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Name Beighton, Henry, FRS; surveyor and engineer

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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...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1663-1755
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1 item

2. Add MS 4433

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. (Vol. II) ff. 326. (1) 'An account of the Locusts in New England' by Paul Dudley; Roxbury, nr. Boston, 18 Dec. 1733. Followed by letters, etc., relating to the same, 1733-1737. ff. 4-27b. (2) 'Histories of the Epidemick Colds which happened in the Years 1729 and 1732/3 ....
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1731-1737
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1 item

3. 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. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1735-1760
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1 item

4. Add MS 4437

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. VI (ff. 285). (1) François de Brémond, M.D., to Dr. C. Mortimer concerning a file rendered magnetical by lightning; Paris, 4 June 1740. English translation. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, 614. ff. 1-2b. (2) 'Some Reflexions on Generation and on Monsters', by Daniel de Super...
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Western Manuscripts
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Dutch, English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1740-1742
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1 item

5. Add MS 43741

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LETTERS, MAINLY ADDRESSED TO THOMAS COOPER al. COWPER, of Wellingborough, mathematician (b. 1716, d. 1778), from Henry Beighton, F.R.S., editor of The Ladies' Diary; from the latter's widow, Elizabeth, who continued the editorship after his death in 1743; and from Robert Heath, mathematician (see Dict. Nat. Biogr.), who acted as Mrs Beighton's deputy until 1753 and also edited a rival publication, The Palladium; 2 Apr. 1739- 24 Mar. 1767. The contents refer chiefly to the management of these...
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Mathematics: Letters to T. Cowper of Wellingborough, mathematician: 1739-1767. includes: ff. 1-3 Henry Beighton, FRS; surveyor and engineer: Letters to T. Cowper: 1739-1742.ff. 4-49 passim Thomas Cowper, of Wellingborough; mathematician: Correspondence with Mrs E. Beighton: 1744-1754.ff.4-...
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Western Manuscripts
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English
Date Range:
2 Apr 1739-24 Mar 1767
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1 item