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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Kings MS 1-446 Level [40] File

261. Kings MS 260

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Kings MS 260
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'TRAITÉ de (al. des) fortificacions', in four books, with coloured plans at the end of each book. The subjects of the books are: (i) De la simple enceinte;- (ii) De la fortification moderne ;-(iii) Des dehors et des citadelles;-(iv) Des fortifications irregulieres. A second part is promised, '...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

262. Kings MS 261

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Kings MS 261
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'TREATISE OF ARTILLERY', in two parts, the first part containing tables of weights and measures for the use of artillerists, the second (f. 12) treating 'of guns' ; with many drawings. Anonymous and undated. There is a reference (f. 35 b) to experiments by Mr. Hauksbee [? Francis Hauksbee the yo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

263. Kings MS 262

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Kings MS 262
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'TABLES OF ARTILLERY', made for, and presented to, George, Prince of Wales [afterwards George III], by Charles Frederick [K.B. 1761], Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, illustrated by Indian-ink drawings; 1760. Paper; ff. 38. Quarto. 9 in. x 7 1/4 in. A.D. 1760. Calligraphically written, with th...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1760
Extent:
1 item

264. Kings MS 263

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Kings MS 263
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'TABLES calculated for throwing of Shells from the different angles of a mortar's elevation to any distance between 16 and 2000 fathoms', with title and (f. 139 b) explanation in French and English and a continuation (f. 150) to 2640 fathoms or 3 English miles'. Paper; ff. 166. Octavo. 7 in. x ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

265. Kings MS 264

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Kings MS 264
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DRAWINGS of light six-pounder Battalion Guns mounted upon old and new pattern carriages, to shew the advantages derived from the alterations made by order of' George, Viscount Townshend, Master-General of the Ordnance, &c., 1776. The text was written by Isaac Richard Robert, in 1778; the ill...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1778
Extent:
1 item

266. Kings MS 265

Reference (shelfmark):
Kings MS 265
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TRANSCRIPTS of military and naval papers, chiefly of temp. Chas. I. The contents, so far as they relate to military science in general and the war in the Netherlands particularly, rather suggest some connexion with the Veres, but from f. 264 the papers seem to be those of Commissioners for Muste...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

267. Kings MS 266

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Kings MS 266
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Vol. I, ff. 322, XVIII cent. Contains Arithmetica practica (dated 26 Nov. 1683), including (f.. 51) a treatise on music regarded mathematically. f. 2;-Geometria practica (dated 5 Dec. 1683). f. 64;-De munitione, in two books, with references to the work of [Matthias] Doegen on fortification and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

268. Kings MS 267

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Kings MS 267
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Vol. II, ff. 334, XVIII cent. Divided into Doctrina triangulorum sphericorum. f. 2;- Usus globorum. f. 82;- Geographia. f. 89;-Astronomia. f.109;-Gnomonica. f 143;- Histiodromia (navigation). f. 191;-Optica. f. 243;- Perspectiva. f. 248;- Statica. f. 300;- Mechanica. f. 307;- Hydrotechnia. f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

269. Kings MS 268

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Kings MS 268
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MATHEMATICAL TRACTS by Nicholas Saunderson, the blind Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge (d. 1739). The contents, most of which are printed (with some variations) in the posthumous volume The Method of Fluxions applied to a select number of Useful Problems (1756), are as follows:- 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

270. Kings MS 269

Reference (shelfmark):
Kings MS 269
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'ACCOUNT of the measurement of the base on Hounslow Heath in 1784', by Major-Gen. William Roy, F. R. S. (see nos. 247, 248 above); with five coloured plans. Signed (f. 58 b) by the author, and dated 'June 16th, 1785'. It was read before the Royal Society, 21 Apr. - 16 June, and published in the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1785
Extent:
1 item