Thompson, Silvanus P. (Silvanus Phillips), 1851-1916,
Silvanus P. Thompson correspondence and manuscripts, 1867-1922.
Includes poem, 1867 (MS vol. S365); letters: 1913, on restoration of faded manuscripts (NB 1/202); 1914, on doctrine (MS portfolio 37/81); also two letters written by Thompson's widow Jane: 1918, on S. P. Thompson's writings, manuscripts, biography (MS portfolio B/95); c. 1922, on The Calculus Made Easy," published by MacMillan (1910 and reprints).
Student, Royal College of Chemistry, London, England, 1875-1876; principal and professor of applied physics and electrical engineering, Finsbury Technical College, London, England, 1886-1916.
Calculus -- Textbooks.
Manuscripts -- Conservation and restoration.
Poems. aat
Physicists -- Biography.
Thompson, Jane.
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Library of the Society of Friends. Friends House. London NWI 2BJ, England