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JeffreysB/D/D1-D74
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- 1926–1995 (Creation)
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paper
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This material complements section C, Research. A number of publications relate to research folders in section C. Cross-references are included where appropriate. There is also more coverage of Jeffreys's later mathematical interests, which are under-represented in section C. The single largest component here documents 'A Q-rious tale: the origin of the Parameter Q in electromagnetism', Q. Jl R. astr. Soc. vol 26 (1985), 51-52 and 'A footnote to A Q-rious tale', Q. Jl R. astr. Soc. vol 27 (1986), 693-694. For material relating to Jeffreys's reminiscences and accounts of Sir Harold Jeffreys see A116-A151. For 'Cambridge Professors and the Observatories' by Jeffreys, The Observatory vol 116 (1996) see A178-A180. For Jeffreys's biographical reminiscences of D.R. Hartree and offprints of two papers with him see H47, H48.