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Name Desaguliers, John Theophilus, natural philosopher and engineer, 1683-1744

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...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
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1663-1755
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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 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
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English, French, Italian, Latin, and Spanish
Date Range:
1736-1738
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4. 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
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English, French, and Latin
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1738-1739
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5. 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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6. 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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7. Add MS 32556

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Vol. i., ff. 260, 1700-1740. Cox Macro, DD: Correspondence and papers: 1700 - 1764. includes: f. 8 John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol: Letter to T. Macro: 1700. f. 10 Plymouth, Devon: Account of: 1700. ff. 10, 11, 12, 17 Thomas Cox: Letters to T. Macro, and Dr. C. Macro: 1700-1704. ff. 13, 15, ...
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Western Manuscripts
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Arabic, English, French, and Latin
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1700-1740
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8. Add MS 38175

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1. CORRESPONDENCE and papers of Sir Kenelm Digby; 1 April, 1633 (?) 15 April, 1668. Mostly private and personal. Included are (a) Wills of Dame Mary Digby, his mother, one holograph, 1 June, 1647, 23 Aug. 1649. ff. I 1 b, 17 b ; (b) Letters of Sir K. Digby to Charles Cornwallis and Sir Frederic Cornwallis, his cousins, 1 May, 1658, 6/16 Feb. 1658/9. Holograph. ff. 40-43 ; (c) Letters of F[rances, wife of John Manners, 8th Earl of] Rutland, to her nephew S. Crow, [son of Sir S. Crow, 1st Bart...
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includes: f. 1 Dorothy Abington: Letter to Sir K. Digby: 1633 (?). ff. 1-62 Sir Kenelm Digby: Letters to, etc.: 1633 (?)-1665. f. 3 Sir William Ogle: Letter to Sir K. Digby: 1635. ff. 6, 7, 9, 29 Mary Stradling, wife of Sir E Stradling, 2nd Baronet: Letters, etc., to Sir K. Digby: 1639-1654. ff...
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Western Manuscripts
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English and French
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1 Apr 1633-1744
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9. Egerton Ch 7686

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Egerton Ch 7686
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Inventions: Signet Warrants for patents for inventions: 1717-1725. John Theophilus Desaguliers, LLD, FRS (ob. 1744): Signet Warrant for inventor's patent to: 1720.
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English
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1720
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10. Sloane MS 4044

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Sloane MS 4044
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Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet: Original correspondence, chronologically arranged: 17th-18th centt. includes: ff. 1, 86, 123, 180, 189, 193, 277 John Woodward, MD: Letters to Sir H. Sloane: 1698-1722/3, and n.d. ff. 2, 49, 185, 265 Herman Boerhaave, Dutch Physician and Naturalist: Letters to Sir H. ...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, and Latin
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17th century-18th century
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