Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to the Secretary of the Royal Society concerning his papers on visual phenomena

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Lanchester explains that he sent copies to Sir Richard Glazebrook recently and has suggested that Glazebrook send them on to the Royal Society. Explains the work covered in the papers and offers comments from others on it. Submits as proof observations made by six students during a test.

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Frederick Lanchester collectionLAN

Correspondence and other documents ('Baxter' series)LAN/1

Frederick Lanchester correspondence and documents ('Fletcher' series)LAN/2

Biographical information on Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/1

Material on Frederick Lanchester compiled by Dr Peter Kingsford for his biography of LanchesterLAN/2/2

Frederick Lanchester reports for the Advisory Committee for AeronauticsLAN/2/3

Correspondence between Frederick Lanchester and the Advisory Committee for AeronauticsLAN/2/4

Correspondence relating to flightLAN/2/5

Lanchester's Laboratories LimitedLAN/2/6

Material relating to car manufactureLAN/2/7

PublicationsLAN/2/8

Personal and business correspondenceLAN/2/9

Frederick Lanchester's views on warfare tacticsLAN/2/10

Correspondence concerning financial matters, and Frederick Lanchester's deathLAN/2/11

Material relating to worm gears, aircraft propellers and wings, and Lanchester's Laboratories Ltd salesLAN/2/12

Reprints of articles and publications written by or about Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/13

Correspondence mostly relating to the publication of Frederick Lanchester's 'Potted Logs'LAN/2/14

Miscellaneous correspondence including with Colonel [Rookes] Crompton, electrical engineering pioneerLAN/2/15

Frederick Lanchester papers on optics and visualsLAN/2/16

Anatomy and vision/opticsLAN/2/17

Anatomy and vision/opticsLAN/2/18

Correspondence mostly concerning articles, papers and talks on vision and opticsLAN/2/19

Correspondence from Frederick Lanchester to Professor Robert LockhartLAN/2/20

Correspondence from Frederick Lanchester to Professor Robert Lockhart and othersLAN/2/21

Correspondence from Professor Robert Lockhart to Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/22

Copy correspondence from Professor Robert Lockhart to Frederick Lanchester, Lanchester family members and othersLAN/2/23

Correspondence between Frederick Lanchester and Robert LockhartLAN/2/24

Correspondence between Frederick Lanchester and Robert Lockhart mostly concerning anatomy, optics, visionLAN/2/25

Typed letter from Robert Lockhart to Frederick Lanchester, sending him Starling's PhysiologyLAN/2/25/1

Copy of a diagram from Gray's AnatomyLAN/2/25/2

Typed letter from Robert Lockhart to Frederick Lanchester, enclosing a reference to an HMSO [His Majesty's Stationery Office] publicationLAN/2/25/3

Typed letter from Robert Lockhart to Frederick Lanchester, acknowledging his letters of February 27th and March 1stLAN/2/25/4

Typed letter from Robert Lockhart to Frederick Lanchester about his correct surmises regarding the course of the visual pathway in the lower animalsLAN/2/25/5

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart thanking him for his letter (see LAN/2/25/5)LAN/2/25/6

Handwritten letter from Arthur Keith to Robert Lockhart about Frederick Lanchesters ideasLAN/2/25/9

Typed letter from W.C. Souter to Robert Lockhart, recommmending some references for Frederick Lanchesters work on the blind spotLAN/2/25/10

Typed letter from from Robert Lockhart to Frederick Lanchester with more information on his blind spots queriesLAN/2/25/11

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart thanking him for his letter [of 20 March 1933]LAN/2/25/12

Typed letter from Robert Lockhart to Frederick Lanchester, acknowledging his letter of 21st March [1933]LAN/2/25/13

Typed letter from Robert Lockhart to Frederick Lanchester about the discussion with Professor LowLAN/2/25/14

Handwritten letter from Priestley Smith to Frederick Lanchester responding to his letter about a meeting to discuss the blind spotLAN/2/25/15

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart concerning evidence from experiment on the blind spot with six anatomy studentsLAN/2/25/16

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Priestley Smith, agreeing that Smith may have almost found the hiatus or rift which Frederick Lanchester has just identifiedLAN/2/25/17

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart concerning his meeting with Priestley SmithLAN/2/25/18

Typed letter from Robert Lockhart to Frederick Lanchester, enclosing a copy of reply from Professor Brouwer in Amsterdam (see LAN/2/25/20)LAN/2/25/19

Typed letter from B.Brouwer to Robert Lockhart (enclosed with LAN/2/25/19)LAN/2/25/20

Typed copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart noting that he has drafted a paper on the blind spot as requestedLAN/2/25/21

Typed letter from Robert Lockhart to Frederick Lanchester, confirming details of the Birmingham meeting where Lanchester is to present his paperLAN/2/25/22

Typed copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart asking for a meeting and help with naming the paper he is due to presentLAN/2/25/23

Typed letter from Robert Lockhart to Frederick Lanchester replying to his letter of 27 April and is looking forward to seeing himLAN/2/25/24

Typed letter from Robert Lockhart to Frederick Lanchester noting that the lantern slides are ready [for his paper at the Birmingham meeting]LAN/2/25/25

