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Series 1: Notebooks, Journals and Registers

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-024-1
Content Description From the Collection: This collection contains material related to the life and work of K S Krishnan, a physicist and scientific administrator. The papers have been arranged into nine series - notes and notebooks, scientific research, administration and teaching, talks and writings, photographs, personal and ephemera, correspondence, material related to Krishnan collected by Krishnan family, material about Krishnan collected by D C V Mallik, and Tamil documents - spirituality and literature. Includes as part of a...
Dates: 1876 - 2007
Found in: Archives at NCBS / K S Krishnan Papers

Sub-Series 1: Research Notebooks

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-024-1-1
Content Description From the Collection: This collection contains material related to the life and work of K S Krishnan, a physicist and scientific administrator. The papers have been arranged into nine series - notes and notebooks, scientific research, administration and teaching, talks and writings, photographs, personal and ephemera, correspondence, material related to Krishnan collected by Krishnan family, material about Krishnan collected by D C V Mallik, and Tamil documents - spirituality and literature. Includes as part of a...
Dates: 1876 - 2007
Found in: Archives at NCBS / K S Krishnan Papers / Series 1: Notebooks, Journals and Registers

Intensity Measurements (Vertical Component), 13 September 1920

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MS-024-1-1-1-1
Scope and Contents

Some pages of a notebook containing lab notes and research notes related to the intensity of illumination as against the corresponding angle of diffraction. Also contains graphs.

Dates: 13 September 1920
Found in: Archives at NCBS / K S Krishnan Papers / Series 1: Notebooks, Journals and Registers / Sub-Series 1: Research Notebooks

Untitled -- Lab Notes related to Scattering of Light, 4 November 1923 - 27 March 1924

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MS-024-1-1-1-2
Scope and Contents

A dark green colored notebook containing details about the experiment carried out by K S Krishnan to observe the scattering of light by different colorless and dust-free liquids. Information about the various frequencies of light, angle and polarisation of light and the filters used to observe the phenomena are given.

Dates: 4 November 1923 - 27 March 1924
Found in: Archives at NCBS / K S Krishnan Papers / Series 1: Notebooks, Journals and Registers / Sub-Series 1: Research Notebooks

Untitled -- Miscellaneous Notes, 22 July 1925 - 29 July 1925, undated

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: MS-024-1-1-1-3
Scope and Contents

Notebook containing lab notes, research notes, and excerpted notes on the following topics: i) Diffraction by an opaque disc and a sphere of same radius. ii) Variation of the effective anisotropy of fluids with temperature. iii) Magnetic double-refraction in liquids.

Dates: 22 July 1925 - 29 July 1925, undated
Found in: Archives at NCBS / K S Krishnan Papers / Series 1: Notebooks, Journals and Registers / Sub-Series 1: Research Notebooks

Miscellaneous notes, 11 June 1926 - 12 April 1927

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: MS-024-1-1-1-4
Scope and Contents

Contains loose pages of a notebook with lab notes, exercise notes, and research notes regarding K.R. Ramanathan's experiment on the measurement of refractive index in response to electric fields, and of changes in magnetic properties of crystals and molecules.

Dates: 11 June 1926 - 12 April 1927
Found in: Archives at NCBS / K S Krishnan Papers / Series 1: Notebooks, Journals and Registers / Sub-Series 1: Research Notebooks

Untitled -- Lab Notes of experiments by K S Krishnan leading to the observance of the Raman Scattering Effect, 5 February 1928 - 28 February 1928

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: MS-024-1-1-1-5
Scope and Contents

Loose pages of a notebook containing lab notes and research notes by K S Krishnan were generated during the repetition of K R Ramanathan's fluorescence experiments in dust-free liquids. The entry by K S Krishnan, dated 28 February 1928, describes the 'Raman Scattering Effect' observance for the first time. Portions of the diary after the 28th February entry are lost.

