Early scientific research and publications, 1933-1942
Folder B.29.1: Extensive miscellaneous early calculations on wave functions, and 2s and 2p screening, concerning methane and neon, small and large separations, 1933-1936.
This is a bulky folder incorporating several folders of notes, some labelled and described by Coulson, and some loose papers.
Folder B.29.2: Extensive working papers and correspondence on H3, H3 +, and H3 ++, 1934-1938.
Includes letters to H.M. James and G.S. Gordadse regarding mistake in R.S. 8, February 1938.
Folder B.29.3: 'Vibrational states of methane', c.1934. MS. notes.
Folder B.29.4: 'Stark effect', c.1933-1934. 14 pp. MS. notes.
Folder B.29.5: 'Hydrogen bond?', c.1934. 4 pp. MS. notes.
Folder B.29.6: 'W.K.B. method', 1934. Miscellaneous MS. notes.
The folder includes a MS. 'poem' by Coulson in the style of 'Hiawatha', thanking a friend for a sponge-cake.
Folder B.29.7: 'Comparison of Heitler-London, molecular orbital, and true wave-functions and energies', c.1934. MS. notes and diagrams.
Folder B.29.8: 'Excited H2', 1934. 7 pp. MS. notes.
Folder B.29.9: 'Hydro', 1934. Notes and references on water flow.
Folder B.29.10: 'Exponential integrals', 1934, 1942. Work in collaboration with W.E. Duncanson. Correspondence and working papers.
Dates
- Creation: 1933-1942
Extent
10 folders
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Coulson 49
Former reference:
CSAC 60/4/78/B.29/1-10
Repository Details
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