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1. Add MS 49093-49094

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Title:
NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. VIII, IX (ff. ii+34, 24). Two notebooks on the manufacture of gunpowder. 1782.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1782
Extent:
2 items

2. Add MS 49095-49097

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Title:
NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. X-XII. Notes on experiments on gunpowder carried out at Purfleet with the dates of the receipt from named manufacturers of each batch tested, and daily notes of weather; 1782-1783. Reversing the first volume (49095, ff. 38b-37b) are notes in another hand on the proportions of ingredients used in various countries for the most powerful kinds of gunpowder, with further notes on the quantity held in each of the magazines at Purfleet, Tilbury Fort and Gravesend Blockhouse an...
Scope & Content:
Gunpowder: Note-books of G. Napier rel. to experiments in its manufacture, etc.,: 1782, 1783.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1782-1783
Extent:
3 items

3. Add MS 49098

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NAPIER PAPERS. Vol. XIII (ff. i+14). 'Experiments for grounding on New Proof Standard' (ff. 1-7), followed (ff. 7-14) by 'Experiments on Powder proved at Purfleet Sept. 1782 to endeavour at [sic] finding out what powder keeps best in a Damp Place'. Gunpowder: Note-books of G. Napier rel. to exp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1782
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 49099-49100

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Title:
NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. XIV, XV. Two experiment books, Purfleet; 1782-1783. Fair copies. Brown calf binding.
Scope & Content:
Gunpowder: Note-books of G. Napier rel. to experiments in its manufacture, etc.,: 1782, 1783.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1782-1783
Extent:
2 items

5. Add MS 49101

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NAPIER PAPERS. Vol. XVI (ff. i+38). 'Maniere de faire la Poudre a Canon', as well as other kinds of gunpowder; aft. 12 Feb. 1756 (f. 34). French copy, made for Napier's use, [1782?]. Brown calf binding. Gunpowder: Note-books of G. Napier rel. to experiments in its manufacture, etc.,: 1782, 17...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1782?]
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 49102

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NAPIER PAPERS. Vol. XVII (ff. i+11). Recipes, instructions, etc., for the manufacture of ordnance supplies, including (f. 26b) instructions, etc., for fitting out a fireship; circa 1782, 1783. Fair copy. Quarter morocco binding. Gunpowder: Note-books of G. Napier rel. to experiments in its ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1777-1787
Extent:
1 item

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