Dates: 5 February 1928 - 28 February 1928
Found in: Archives at NCBS / K S Krishnan Papers / Series 1: Notebooks, Journals and Registers / Sub-Series 1: Research Notebooks

Untitled -- Lab Notes by B C Guha, 25 November 1929 - 22 September 1930

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: MS-024-1-1-1-9
Scope and Contents

Loose pages of a notebook containing lab notes and excerpted notes about Tyndall's magne-crystallin action and suspension of crystals of various chemical compounds in magnetic fields on different axes written by BC Guha.

Dates: 25 November 1929 - 22 September 1930
Found in: Archives at NCBS / K S Krishnan Papers / Series 1: Notebooks, Journals and Registers / Sub-Series 1: Research Notebooks

Untitled -- Research notes, 7 April 1930 - 18 October 1930

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: MS-024-1-1-1-10
Scope and Contents

Loose pages of a notebook containing lab notes and excerpted notes on pleochroism, Bragg's theory and scattering effect in crystals of various chemical compounds.

Dates: 7 April 1930 - 18 October 1930
Found in: Archives at NCBS / K S Krishnan Papers / Series 1: Notebooks, Journals and Registers / Sub-Series 1: Research Notebooks

Untitled -- Properties of crystals, 19 October 1931 - 11 October 1932

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: MS-024-1-1-1-11
Scope and Contents

Loose notebook pages containing lab notes and exercise notes related to the properties of crystals of various chemicals. The properties include density, optical axis, and balancing temperature. Mentions Tyndall's magne-crystallin action.

Dates: 19 October 1931 - 11 October 1932
Found in: Archives at NCBS / K S Krishnan Papers / Series 1: Notebooks, Journals and Registers / Sub-Series 1: Research Notebooks

Untitled -- Research notes, 1 March 1929 - 20 March 1930

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: MS-024-1-1-1-6
Scope and Contents

A "Modern Exercise Book" containing excerpted notes, lab notes, and exercise notes about polarisation fields, refractivity, Raman frequencies, scattering and susceptibilities of various chemical compounds. Includes handwritten notes on loose sheets titled 'Pyirdyl derivatives of Cobalbous Chloride - magnetic study'.

Dates: 1 March 1929 - 20 March 1930
Found in: Archives at NCBS / K S Krishnan Papers / Series 1: Notebooks, Journals and Registers / Sub-Series 1: Research Notebooks

An Experimental Test for the Anisotropic Nature of the Natural Vibrations of a Medium, 2 March 1929

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: MS-024-1-1-1-7
Scope and Contents

Loose page from a notebook containing research notes by K S Krishnan titled "An Experimental Test for the Anisotropic Nature of the Natural Vibrations of a Medium".

Dates: 2 March 1929
Found in: Archives at NCBS / K S Krishnan Papers / Series 1: Notebooks, Journals and Registers / Sub-Series 1: Research Notebooks

Miscellaneous notes, 2 March 1929, 3 March 1931

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: MS-024-1-1-1-8
Scope and Contents

Contains lab notes and research notes by K S Krishnan, Bhagwati, and Santi related to the magnetic anisotropy of crystals of various chemical compounds

Dates: 2 March 1929, 3 March 1931
Found in: Archives at NCBS / K S Krishnan Papers / Series 1: Notebooks, Journals and Registers / Sub-Series 1: Research Notebooks

Untitled -- Magnetic Measurements on Crystals in Relation to Molecular Orientation, 20 January 1932

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: MS-024-1-1-1-12
Scope and Contents

Notebook containing lab notes, exercise notes, excerpted notes, and research notes, along with diagrams related to crystals of various chemical compounds.

Dates: 20 January 1932
Found in: Archives at NCBS / K S Krishnan Papers / Series 1: Notebooks, Journals and Registers / Sub-Series 1: Research Notebooks

Investigation on Magne-crystallic action: Paramagnetics Vol I, 19 April 1932 - 1 March 1933

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: MS-024-1-1-1-13
Scope and Contents

Contains handwritten notes, graphs and loose notes regarding experimental studies on magnetic fields and magnetic anisotropy of crystals.

Dates: 19 April 1932 - 1 March 1933
Found in: Archives at NCBS / K S Krishnan Papers / Series 1: Notebooks, Journals and Registers / Sub-Series 1: Research Notebooks

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