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Prototypes of chemical detectors, including palladium transmodulators and a coulometric electron capture detector, made by James Lovelock

1975

Sign for James Lovelock's 'Exponential Dilution Chamber' for testing chemical detectors

circa 1980

James Lovelock’s lecture notes for the 1988 Chapman Conference on Gaia

1988

James Lovelock’s notes for a lecture about detecting life on other planets

1966

Diagram of atmospheric haze at Bowerchalke, Wiltshire, by James Lovelock

1960-1969

Printout of the Daisyworld programme developed by James Lovelock

1981

Electron capture detector for gas chromatograph

1955-1965

Non-radioactive electron capture detector designed by James Lovelock

circa 1980s

Mathematical rules for James Lovelock’s Daisyworld computer simulation

1981

James Lovelock’s ‘Ideas’ notebook

circa 2000

James Lovelock’s early drafts of Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth

1970

James Lovelock’s notebook from the RRS Shackleton voyage

1971

Diagram of Gaia and feedback loop by James Lovelock

Air samples collected by James Lovelock from New Zealand and South Africa

1980-1989

Apparatus for simulating Martian atmospheric pressure, made by James Lovelock

1960-1969

Gas chromatograph made by James Lovelock

1971

Experimental device for freezing cell cultures designed by James Lovelock and Chris Polge

1946-1969
Fictional story 'The Goblin in the Gasworks', handwritten manuscript featuring painted illustrations, by James Lovelock, 1930s. Includes a photocopy of the last page of the manuscript, measuring 290 mm x 210 mm.

The Goblin in the Gasworks by James Lovelock

1930-1937
Notebook with handwritten notes, containing a variety of invention ideas, by James Lovelock, no date. Includes diagrams for a ‘heat of absorption detector’ and ‘gas tank sensor’, interspersed with some more playful ideas such as a ‘Dalek destroyer’. The notebook is a narrow spiral bound notebook; modern paper; ballpoint pen ink and pencil .

James Lovelock’s inventions notebook

Notebook belonging to James Lovelock whilst studying chemistry at the University of Manchester, 1939. Unable to read label on front cover as partially torn. Includes sketches; doodles; lecture notes, mostly on chemistry; diagrams. Pages titled 'Atomic Structure', 'Hydrogen', 'Coordination Compounds', plus many others. Pages at the back have been torn out. Ink and pencil; binding and front cover damaged; measurement of depth 24 mm, when open 376 mm (w).

Chemistry notebook of James Lovelock, whilst studying at the University of Manchester

1939
Electron capture detector by Lovelock, circa 1960s

Electron capture detector, 1960-1969

1960-1969
Laboratory notebooks belonging to James Lovelock whilst working at the National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, UK, dated 1 March 1948 to August 1950. Labelled JEL Physical; Program. Describes handkerchief experiments, ionization anemometers, circuit invention etc. Manuscript; pencil and pen. Two loose graphs. Poor condition. Measurements open horizontally 400 mm (w).

James Lovelock’s laboratory notebooks from his work at the National Institute for Medical Research

1948-1950
Letter from James Lovelock to Lynn Margulis dated 11 December 1972, forming part of the Margulis-Lovelock correspondence, in which James Lovelock discusses why he thinks the Gaia hypothesis is on its way to becoming a theory. The letter is typed on verso and has punched holes.

Letter from James Lovelock to Lynn Margulis

1972