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The Catgut Acoustical Society Library |
| File #: | R1652 |
| Name: | Raman, C V |
| Dates: | 1888-1970 |
| See also: |
| General Information: |
| The early work of C V Raman, Nobel laureate in physics, 1930, included significant work in musical |
| acoustics, primarily on the physics of the bowed string. His interests later shifted to optics. Detailed |
| biographical data is to be found in file 101. Although contact with him began initially with F A Saunders, |
| this correspondence file (102) begins in 1963 with J C Schelling's attempts to locate Raman's significant |
| paper on the Mechanical Theory of Vibrations of Bowed Strings ... (included in 103). In 1968 CMH |
| offered Raman an honorary membership in the CAS. His gracious acceptance will be found in the |
| correspondence file (102). Locating his papers proved to be a fairly difficult task as the correspondence |
| indicates; since those days, his collected works have been edited by B S Ramakrishna and published by |
| the Indian Academy of Sciences. See the Technical Summary for the reference. |
| File Contents: |
| R1652 | -- | 101 |
| Miscellaneous: Obits: NY Times, J of Optical Soc of America & A H Benade for CASNL #15 |
| Biogs: Brochure from centenary tribute & drafts by CMH. Book Reviews: (1) `The Raman Effect. |
| Vol 1 Principles' by Anthony Anderson from Physics Today, Dec 1972; (2) `Journey into Light: Life |
| and Science of C V Raman' by G Venkataraman from Physics Today, Dec,1989. Quotation: from |
| `Chandra', a biography of Raman's nephew by Kameshwar C Wali. |
| Key Words: |
| R1652 | -- | 102 |
| Correspondence: (1963-1995) involving Raman, J C Schelling, CMH, Martin Benade, D Haines & |
| others in India on subjects of search for and permission to reprint papers of Raman, and honorary |
| membership in the CAS for Raman. Subsequent to his death in 1970 the correspondence between |
| CMH, Edward Carterette, D K Pathak and B S Ramakrishna deals with the celebration of his birth |
| centenary in Bangalore, and the publication of his collected works. |
| Key Words: |
| R1652 | -- | 103 |
| Technical: Table of contents for collected works of C V Raman; Copies of 7 papers; 2 bulletins from |
| the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science. See Tecnical Summary for titles. |
| Key Words: | Bowed string; mechanical bowing. |
| R1652 | -- | 104 |
| Technical: Papers by others stemming from Raman's work: 5 papers by Kar, Dutta, Ghosh, Bagchi |
| extracted from Indian J of Physics. 1 paper by Caterette written for Raman' centenary. See |
| Technical summary for titles. |
| Key Words: | Bowed string, Raman & music perception |