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1. Add MS 4432

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. I. (ff. 392). (1) 'Dr [William] Croon's account of the weight of a Carp'; 1663. f. 1. (2) 'Remarks on the Journal of [Thomas] Batts and [Robert] Fallam, in their Discovery of the Western Parts of Virginia in 1671', by John Mitchell, M.D., F.R.S.; aft. 1755. The jour...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1663-1755
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 4434

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 327). (1) An account by Dr. Thomas Stack of a tract entitled 'Johannis Matthaei Barthii ... de Culice Dissertatio'; 1737. ff. 1-2b. (2) Accounts by Mark Catesby, F.R.S., of René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur's 'Memoires pour servir à l'histoire des Insectes'...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1736-1738
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 4435

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 285). (1) 'Defectus solis observatus e specula Bononiensis scientiarum instituti ... referente Eustachio Manfredio', 15 Aug. 1738. Printed. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 94. ff. 1-2b. (2) Account of electrical experiments by Jean Théophile Desaguliers; 1738, 173...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1738-1739
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 4436

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. V. (ff. 246). (1) 'Dissertation concerning the Measure of the Force of Bodies in Motion,' by J. T. Desaguliers; 29 Mar. 1739. ff. 1-10. (2) 'A New Method of improving and perfecting Catadioptrical Telescopes', by Caleb Smith; 5 Apr. 1739. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1735-1760
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 4440

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. IX (ff. 302). (1) An answer by John Ellis, F.R.S., to remarks by Philip Miller, F.R.S., on the toxicodendron or varnish tree of Carolina; 19 Jan. 1758. Cf. Phil. Trans., 1, pp. 430, 44 1. ff. 1-11. (2) Henry Eeles to T. Birch on electricity and magnetism; Lismore, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1716-1761
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 4455

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COMMONPLACE-BOOK OF JOHN BENNET, of Hart Hall, Oxford (see note on f. 3 'Sum e libris Johannis Bennet ex aula Cervina, Sept. 29, 1672, pret. 6 [d]'). The parts of the MS. left blank by Bennet were later used as a commonplace book by the Rev. John King (1652-1732), of Exeter College, Oxford, D.D....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
c 1672-1725
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 11056

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VOL. XVI. Folio. [11,056.] Copies of letters of Sir Francis Walsingham, Ambassador at Paris, in 1572;-Political papers of the Duc de Rohan and Mons. de Rosny;- Miscellaneous political and military papers ;-Affairs of the northern counties, temp. Car. I.;-Papers relating to the city of London, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th and 17th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 12541 A-G

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PLANS of estates in Middlesex, viz. Plan of Mr. Charles Byng's house and grounds at Acton, by R. H. Jago;-Three plans of Reeves' Charity estate at Brentford;-Plan of Mr. Saunders' building land at Chelsea, by R. H. Jago;-Plan of Castle Bear Hill estate, in Ealing, formerly the residence of the Duke of Kent, by R. H. Jago;- Plan of South Baillie Lodge, in Enfield and Edmonton, by R. H. Jago. [12,541 a-g.]
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R- H- Jago: Plans of estates, etc, chiefly in the neighbourhood of London. Enfield, Middlesex: Plan of South Baillie Lodge by R. H. Jago. Ealing, Middlesex: Plan of Castle Bear Hill estate by R. H. Jago. Chelsea, Middlesex: Plan of Mr. Saunders's building land there by R. H. Jago. Charles By...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[Early 19th century]
Extent:
7 items

9. Add MS 15609

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PAPERs relating to the parish of Chelsea, co. Middllesex, viz. :- Abstracts of royal licence to William [Paulet], Marquess of Winchester, to grant certain lands in Chelsea to Rob. Richardson, rector, 6 May, 8 Eliz. [1566], f. 1 ;-Abstract of royal ratification of the grant of Rob. Richardson, rector, of the parsonage and glebe of Chelsea, to the Marquess of Winchester, 12 June, 8 Eliz. [1566], f. 2 ;- Minute of the vestry, for selling tables of fees due to the rector, etc., 11 Apr. 1699, O...
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Chelsea, Middlesex: Papers relating to: 1566-1753. includes: f. 1 Robert Richardson, Rector of Chelsea: Grant to him of lands in Chelsea: 1566. f. 1 William Paulet, 1st Marquess of Winchester: Grant of lands in Chelsea to R. Richardson: 1566. f. 12 Willesden, Middlesex: List of lands there pay...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1566]-1753
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 32486

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RUBBINGS of sepulchral brasses in co. Bucks, and elsewhere. The names of persons and places will be found in the Index. Transferred from the Department of Prints and Drawings. Paper; ff. 16. Folio.
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Antiquities: Rubbings of sepulchral brasses. Brasses, Sepulchral: Rubbings. includes: f. 1 John Hoode: Sepulchral brass of him and wife at Brill. f. 1 Brill, Buckinghamshire: Sepulchral brass of J. Hoode: n.d. f. 2 Chearsley, Buckinghamshire: Sepulchral brass of J. Frankeleyn: 1462. f. 2 John...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1337-1593
Extent:
1 item