"Wang An Shih - A Rejected Reformer" by H R Williamson - a paper on Wang An Shih or Anshi (1021-1086), statesman and educationlist of the Sung dynasty; also, includes Williamson's notes on the paper
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"Wang An Shih - A Rejected Reformer" by H R Williamson - a paper on Wang An Shih or Anshi (1021-1086), statesman and educationlist of the Sung dynasty; also, includes Williamson's notes on the paper
Typescript transcript entitled Calculations On Points & Crossings and Railway Permanent Way Really Explained by W E Bowen (d1955)
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Typescript transcript, with diagrams, and notebooks containing original notes in manuscript entitled "Calculations On Points And Crossings" and "Railway Permanent Way Really Explained" by W E Bowen (d 1955) East Indian Railway
Three printed booklets by John Pigott Nixon, British Army 1841-66
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Three booklets published by the Education Society's Press, Bombay: Correspondence and Record of Services of Major-General J. P. Nixon. Mutiny Experiences of an Officer (Bombay, Sep 1905) Some of the Experiences of a Consul-General in Turkish Arabia at Baghdad (Bombay, Oct 1905)
Copy of unpublished typescript translation of the Chinese novel Hung Lou Meng often known as The Dream of the Red Chamber by Dr B. S. Bonsall (d1968)
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Copy of unpublished typescript translation of the Chinese novel "Hung Lou Meng" often known as "The Dream of the Red Chamber" by Dr B.S. Bonsall (d1968), Methodist missionary in China 1911-26
"Sketch of a Soldier's Voyages and Travels in various parts of the Universe" - a manuscript account of service in India including the expedition in the Southern Mahratta Country 1843-44, by Thomas Dorrington, Pte, British Army 1839-47
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"Sketch of a Soldier's Voyages and Travels in various parts of the Universe" - a manuscript account of service in India including the expedition in the Southern Mahratta Country 1843-44, by Thomas Dorrington, Pte, British Army 1839-47
Wood Collection: Papers, dated c1860-1950, of William Martin Wood
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Wood Collection: Papers, dated c1860-1950, of William Martin Wood, Editor "Times of India" 1864-74, his wife Lydia, daughter Lille martina, sons Arthur, Charles and Pip and other members of his family: also includes diaries, scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper cuttings and some prints and drawings.
3 addresses, dated Dec 1945 and Nov 1946, from the Directors, Members and Staff of the Ishapore Rifle Factory, presented to W G Jenkins, Supervisor, at the factory on his retirement.
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3 addresses, dated Dec 1945 and Nov 1946, from the Directors, Members and Staff of the Ishapore Rifle Factory, presented to W G Jenkins, Supervisor, at the factory on his retirement.