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11. Add MS 56378

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EDWARD KING: 'Agriculture; or Drill-Husbandry'; 1744. Probably auto-graph fair copy, with revisions. Latin and English. Probably Edward King of Bromley, Kent, identified from arms (f. iii). See also A Visitation of the County of Kent, ed. G. J. Armytage (1906), Harleian Society no. 54, p. 91 and Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses, i (1924), iii, pp. 17, 18. Many of the technical details in the text are taken from Jethro Tull, The Horse-Hoing Husbandry (2nd edn. 1743). Armorial bookplate, imperfect...
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Poetry LATIN: Agriculture: Poetry ENGLISH: Edward King, of Bromley, county Kent: 'Agriculture; or Drill-Husbandry' by Edward King: 1744: Autogr(?). includes: f. iii Bookplates and Book-stamps: Heraldry: Edward King, of Bromley, county Kent: Armorial bookplate of Edward King: circa 1744: Impe...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1738-1744
Extent:
1 item

12. Add MS 59653

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WILLIAM JOHNSON (b. circa 1610, d.1665), operator to the Royal College of Physicians: 'Thesaurus Chymicus Patefactus Sive Polluctum Remediorum Chymicorum Selectissimorum Praeparatum Et Vires eorum ex singulis Auctoribus collectae'; 1658. Latin. Dedicated to Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, whose coat of arms appears on f. 1v. Formerly in the Patent Office Library. Old numbers C.1019 (front cover) and 45300 (f. 1). Transferred from the Science Reference Library, 19 Jan. 1976. P...
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Chemistry: Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester; 2nd Earl of Kingston: William Johnson, operator to the Royal College of Physicians: Chemical handbook by William Johnson, dedicated to Lord Dorchester: 1658: Lat.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1658
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1 item

13. 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...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1767
Extent:
1 item

14. 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

15. Add MS 59843-59845

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JOSEPH BLACK, M.D.: notes taken from his 'Lecture on the Elements of Chemistry'; circa 1772-1773. Acquired by the Patent Office Library (later National Reference Library of Science and Invention), 8 June 1910 with the accession number 40.550 and Classmark ZF04. Transferred from Science Reference Library, 30 Nov. 1976. Paper. Four volumes.
Scope & Content:
Chemistry: Joseph Black, Professor of Chemistry at Edinburgh University: Notes taken from the `Lecture on the Elements of Chemistry' of Joseph Black: circa 1772-1773.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1772-1773
Extent:
4 items

16. 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.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1782
Extent:
1 item

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. Add MS 60755

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Add MS 60755
Title:
WILLIAM WORMINGTON, VICAR OF NORTON WITH LENCHWICK, CO. WORC. (d.1828): scientific commonplace book, with engr. and autogr. diagrams, formerly in the Patent Office Library. Transferred from the Science Reference Library, 8 Jan. 1980. Paper; ff. iv+51. 218 x 175mm.
Scope & Content:
William Wormington, vicar of Norton with Lenchwick, county Worcestershire; d.1828: Natural Science: Scientific commonplace book by William Wormington: bef. 1828: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1828
Extent:
1 item