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Papers of Bertha Jeffreys Subseries
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Drafts and articles

This material complements section C, Research. A number of publications relate to research folders in section C. Cross-references are included where appropriate. There is also more coverage of Jeffreys's later mathematical interests, which are under-represented in section C. The single largest component here documents 'A Q-rious tale: the origin of the Parameter Q in electromagnetism', Q. Jl R. astr. Soc. vol 26 (1985), 51-52 and 'A footnote to A Q-rious tale', Q. Jl R. astr. Soc. vol 27 (1986), 693-694. For material relating to Jeffreys's reminiscences and accounts of Sir Harold Jeffreys see A116-A151. For 'Cambridge Professors and the Observatories' by Jeffreys, The Observatory vol 116 (1996) see A178-A180. For Jeffreys's biographical reminiscences of D.R. Hartree and offprints of two papers with him see H47, H48.

Girton correspondence

Series of correspondence kept together by Jeffreys and identified as correspondence with Girtonians. Many of the correspondents also feature in section J.

History of Science

H1-H95 Scientists and mathematicians. Arranged alphabetically by scientist. For material re Sir Harold Jeffreys see A94-A186.

H96-H108 History of mathematics and science.

Life of Sir Harold Jeffreys

Includes material relating to HJ's death (A94-A103), biographical material (A104-A115), obituaries, tributes and reminiscences (A116-A151), Biographical Memoir (A152-A161), memorials (A162-A167), correspondence re HJ (A168-A181), and material relating to HJ's work (A182-A186).

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