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Collection Area Western Manuscripts Name Science Reference Library, London

1. Add MS 59738

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Add MS 59738
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CLYDE-FORTH CANAL: copies of papers relating to the construction of the proposed Clyde-Forth Canal, with manuscript and printed maps; 1767. Transferred from the Science Reference Library (formerly the Patent Office Library), 18 June 1976. Paper; ff. i+83. 240 x 190mm. (f. 41: 239 x 780mm.; f. 82: 228 x 355mm.; f. 83: 367 x 1175mm.). Press-mark on spine NQ 44 27 F[.]. Marble covered boards. 1. ff. 1-22. Copies of three letters, etc., upon the proposed Navigable Communication between the F...
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Canals: Papers rel. to the construction of the proposed Clyde-Forth canal: 1767. includes: ff. 26-83 James Watt, FRS; engineer: Robert Mackell, civil engineer: Account of the Navigable Canal proposed to be cut from the River Clyde to the River Carron as surveyed by Robert Mackell and James W...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1767
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1 item

2. Add MS 59739

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AMMUNITION AND PYROTECHNY: memoranda on ammunition and pyrotechny from the Royal Laboratory, Woolwich, illustrated with drawings; 1784-1805. Owned by 'H. D. Ross 1805' (f. 4: i.e. Field Marshal Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross); 'Royal Laboratory Woolwich 66' (spine); '42837' (pencil: f. 3). Transferred from the Science Reference Library, 18 June 1976. Paper; ff. iii+88. 206 x 132mm. (172 x 100mm.). 19th century mottled calf binding.
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Woolwich; Royal Laboratory: Ordnance: Memoranda on ammunition and pyrotechny from the Royal Laboratory, Woolwich: 1784-1805.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1784-1805
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 59836

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Add MS 59836
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JACQUES STELLA: twenty-six drawings of classical lamps, chiefly from the Bellori Museum in Rome; circa 1624. Owned by H. Hamal of Liége (f.1). Lot 329 in an English Sale-Catalogue (gm/-). Other prices c/-, 12/-. Transferred from the Science Reference Library (press-mark 4738), 11 Oct. 1976. Paper; ff. iii+27. 262 x 191mm. Watermark Heawood 387, Heawood 161-168.
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Antiquities: Jacques Stella, of Lyons; artist: Bellori Museum; Rome: Art. Illuminations and Drawings: 26 drawings of classical lamps by Jacques Stella chiefly from the Bellori Museum, Rome: circa 1624: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1624
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 59837

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Add MS 59837
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ALCHEMY: a book containing 41 symbolical coloured drawings of alembics used in experiments for the discovery of the Philosopher's Stone; late 16th or early 17th cent. The spaces left for the text are blank. On the title page is an attribution to 'Hermes Trismegistus' in an 18th century hand. Previously belonged to James Plomer, M.D. Transferred from the Science Reference Library (press-mark '65'), 11 Oct. 1976. Paper; ff. iv+42. 211 x 140mm. Limp vellum covers.
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Alchemy: Art. Illuminations and Drawings: 41 symbolical coloured drawings, with legends,: late 16th or early 17th cent: Lat.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Early 17th century
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 60270 A

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Add MS 60270 A
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Vol. I A (ff. vi+69). Lectures on Magnetism. pp. 1-69. Mechanics: John Robison, Professor of Natural Philosophy, Edinburgh University: Lectures on Magnetism and Gunnery by John Robison: circa 1782: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1782
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 60270 B

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Vol. I B (ff. iv+31). Lectures on Gunnery. pp. 70-99. Mechanics: John Robison, Professor of Natural Philosophy, Edinburgh University: Lectures on Magnetism and Gunnery by John Robison: circa 1782: Copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1782
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 60271

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OPTICS: transcriptions of three tracts by Marin Mersenne, Christophorus Clavius and Jean-François Niceron; 18th cent. French and Latin. All three tracts have been copied from printed editions and include many carefully executed diagrams. No. 948 in 19th cent. English bookseller's catalogue (pasted-down cutting, f. ii). Heraldic bookplate of [Edward?] Almack, f. i. Acquired by the Patent Office Library, Feb. 1912 (Ac. No. 44777). Transferred from the Science Reference Library, June 1978. Pa...
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includes: ff. 1-24 Marin Mersenne, French mathematician: `L'Optique et la Catoptrique' by Marin Mersenne: 1st half of 18th cent.: Fr.: Copy.ff. 24v-31v Christoph Clavius, German mathematician: `Gnomonices' by Christoph Clavius: 1st half of 18th cent.: Lat.: Copy.ff. 32-67v Jean-François N...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 60272

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Add MS 60272
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JEAN THOMAS: treatise on his invention of locks for canals and harbours, with coloured diagrams; early 18th cent. French. Fair copy. Added (f. 1) is a note in Thomas's hand presenting the treatise to Edward Southwell (1671-1730). Supplements Add. 9708, 9709, 9748, 9749, 11759, 19670, 21122, 21123, 21131, 21494, 21495, 34329-34346, 34349, 34350, 34358, 47038, 58219, 58220, 60581-60583, Egerton 1627-1633. A letter of Thomas to Southwell in 1716 (Add. 38713, f. 87) relates to the building of ca...
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Canals: Captain Jean Thomas, military engineer: Treatise on locks for canals and harbours by Capt. Jean Thomas: early 18th cent.: Fr.: Fair copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item