Letter from Professor Theodor Svedberg to Professor Ralph Kekwick

PART OF:: Letters relating to oil-turbine ultracentrifuge

Made:: 1967-12-13

part of archive:: Letters relating to oil-turbine ultracentrifuge

maker:: Svedberg, Theodor

This letter refers to the first Svedberg ultracentrifuge to be used in Britain. It was installed in the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine in 1936-1937, where it was used in biomedical research for nearly 30 years. Svedberg was awarded the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1926 for his work on disperse systems, including the design of the ultracentrifuge as a research tool.

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Identifier:: MS/1172/2

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Letters relating to oil-turbine ultracentrifuge
- MS/1172/1 Copy of a letter from Professor Ralph Ambrose Kekwick to Professor Theodor Svedberg
- MS/1172/2 Letter from Professor Theodor Svedberg to Professor Ralph Kekwick