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036-002109920 Name Short, James, FRS; maker of optical instruments, 1710-1768

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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
Date Range:
1738-1739
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1 item

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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

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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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1 item

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ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 330). (1) Raimond Cap to the Royal Society, on the squaring of the circle; Château Thierry sur Marne, 20 Feb. 1749. French. ff. 1-3. (2) Fulgence Depourier, 'de l'ordre des Augustins,' to the Secretary of the Royal Society, with problems on 'La Trissection...
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Western Manuscripts
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Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1749-1757
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1 item

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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

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Vol. XII (ff. 253). 1663-1765. Francis Hauksbee, the younger; scientific writer: Letters to T. Birch: 1736-1761. includes: ff. 1-3 Theodore Haak, d 1690 FRS; translator: Correspondence with J. Pell: 1643-1664.: Germ. and Engl.ff. 1-3 John Pell, d 1685 DD; mathematician and diplomatist: Co...
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Western Manuscripts
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English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1663-1765
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Vol. XIII (ff. 295). 1663-1765. includes: f. 1 Charles Mason, astronomer: Letter to Lord Macclesfield: 1762.f. 4 Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande, French astronomer: Letter to J. Bevis: 1762.: Fr., with Engl. transl.f. 6 George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield: Letter to the Duke of ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
1663-1765
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1 item