RefNoDRW/2/2/3
LevelFile
TitleGeneral scientific and professional correspondence file of Douglas Robert Wilkie for the years 1957-1958
CreatorWilkie; Douglas Robert (1922 - 1998); physiologist
Date1957-1958
DescriptionFile of letters received and sent by Wilkie in the year 1957-1958, including:

Eight letters between Wilkie and Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Laboratory of the Institute for Muscle Research at the Marine Biological Laboratory, pertaining to arranging lectures, dating 13 March 1957; 11 October 1957; 16 October 1957; 1 November 1957; 1 November 1957; 5 November 1957; 12 December 1957; and one undated.

Letter from The British Broadcasting Corporation in relation to Wilkie helping with the scripts and Teachers' Notes for a short series of programmes on elementary human physiology, 2 September 1957.

Four letters from Professor Arpad Csapo, The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, in relation to the investigation of longitudinal fields, dating 19 July 1957; 2 September 1957; 15 September 1957; and 18 September 1957.

Two letters from Brian, The Laboratory, Citadell Hill, Plymouth, pertaining to muscle experiments, dating 27 July 1927 and 15 October 1957.

Letter from the University of Louvain Physiological Laboratory, concerning the IAA rigor, dating 1 March 1958.

Letter from Graham Hoyle, Department of Zoology, The University, Glasgow, thanking Wilkie for the remarks he made on Hoyle's book and discussing muscle tension, dated 10 July 1958.

Three letters between Wilkie and Marcus Goodall, Biology Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, relating to results in Wilkie's paper on mechanical components and missprints, dating 21 April 1958; 27 April 1958; and 4 December 1958.

Undated letter from Wilkie to Dr. Trincher, pertaining to Trincher's article in Biofizika 1957, taking an interest in the problem of oxygen consumption in relation to environmental temperature, body-size, and oxygen content of the atosphere, subject matter currently being investigated by June Hill, medical scientist and Wilkie's wife.

Two letters between Wilkie and Dr Arpad Csapo, The Rockefeller Institute, concerning the Fenn's Chair in Rochester, dated 1 December 1958 and 12 December 1958.

Letter to Dr. [Manfred] Eigen, Max-Planck-Instiitut fur physikaliche chemie, Göttingen, Germany, acknowledging receipt of his paper in the Proceeings of the Royal Society, titled "Self-dissociation and protonic charge transport in water", pertaining to testing the selective permeability properties of ice by observing the potentials set up between different solutions, dated 15 December 1958.

Also included are three letters in their original envelopes, sent from the United States and Canada in 1958, previously labelled as 'Letters to USA', includes Wilkie's personal list of passengers on the French Line.
Extent1 File; 30p
FormatTypescript
Manuscript
PhysicalDescriptionCarbon
Ink on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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CodePersonNameDates
NA4874Wilkie; Douglas Robert (1922 - 1998); physiologist1922 - 1998
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