Boys, C. V. (Charles Vernon), 1855-1944.
Materials relating to C. V. Boys' repetition of the "Cavendish experiment," 1888-1894.
Items include: technical drawings regarding Boys' repetition of the Cavendish experiment, some with annotations; original sketches of the apparatus used by Boys; 3 notebooks kept by Boys during the repetition; a portfolio of result traces, summaries of results, notes, etc.; observations; 18 black and white photographs of apparatus used in repeating the experiment; and a ms. note to Mr. Hill of the So. Kensington Museum regarding the experiment apparatus and radiomicrometer (1900). Also includes the first series of observations by H. E. Hadley regarding Boys' repetition of the experiment.
Boys, C. V. (Charles Vernon), 1855-1944.
Earth -- Density -- Measurement.
Gravity -- Measurement.
Physics -- Experiments -- 19th century.
Radiomicrometer.
Scientific apparatus and instruments -- Drawings -- 19th century.
Charts. aat
Drawings. aat
Laboratory notebooks -- 19th century. aat
Photographs. aat
Hadley, H. E. (Harry Edwin)
AIP-ICOS
Science Museum (Great Britain). Library. Imperial College Road, London SW7 5NH, England UK