Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart, Austin coming to do some observations

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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

Letter from W.M. Alexander to Robert Lockhart, with comments on "two books of poetry by your friend" [presumably Frederick Lanchester]LAN/2/20/1

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart commenting on photographs of the Lanchester family taken by Robert LockhartLAN/2/20/2

Letter from from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart about his paper on opticsLAN/2/20/3

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart asking if there should be afferent nerves from eye motor muscles to cortexLAN/2/20/4

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart on opticsLAN/2/20/5

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart on his completion of two papers for submission to the Royal SocietyLAN/2/20/6

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart acknowledging another letter (LAN/2/22/2)LAN/2/20/7

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart acknowledging another letter (LAN/2/22/3)LAN/2/20/8

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart; enclosing copy of the results of the experiments carried out at Birmingham University the previous dayLAN/2/20/9

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart; has written the "hiatus" or "rift" and sent it to the Royal SocietyLAN/2/20/10

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart about meeting Dr Priestley Smith and discussing Lanchesters diagramsLAN/2/20/11

Letter from W.C. Souter to Robert Lockhart concerning points raised by Lockhart on Frederick Lanchesters ideasLAN/2/20/12

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart; acknowledging receipt of books sent by LockhartLAN/2/20/13

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart, on draft of paper for summer meeting in Birmingham of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (23-24 June 1933)LAN/2/20/14

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart asking to see him to discuss Lanchester's findingsLAN/2/20/14a

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart asking to meet Robert Lockhart when he is fit againLAN/2/20/15

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart, on paying another visit to [the Professor's Department at Birmingham University]LAN/2/20/16

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart acknowledging LAN/2/22/10LAN/2/20/17

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart apologising for not contacting him beforeLAN/2/20/18

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart enclosing a list of referencesLAN/2/20/19

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart mentioning peripheral regions of the retina being colour blind and blind spotsLAN/2/20/20

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart thanking him for lunchLAN/2/20/21

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart including mention of Lanchester huritng the left side of his pelvis after an accident when a deckchair collapsed under himLAN/2/20/22

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart on his recovery from his accidentLAN/2/20/23

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart on withdrawing all three papers from Royal SocietyLAN/2/20/24

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart on demonstrating for himself the existence of "the invisible or dark region...a receptive region in the cortex which has survived from the distant period when our remote ancestors had all-round vision"LAN/2/20/25

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart agreeing that Lockhart should send copies of the Birmingham papers to Prof Brouwer in Amsterdam.LAN/2/20/26

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart thanking him for the meeting of the Anatomical Society, and for their dinnerLAN/2/20/27

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart noting that he has left copies of his papers at Royal College of Surgeons for the Anatomical SocietyLAN/2/20/28

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart explaining he is sorry to hear of Lockharts illnessLAN/2/20/29

Letter from John Thom to Robert Lockhart suggesting that Brooks Saddle would be able to make the box which Lockhart wantsLAN/2/20/30

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart acknowledging Lockharts letter (17 July 1933) enclosing letter from John ThomLAN/2/20/31

Copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart on John Thoms proposal for a refrigerator not being viableLAN/2/20/32

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart on John Thom asking Lanchester to fund his idea for a new refrigeratorLAN/2/20/33

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart acknowledging LAN/2/22/16LAN/2/20/34

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart similar to LAN/2/20/34 [one was a draft of the other?]LAN/2/20/35

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart acknowledging LAN/2/22/17LAN/2/20/36

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart suggesting that he should approach printers in Birmingham to publish his research because [Birmingham] University was unwilling to do soLAN/2/20/37

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart noting that he has sent copy of "Persistence of the Visual Impression" to Gordon Holmes with a view to its being published in BrainLAN/2/20/38

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart about arranging a meeting with Burman, a Birmingham printer and late Lord Mayor.LAN/2/20/39

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart asking for John H. Austin's addressLAN/2/20/40

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart acknowledging LAN/2/22/20LAN/2/20/41

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart acknowledging LAN/2/22/21LAN/2/20/42

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart noting that he has read "Man and Nature"LAN/2/20/43

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart thanking him for lending him "Ways of Living"LAN/2/20/44

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart acknowledging LAN/2/22/23LAN/2/20/45

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart on an article he proposed for BrainLAN/2/20/46

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart on wanting to have results of his research checked again before offering second and third papers for publicationLAN/2/20/47

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart acknowledging LAN/2/22/25LAN/2/20/48

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart, on seeing Mr Brittain and recommending him to the Institution if he canLAN/2/20/49

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart, Austin coming to do some observationsLAN/2/20/50

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart, on Austins eye movements being slower than LanchestersLAN/2/20/51

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart on speed and method of horizontal eye movementLAN/2/20/52

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart on stereoscopic eyesight problemsLAN/2/20/53

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart concerning Prof. Adrians bookLAN/2/20/54

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart acknowledging LAN/2/22/32LAN/2/20/55

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart, concerning colour vision related to Lanchesters work on the persistence of the visual impressionLAN/2/20/56

List of people to whom copies of Frederick Lanchesters reprints of papers were sentLAN/2/20/57

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart, on the speed of reading and colour visionLAN/2/20/58

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart acknowledging LAN/2/22/35LAN/2/20/59

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart noting that he is confined to his house because of a boil on the back of his neckLAN/2/20/60

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart saying that he cannot accept entirely what Clark says (see LAN/2/22/37)LAN/2/20/61

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart with details on the operation he had on his back and neckLAN/2/20/62

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart pointint out that he has not heard from him since 17 April [1934] (see LAN/2/22/41)LAN/2/20/63

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart, thanking him for his letter and the loan of the Journal of AnatomyLAN/2/20/64

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart, forwarding copy of his "Discontinuities..." paper to the British Journal of OphthalmologyLAN/2/20/65

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart, enclosing revision of paper refrred to in LAN/2/20/65LAN/2/20/66

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart, agrees to change text to avoid a split infinitiveLAN/2/20/67

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart acknowledging LAN/2/22/45LAN/2/20/68

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart, refers to a copy of British Medical Journal and a work by Professor Adrian that he hasLAN/2/20/68A

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart, accepts invitation to the Midlands Aberdeen University Club Dinner (LAN/2/22/48).LAN/2/20/69

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart noting that has lumbagoLAN/2/20/70

Letter from Frederick Lanchester to Robert Lockhart noting that he has put the dinner date in his diaryLAN/2/20/71

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

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

PatentsLAN/6

Glass plate negatives and imagesLAN/7

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

Sales and marketing photographsLAN/9