Typed letter from Robert Lockhart to Frederick Lanchester on some slides prepared for Frederick Lanchesters paper at the Birmingham meetingLAN/2/25/26

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart thanking him for his letter [of 24 May 1933]LAN/2/25/27

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart thanking him for his letter and a visit to Birmingham universityLAN/2/25/28

from Robert Lockhart to Frederick Lanchester concerning the size of diagram suitable for the epidiascope for the Birmingham lectureLAN/2/25/29

Typed letter from Robert Lockhart to Frederick Lanchester noting that he is sorry to hear about his fallLAN/2/25/30

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart thanking him for his letters of the 7th and 9thLAN/2/25/31

Typed letter from Robert Lockhart to Frederick Lanchester acknowledging his letter of 13th June and preparations for the Birmingham meetingLAN/2/25/32

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart thanking him for his letter [of 14 June]LAN/2/25/33

Typed letter from Robert Lockhart to Frederick Lanchester acknowledging his letter of 15th JuneLAN/2/25/34

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart thanking for the trouble he took in trying his diagrams [to be used for the Birmingham meeting]LAN/2/25/35

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Stanley Barnes, following up their discussion at the Anatomical Society dinnerLAN/2/25/36

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart commenting that he enjoyed attending the meeting of the 'Anatomicals' and giving an abstract of his papersLAN/2/25/37

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart noting that he left two of his papers on vision wit the Royal College of SurgeonsLAN/2/25/38

Typed letter from Robert Lockhart to Frederick Lanchester responding to his letter of July 3rdLAN/2/25/39

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart responding to his letter of 4th [July]LAN/2/25/40

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart, returning the letter from John Thoms that he forwardedLAN/2/25/41

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart, noting that he received Lockharts letter of the 17th [July]LAN/2/25/42

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart, noting that he is very distressed to hear that he has been so illLAN/2/25/43

Typed letter from Stanley Barnes to Frederick Lanchester, enclosing copy of a British Medical Journal article on the nervous mechanism of visionLAN/2/25/44

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Stanley Barnes, acknowledging LAN/2/25/44LAN/2/25/45

Handwritten letter from H.H. Woollard to Frederick Lanchester; informing him of the agreement of the Anatomical Society to publish the 'Blind Spot' and the 'Hiatus'LAN/2/25/46

Typed summary of the Frederick Lanchester paper 'The persistance of the visual impression'LAN/2/25/47

Typed copy of Frederick Lanchester paper 'The persistance of the visual impression'LAN/2/25/48

Postcard to Frederick Lanchester [from Sir Richard Glazebrook] thanking him for his paper [on the blind spot], which was safely receivedLAN/2/25/49

Handwritten letter from Sir Richard Glazebrook to Frederick Lanchester responding to his letter of 27 March 1933LAN/2/25/50

Handwritten letter from Sir Richard Glazebrook to Frederick Lanchester about his 'blind spot' experiments[?]LAN/2/25/51

Postcard to Frederick Lanchester [from R.T. Glazebrook] apologising for the delay in replyingLAN/2/25/52

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Sir Richard [Glazebrook] on a new diagram he has to demonstrate the vertical blind 'fissure'LAN/2/25/53

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Sir Richard Glazebrook about the papers he on a new diagram he has to demonstrate the vertical blind 'fissure'LAN/2/25/54

Handwritten letter from Sir Richard Glazebrook to Frederick Lanchester replying to his recent lettersLAN/2/25/55

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Sir Richard Glazebrook about the sound wave problem he was seeking advice onLAN/2/25/56

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to the Secretary of the Royal Society concerning his papers on visual phenomenaLAN/2/25/57

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to Sir Henry Dale, The Royal Society offering the enclosed manuscript of his paper 'the problems of the visual pathway' to the societyLAN/2/25/58

Letter from The Royal Society to Frederick Lanchester acknowledging receipt of his summary of his papers on the blind spotLAN/2/25/59

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to The Secretary of the Royal Society enclosing his paper 'directional fixity and the transitory visual image'LAN/2/25/60

Typed copy of summary for paper by Frederick Lanchester on 'Directional fixity and the transitory visual image'LAN/2/25/61

Typed (2nd carbon copy) of Frederick Lanchester paper 'Directional fixity and the transitory visual image'LAN/2/25/62

Typed copy of 'the duration of consciousness' by Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/25/63

Typed copy of 'A note re memorandum on:- The duration of consciousness'LAN/2/25/64

Paper bound (no. 3) copy of Frederick Lanchester's paper 'Directional Fixity and the transitory visual impression or fleeting image'LAN/2/25/65

Supplemental material donated at a later date - mostly aeronautical/militaryLAN/2/26

Supplemental material donated at a later dateLAN/2/27

PatentsLAN/2/28

PatentsLAN/2/29

Notes and correspondence on obtaining copyright on a book in the U.S.A.LAN/2/30

Miscellaneous correspondenceLAN/2/31

Lists compiled by Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/32

BlueprintsLAN/3

Sketch booksLAN/4

Note booksLAN/5

Glass plate negatives and imagesLAN/7

Photographic negatives of the blueprints (LAN/3)LAN/8

Sales and marketing photographsLAN/9