| Ref No | CALB/BIO/F205472 |
| AltRefNo | F205472 |
| Collection | Calthrop Boucicault Collection |
| Title | Material relating to the professional and scientific career of Dr. Dionysius Lardner, including |
| Date | 1827-1876 |
| Extent | 5 items |
| Description | Material relating to the professional and scientific career of Dr. Dionysius Lardner, including. Item 1 -- 3 letters from correspondents at University College London informing Calthrop that Dionysius Lardner was appointed as Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy in 1827 and probably held the post from 1828 for three years; they also say that the College Library holds letters by Lardner;. Item 2 -- a photocopied article from Spectrum (no. 147/1977) titled "Ada Byron -- the romantic computer programmer" by Terence McLaughlin, about Babbage's "difference engine", which mentions Lardner;. Item 3 -- 2 letters from the archivist at British Transport Historical Records stating that Lardner gave evidence regarding the London and Brighton Railway Bill in May 1836; also, that no evidence that Dion Boucicault was employed by the London and Birmingham Railway has been found;. Item 4 -- a letter from L. T. C. Rolt, author of a book on Isambard Kingdom Brunel, mentioning the relationship of Lardner and Brunel, and Lardner's railway experiments; there is also a passing reference to the Abbots Ripton accident, in which Dion Boucicault's son Dion William was killed;. Item 5 -- notes by C. Calthrop on Lardner's book "The Steam Engine Familiarly Explained" and passages excerpted from an exchange of letters in The Times between Lardner and "A Looker-on" in 1845; |
| The letters are from the following correspondents -- Mr. Arkinson (British Transport Historical Records), L. T. C. Rolt. |
| Notes | Previous reference number: UKC/CALB/BIO/F205472 |
| Subject | Professorship |
| Employment |
| Railways |
| Experiments |
| Steam power |
| Steam engine |
| Related Person | Lardner, Dionysius, Dr., 1793-1859 |
| Byron, Augusta Ada, Miss |
| Babbage, Charles, Mr. |
| Boucicault, Dion, (Dionysius Lardner), Mr., 1820-1890 |
| Brunel, Isambard Kingdom, Mr. |
| Boucicault, Dion William, Mr., 1855-1876 |
| Related Organisation | University of London |
| University College London (and Library) |
| London and Brighton Railway |
| London and Birmingham Railway |
| British Transport Commission |
| Category | Correspondence |
| Press cuttings |
| Notes |
| Access conditions | This material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk). |
| Copyright | Material within the archive may remain within copyright under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Special Collections & Archives staff will assist where possible in helping trace copyright holders, but it is ultimately the responsibility of users to obtain the permission of the copyright holder for reproduction of copyright material for uses other than research or private study. |
| Level | SubSeries |