Two volumes transferred from the Patent Office Library. One compiled by Humphrey Wood containing theories of natural philosophy, and the other is an album of samples of die-printed cutter patterns.
Notebook of natural philosophy compiled by Humphrey Wood
Scope & Content:
A pale coloured notebook with black spine containing essays on various topics of natural philosophy. A decorative title page is annotated "Humphrey Wood, Chatham, Feb 28 1852". The earlier essays include some small hand-drawn diagrams. This volume includes an index listing the topics of the es...
A collection of circular die-printed paper samples from eccentric chuck wheels and elliptical cutters, pasted into a re-bound black notebook with manuscript descriptions of how they were produced. This volume includes further loose samples, which were originally held within the envelope bound ...