Prototypes of chemical detectors, including palladium transmodulators and a coulometric electron capture detector, made by James Lovelock 1975
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
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 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
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