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The Papers of Dr. AB Wood

Includes correspondence with M.o.D., the Institute of Physics, and the U.S.A

Admiralty Research Laboratory file "A.B. Wood Memorial File", possibly kept by W. Burrows, Superintendent ARL.

Mrs. Wood's file re the A.B. Wood Medal of the Institute of Physics.

Mrs. Wood's file re the A.B. Wood Medal of the Institute of Physics.

(with Barratt, T.) Volatility of thorium active deposit. Proc. Phys. Soc., vol. 26, 1914, pp. 248-260.

(with Barratt, T.) Volatility of thorium active deposit. Proc. Phys. Soc., vol. 26, 1914, pp. 248-260.

includes appointment to Oliver Lodge Fellowship in Physics, University of Liverpool, 1914 and appointment as civilian scientist to the Admiralty Board of Invention and Research, Oct. 1915.

File: "Letters of appointment etc.".

External Recognition

External Recognition

6 papers published by Wood, concerning radioactivity (kept together by him)

6 papers published by Wood, concerning radioactivity (kept together by him)

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Memorials

Newspaper cuttings etc. re ABW's year at the US Navy Electronics Laboratory, San Diego, California.

Newspaper cuttings etc. re ABW's year at the US Navy Electronics Laboratory, San Diego, California.

Contains chiefly offprints of published papers by Admiralty workers and others, relating to design principles for magnetostriction on transducers ("oscillators").

File "Magnetostriction".

(with W. Makover). The recoil of radium 0 from radium C. Phil. Mag., vol. 30, 1915, pp. 811-815.

(with W. Makover). The recoil of radium 0 from radium C. Phil. Mag., vol. 30, 1915, pp. 811-815.

Radioactivity

Radioactivity

Papers re award of Pioneers of Underwater Acoustics medal to ABW by the Acoustical Society of America, 1961, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Papers re award of Pioneers of Underwater Acoustics medal to ABW by the Acoustical Society of America, 1961, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Typescript, with ABW's ms. annotations.

Transcript of ABW's reminiscences, which were taped by GWW during Oct.-Nov. 1960.

[ABW's copy]. Last 2 pages are: The military training of youth in schools: a review of the systems of training in the British Empire and in various foreign countries. By A.B. Wood, MSc.

Address, reports and abstracts of papers of Section L of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Manchester meeting, 1915.

A little correspondence with Henry Hughes & Son Ltd., 1937, and correspondence 1957-1963 re echo fishing.

File "Kelvin Hughes"

File of notes and miscellaneous papers from ABW's educational diploma course at the University of Manchester.

File of notes and miscellaneous papers from ABW's educational diploma course at the University of Manchester.

(with A.I. Steven) Investigation of the photographic effect of recoil atoms. Proc. Phys. Soc., vol. 27, 1915, pp 189- 192.

(with A.I. Steven) Investigation of the photographic effect of recoil atoms. Proc. Phys. Soc., vol. 27, 1915, pp 189- 192.

History and Recollections

History and Recollections

Typescript of ABW's contribution to the JRNSS of Jan. 1946, to mark Butterworth's retirement from Admiralty service. With portrait HS photograph of Butterworth [an Admiralty applied mathematician]

Stephen Butterworth, OBE. - an appreciation.

Papers are: i) The cathode ray oscillograph. Proc. Phys. Soc. 35, 1923, p.l09- 123. ii) The cathode-ray oscillograph. J. I. E. E. 63, 1925, p. 1046- 1055. iii) Trade catalogue: Cathode ray oscillograph (Dr. A.B. Wood's), issued by H. Tinsley & Co., 1929 Sept. iv) Recent developments in cathodray oscillographs. J.I.E.E. 1l, 1932, p.41-82.

Offprints of ABW's published papers on the development of the cathode-ray oscillograph, with distribution lists.

Correspondence with George W. Wood concerning GWW's visits to ABW in England, and ABW's forthcoming visit to the USA.

Correspondence with George W. Wood concerning GWW's visits to ABW in England, and ABW's forthcoming visit to the USA.

Contains paper and letter of congratulation re the award of the Duddell Medal of the Physical Society to ABW.

Envelope marked "Cathode ray oscillograph" containing paper and letter of congratulation re the award of the Duddell Medal of the Physical Society to ABW.

Contains: 1) appreciations by former colleagues 2) ABW's history From Board of Invention and Research to Royal Naval Scientific Service (originally published in 5 issues of the journal between May 1961 and Jan. 1963).

Albert Beaumont Wood Memorial Number. Journal of the Royal Naval Scientific Service, vol. 20, no.4.

Offprints of published papers relating to Admiralty work.

Offprints of published papers relating to Admiralty work.

The volatility of thorium 0: with a note on the relative activities of thorium C and O. Phil. Mag., vol. 28, 1914, pp. 808-818.

The volatility of thorium 0: with a note on the relative activities of thorium C and O. Phil. Mag., vol. 28, 1914, pp. 808-818.

Admiralty Work

Admiralty Work

Author's offprints of the original paper comprising From B.I.R. to R.N.S.S.

Author's offprints of the original paper comprising From B.I.R. to R.N.S.S.

Education

Education

Duddell Medal certificate, awarded to ABW, 1951, with 2 ms. notes by ABW. (MSL 18)

Duddell Medal certificate, awarded to ABW, 1951, with 2 ms. notes by ABW. (MSL 18)

Volatilisation of extremely thin radioactive deposits. Proc. Roy. Soc., vol. 91, 1915, pp. 543- 560.

Volatilisation of extremely thin radioactive deposits. Proc. Roy. Soc., vol. 91, 1915, pp. 543- 560.

Mrs. Wood's file re the Research Vessels A.B. Wood and A.B. Wood II, operated by MAS (Marine Acoustical Services Inc.) of Miami, Florida.

Mrs. Wood's file re the Research Vessels A.B. Wood and A.B. Wood II, operated by MAS (Marine Acoustical Services Inc.) of Miami, Florida.

The velocities of the cl particles from thorium active deposit. Phil. Mag., vol. 30, 1915, pp. 702-710 & plate 17.

The velocities of the cl particles from thorium active deposit. Phil. Mag., vol. 30, 1915, pp. 702-710 & plate 17.

Contains scripts, including account of recovery of the German magnetic mine at Shoeburyness, 22 Nov. 1939.

Correspondence with the BBC re ABW's part in recording a radio programme on wartime degaussing.

Chiefly trade literature (including Marconi, and Henry Hughes & Son Ltd.) and published papers, relating to specific echosounder models.

File "Echo Sounders".

Includes: i) ABW's reminiscences of the Wesleyan Day School, 1894-1911, ii) papers and photographs re the unveiling of memorial plaque to ABW at the school, 12 Dec. 1970

Mrs. A.B. Wood's file re Uppermill School.

Contains: i) ABW�s experimental notes, ii) typescript ms of paper, iii) background papers, iv) corresponden2e between ABW in Helensburgh and Rutherford in Cambridge (8 letters R. to W., 3 draft/copy letters W. to R., 1919 Oct. - 1920 July) v) offprint of Wood's paper, vi) offprint of Rutherford's Bakerian lecture of 1920, vii) 4 mounted mica/aluminium screens for absorbing - particles, in envelope (screens damaged/corroded).

File concerning ABW's publication of: Long-range particles from thorium active deposits. Phil. Mag., vol. 41, 1921, pp. 575-584.