1. Add MS 38844
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 38844
- Title:
- "A SECOND CENTURY of Inventions, and A Speculative Enquiry into the Origin and Progress of the Practical and Theoretical Knowledge of Mankind from the Creation to the Present Times . . . . By William Congreve Esq., A.M., of Trinity College, Cambridge, Student of the Middle Temple, and Member of the Society for the Improvement of Naval Architecture." Dedicated to H.R.H. Prince William Frederick of Gloucester. Holograph. The author, cr. Bart. in 1814, is best known as the inventor of the rocke...
- Scope & Content:
- William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester: W. Congreve's Second Century of Inventions, etc., dedicated to: circ-1800. Lieutenant - Col; Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet 1814: A Second Century of Inventions and A Speculative Enquiry, etc.: circ. 1800.: Hologr.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- c 1800
- Extent:
- 1 item