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| | Whipple Library: Special collections |
 | | With the donation of his instruments to the University of Cambridge in 1944, he intended to promote the establishment of a science museum, while the books were to become the first nucleus of its reference library. |
 | | This RSLP-funded project was co-ordinated under the auspices of CURL (Consortium of University and Research Libraries), and involved the universities of Cambridge, Durham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Oxford, Sheffield and King's College London. |
 | | The Library's display cases include books from all areas of its special collections, including those books originally presented to the University by Robert Whipple in 1944, alongside the instruments he collected, as well as later additions to the Library, such as books and printed ephemera from the library of the |
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