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11. Add MS 88942/1/186

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('D')
Scope & Content:
This notebook contains notes on mathematical and other scientific subjects. Regarding astronomy, the notebook contains many notes on recent comets. On 14 October 1825, Talbot observed the Pons comet (which reached perigee on 12 October) 'with the large telescope' (f. 7) . Talbot made notes on re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1825-1871
Extent:
1 notebook (i + 99 ff.)

12. Add MS 88942/1/191

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('J')
Scope & Content:
This notebook contains various notes on a wide range of subjects. Mathematical notes towards the end of the notebook, headed 'at Nice, Nov. 17', deal with conic sections, eccentricities, hyperbolas, and the multiplication of integrals (one entry is dated 'Feb. 16 1834'), long notes on definite a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1832-1834
Extent:
1 notebook (67 folios, 109 pages of text)

13. Add MS 88942/1/195

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('O')
Scope & Content:
The notebook begins with remarks on the structure of the pollen of the Stone Pine, and later (p. 22) on the pollen of the Tulip, interspersed with various observations on crystallization. The notebook includes fleeting astronomical remarks. For example, on the determination of the mass of doubl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1836-1838
Extent:
1 notebook (174 numbered pages)

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