Box MS-024 Box 2

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. 

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. 

A dark maroon coloured notebook containing lab notes written by Sachin Mitra related to wavelength, polarisation and light scattering by different chemicals.

Contains handwritten lab notes and measurements of experimental studies conducted on magnetic fields and crystals. Includes corrections and verifications done in red ink.

Contains handwritten notes and measurements of experimental studies conducted on magnetic fields and crystals.

A dark green journal containing details about K S Krishnan's contemporaries, page numbers of some of their publications, and dates. Also includes a list of research papers and experiments.

A register containing details about publications of K S Krishnan's contemporaries, which are divided according to topics, also contains page numbers of such publications and dates related to an undetermined activity.

Contains handwritten notes and measurements of experimental studies conducted on magnetic fields and crystals. Mostly further measurements on paramagnetic crystals.

Contains the following: i. A "1936 Dewar's Diary" detailing activities during 1936. ii. A pocket diary detailing activities to be done in 1943. ii. A "The Commercial Electronic Works, Delhi-6. Pocket Diary" with details about activities done and to be done between 1957 and 1958. iv. A "Memorandum. Abdul Kaium Essofally. Abdul Rehman Street, Bombay 6." Pocket Diary details activities that have been done and are to be done during an undated year.

Loose journal pages containing details about K S Krishnan's academic and administrative duties at various institutes. It also includes receipts related to such educational and administrative responsibilities.

A journal containing day-wise entries containing details of various places visited by K S Krishnan during his trip to the USSR.

A register with details about files not available at the National Physical Laboratory of India.