Record

RefNoRHB/1/9/1
Previous numbersA.179
LevelFile
TitleNotebook of E A Houghton containing notes by Houghton and R H Brown
Date1911-1936
DescriptionHardback notebook, originally belonging to Hanbury Brown's legal guardian E A Houghton. Used from the front for Houghton's notes on electrical phenomena. Used from the back for Hanbury Brown's notes, circuit diagrams and draft essays on such topics as the object of reading scientific journals and what subject to specialise in. Includes loose sheets with Hanbury Brown's notes and jottings.

Houghton was a consulting radio engineer. Following the divorce of Hanbury Brown's parents, he had been appointed Hanbury Brown's legal guardian.
Extent1 notebook.
AccessStatusOpen
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