12th May, 2022 12:00
Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments
An Autographed Letter and Archive of Period Articles Concerning William Crookes
comprising:
An autograph letter dated 25 November 1882, Signed to Mr Barrett concerning the return of his own son from Glasgow and their intended visit, 2pp, 20cm x 15cm with the original envelope
a page from The Graphic titled 'A Grand Old Man of Science, Nov 29th 1913, folio.
Vanity Fair illustration titled 'Ubi Crookes ibi Lux' with a photocopy of the text, may 21st 1903, folio.
page from illustrated London News showing a portrait of Crookes, July 10th 1897, folio.
Pall Mall magazine article titled 'Master Workers, II. Professor Sir William Crookes, 1903, oct (8vo).
Page from the London Illustrated News, Nov 22nd 1913 titled 'Wearer of the golden fleece of science', folio.
An article in Nature, Feb 1st 1877, titled 'Experiments with the Radiometer, by William Crookes', oct (8vo).
Sir William Crookes OM PRS (/b.17 June 1832 – d.4 April 1919) was a British chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry in London, and worked on spectroscopy, was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing the Crookes tube which was made in 1875, a foundational discovery that eventually changed the whole of chemistry and physics.
He is credited with discovering the element thallium, announced in 1861, with the help of spectroscopy, also the first to describe the spectrum of terrestrial helium, in 1865, invented the Crookes radiometer but did not discern the true explanation of the phenomenon he detected
comprising:
An autograph letter dated 25 November 1882, Signed to Mr Barrett concerning the return of his own son from Glasgow and their intended visit, 2pp, 20cm x 15cm with the original envelope
a page from The Graphic titled 'A Grand Old Man of Science, Nov 29th 1913, folio.
Vanity Fair illustration titled 'Ubi Crookes ibi Lux' with a photocopy of the text, may 21st 1903, folio.
page from illustrated London News showing a portrait of Crookes, July 10th 1897, folio.
Pall Mall magazine article titled 'Master Workers, II. Professor Sir William Crookes, 1903, oct (8vo).
Page from the London Illustrated News, Nov 22nd 1913 titled 'Wearer of the golden fleece of science', folio.
An article in Nature, Feb 1st 1877, titled 'Experiments with the Radiometer, by William Crookes', oct (8vo).
Sir William Crookes OM PRS (/b.17 June 1832 – d.4 April 1919) was a British chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry in London, and worked on spectroscopy, was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing the Crookes tube which was made in 1875, a foundational discovery that eventually changed the whole of chemistry and physics.
He is credited with discovering the element thallium, announced in 1861, with the help of spectroscopy, also the first to describe the spectrum of terrestrial helium, in 1865, invented the Crookes radiometer but did not discern the true explanation of the phenomenon he detected
Auction: Fine Scientific and Medical Instruments, 12th May, 2022
