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Library and Archive Resources in the History of Science at University College London

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2009

Janet Percival  and
W. A. Smeaton
Janet Percival
Affiliation:
Assistant Librarian and Archivist
W. A. Smeaton
Affiliation:
Reader in History and Philosophy of Science, University College London, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT.
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The British Journal for the History of Science , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , July 1978 , pp. 191 - 195
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Copyright © British Society for the History of Science 1978

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1 For the early history of the college see Bellot, H. Hale, University College London, 1826–1916, London, 1929Google Scholar; the library is frequently mentioned (see index) and is treated separately in pp. 417–26. A more recent account of the library is given by Scott, J. W., in Irwin, R. and Slaveley, R. (eds.), The libraries of London, 2nd edn., London, 1961, pp. 157–96.Google Scholar

2 Further details of important items in the Graves library are given by Scott, J. W., op. cit. (1), pp. 176–8Google Scholar, and Dorling, A. R., ‘The Graves mathematical collection in University College London’, Annals of science, 1976, 33, 307–10.CrossRefGoogle Scholar Some of the important Euclid editions are discussed by Simpkins, D. M., ‘Early editions of Euclid in England’Google Scholar, ibid., 1966, 22, 225–49.

3 See Newcombe, L., Catalogue of the periodical publications including the serial publications of societies and governments in the library of University College London, London, 1912.Google Scholar Additional early periodicals have since been acquired.

4 Catalogue of books in the general library and in the south library at University College, London, with an appendix, 3 vols., London, 1879Google Scholar; Supplement to the catalogue (1879) of books in the general library and in the south library of University College, London, with an appendix [containing additions to 1886], London, 1897; Catalogue of books in the medical and biological libraries at University College, London, with an appendix, London, 1887; Catalogue of additions to the general library and to the medical and biological libraries of University College, London, during the years 1887–91, London, 1892; University College, London, Additions to the libraries during 1832 (–1900), London, 1893 (–1901).

5 Bonser, W., Catalogue of the geological books in the library of University College, London, including the library of the Geologists' Association, London, 1927.Google Scholar

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7 Many of these books are listed in Hopkinson, J., Catalogue of the library of the Hertfordshire Natural History Society and Field Club, revised to July, 1885, London, 1885Google Scholar; idem, Supplementary catalogue … Field Club, July, 1885 to December, 1889, London, 1890.Google Scholar

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11 There are many references to these papers in Travers, M. W., A life of Sir William Ramsay, London, 1956.Google Scholar

12 Merrington, M., ‘A list of the papers and correspondence of Karl Pearson’Google Scholar, University College London Department of Statistics, 1974.

13 Merrington, M. and Golden, J., ‘A list of the papers and correspondence of Sir Francis Gallon’Google Scholar, University College London Gallon Laboratory, 1976.

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16 The papers of Augustus De Morgan, the first professor of mathematics at University College, are in ihe Universily of London Library, Senale House, London WC1, as is his collection of aboul 4,000 books, mainly on mathematics and astronomy, which rivals the Graves collection in quality, if not in size. See Catalogue of the library of the University of London: including the libraries of George Grote and Augustus de Morgan, London, 1876.

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