drops collected after centrifugation"

Diagram referenced as "Genetic map of the Lac region of E coli"

Graph referenced as "Density distribution of C13N15λ [lambda] ++ used in cross I"

Graph referenced as "Effect of x-rays on metabolic DNA"

Graph referenced as "Effect of x-rays on metabolic DNA mean effect"

Table referenced as "Na22 in mice"

Table referenced as "Na22 in chick bones in vitro"

Table referenced as "H3-Thymidine in mice intestine"

Graph referenced as "Temperature and exposure"

Graph referenced as "Water soluble distribution of H3 thymidine"

Graph referenced as "Cell Proliferation in the regenerating liver after continuous irradiation"

Graph referenced as "Distribution of thymidine in brain 1 hour"

Graph referenced as "Distribution of thymidine in brain 30 minutes"

Graph referenced as "Distribution of thymidine in brain 15 minutes"

Microscope image referenced as "H3 thymidine in mouse jejunum"

Photograph referenced as "Brass container to slow down warming up of tissues"

Graph referenced as "Warming of brass container from -78° [degrees] C [Celcius]"

Graph referenced as "Sodium uptake in mice"

Photograph of scientific apparatus referenced as "Logostat unarming block"

Graph referenced as "Melting point of ice"

Diagram referenced as "Freezing apparatus"

An image including an x-ray diffraction exposure referenced as "Spencer and Poole paper Pl. 1"

X-ray diffraction exposures referenced as "A327 Α [alpha]  x-ray"

Graph relating to RNA referenced as "Spencer and Poole paper fig. 1"

Series of printed optical diffraction images referenced as "Optical diffr. patterns disordered [2] arrays"

X-ray diffraction exposure of B-type DNA referenced as "'B' DNA Pattern (x-ray)"

X-ray diffraction exposure of A-type DNA referenced as "'A' DNA pattern (x-ray)"

Series of printed optical diffraction images referenced as "Optical diffr. from slits."

Series of printed optical diffraction images and masks referenced as "Optical diffr. from masks increasing number of units"

Set of histograms referenced as "Optical diffr[action] from array of various number of objects"

Diagram referenced as "Convolution"

Graph relating to intensity distribution for diffraction gratings referenced as "Diffr. Gratings"

Copy of a printed diagram of a schematic of an optical diffractometer referenced as "Lipson apparatus"

Diagram referenced as "51-50 and sphere of reflection"

Diagram referenced as "Abbe resolution theory"

Diagram captioned as "physical meaning of the Laue equation a.S=h" referenced as "a.s = h x"

Diagram referenced as "tircular aperture diffr.[action] Theory"

Series of printed optical diffraction images referenced as "Optical diffr. from slits (as 6219)"

Copy of a printed optical diffraction image referenced as "Lipson and Taylor I"

Copy of a printed image of rotation x-ray diffraction exposures referenced as "Rotation x-ray patterns"

Copy of a printed diagram captioned " 32 classes of crystal symmetry" referenced as "32 xtal classes 1"

Copy of a printed diagram captioned " 32 classes of crystal symmetry" referenced as "32 xtal classes 2"

Copy of a printed diagram captioned " 32 classes of crystal symmetry" referenced as "32 xtal classes (combined)"

Copy of a printed diagram referenced as "Glide plane and screw axis"

Copy of a printed diagram referenced as "[2] unit cells and rotation axes"

Copy of a printed diagram referenced as "Body centred packing"

Copy of a printed diagram referenced as "Screw axes"

Copy of a printed diagram referenced as "Graphite and diamond structures"

Copy of a printed diagram referenced as "Ten space groups of orthorhombic polar class"

Copy of a printed diagram captioned as "The three types of lattices with cubic symmetry" referenced as "3 cubic Bravais Lattices"

Copy of a printed diagram captioned as "Electron-density projections of the molecule of 4, 5-diamino-2-chloropyrimidine" referenced as "Effect on Vonnier in ape of incl. resolution of S.F"

Copy of printed photographic images of models referenced as "Cubic and Hexagonal close packing"

Copy of a printed graph referenced as "Van der Waals energy curves"

Diagram referenced as "Structural formula of DNA molecule"

X-ray diffraction exposure referenced as "Poly I and Poly C (Bob Langridge)"

X-ray diffraction exposure referenced as "X-ray 4-283 Α [alpha] "

X-ray diffraction exposure referenced as "X-ray 4-283 Β [beta] "

X-ray diffraction exposure referenced as "X-ray 4-285 Α [alpha] "

X-ray diffraction exposure referenced as "X-ray rI/dc"

X-ray diffraction exposure referenced as "X-ray dI/rC"

X-ray diffraction exposure referenced as "X-ray dA/dT"

X-ray diffraction exposure referenced as "X-ray rI/dc II"

X-ray diffraction exposure referenced as "X-ray rI/rc"

X-ray diffraction exposure referenced as "X-ray M52 RMA (Α [alpha] )"

Diagram relating to x-rays referenced as "Interference"

Diagram relating to amplitude referenced as "Contribution of a series of atoms to a S F (waves)"

Diagram referenced as "Vector composition of structure factor"

X-ray diffraction exposure referenced as "dI:dc X-ray patt."

Diagram of a Bernal chart relating to A-type DNA referenced as "Bernal charts A DNA"

Photograph of a molecular model of collagen referenced as "Collagen model"

Series of microscope images referenced as "RNA spirulate viewed at different angles"

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