'The Morning Chronicle.' Number 15,047. (24 July, 1817). National Trust Accession: 26322. 'Journal Des Débats Politiques et Litteraires.' (26 January, 1847). NTA: 32741. 'The Times.' (14 November, 1850). Attached to the page by wax seal is a sheet of writing paper with a handwritten note 'Astr...
This notebook contains what is probably Talbot's final draft of his translation of the inscription of the Assyrian king Esarhaddon (681–669 BC), to which Talbot dedicated much of his time from the mid 1850s. For further translation drafts, see Add MS 88942/1/156-158, and Add MS 88942/1/160.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian and English
Date Range:
between 1875-1877
Extent:
1 notebook (20 folios, 17 pages of text), 1 loose sheet (1 folio, 1 page of text)
Lists expenditure on clothing and liveries from 13 Jan 1818 to 29 Dec 1820. Entries under 'C. F.' appear to refer to the expenditure of Charles Feilding. Notebook started: 13 Jan 1818.
'H. of Commons' written on the front cover. Under the heading 'Session of 1833', brief entries record the main business of the day, from 29 January to 22 February. At the back of the notebook, 'Papers ordered to be printed'.
Talbot: Notebook ('Note on Confocal Conic Sections')
Scope & Content:
This notebook contains elementary geometry and was started after 1864/65 when Talbot purchased a house in 13 Great Stuart Street, Edinburgh. It contains a draft for Talbot's 'Note on Confocal Conic Sections' (1865) and continues with Add MS 88942/1/213. Talbot discussed the same subject with the ...
List of books sent to binder reflecting Talbot's interests. The lists contains mathematical tractates, books on botany, philology, Arabic, Greek and plays, amongst others. Notebook started: 9 Jun 1827.