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Wheatstone, Sir Charles (1802-1875) Knight Physicist
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Surname: | Wheatstone |
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Pretitle: | Sir |
Forenames: | Charles |
Gender: | Male |
Date: | 1802-1875 |
Biography: | ODNB link for Wheatstone, Sir Charles (1802-1875) Knight Physicist |
Name authority reference: | GB/NNAF/P149015 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P30271 ) |
Online related resources | Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Charles Wheatstone |
Description | Held by | Reference | Further information | |
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1 |
corresp and papers
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King's College London: College Archives
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KCLCA Wheatstone
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See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
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2 |
c1832-70: papers and drawings
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Science Museum Library and Archives
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WHEAT
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See Annual return 1999
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3 |
papers
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Royal Society
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4 |
1837-65: drawings (c100) rel to electric telegraph
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Science Museum Library and Archives
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5 |
1839-43: letters (11) to Charles Babbage
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British Library, Manuscript Collections
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Add MSS 37191-201 passim
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6 |
1837-46: corresp with WF Cooke
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Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives
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SC Mss 7
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NRA 38782 Cooke
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7 |
corresp with Sir JFW Herschel
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Royal Society
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HS
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NRA 8803
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8 |
1842-48: corresp with Sir Francis Ronalds
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Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives
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SC Mss 1.3, 1.4
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NRA 38778 Ronalds
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9 |
letters (10)
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Royal Institution of Great Britain
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NRA 9522
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10 |
c1837-1870: corresp; list of books on acoustics; scientific drawings; notes with equations and diagrams
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King's College London: College Archives
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K/PP107 7/11
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Record creator | Description of relationship | Dates | Category of relationship | |
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Professor of Experimental Philosophy, King's College London, 1834-1875
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Associative
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