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511. Add MS 88942/1/188

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('F')
Scope & Content:
This notebook contains notes on astronomy (remarks on the solar spectrum and the observation of Saturn, 28 December 1828), mathematics (conic sections and cones, hyperbolas etc.) and various other notes. These include notes on a solution that leaves a prismatic film on glass, and notes on the 'C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1828-1830
Extent:
1 notebook (26 folios, 35 pages of text)

512. Add MS 88942/1/190

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('I')
Scope & Content:
Notes on various subjects. Regarding astronomy, the notebook contains a method for correcting the level of a telescope and remarks on the examination of the spectrum of the sun and of the moon. Mathematical notes deal with cubic parabloa, integrale, 'equilateral hyperbola', lemniscates and longi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1831-[1832]
Extent:
1 notebook (71 ff.)

513. Add MS 88942/1/193

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('M')
Scope & Content:
This manifold notebook reflects Talbot's broad interests and contains mainly notes on chemistry, with entries on optics, astronomy and mathematics. Talbot solves equations, conic sections, gives references to secondary literature and copies extracts from Euclid's Elements. The notebook includes ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1834-1835
Extent:
1 notebook (178 numbered pages)

514. Add MS 88942/1/194

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('N')
Scope & Content:
The notebook begins by recording further observations of Comet Halley during October and November 1835 (pp. 2-3). The remainder of the notebook comprises work on various mathematical topics, including: conic sections, integrals, the parabola, the partition of numbers, trinominal curves, Wilson's...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1835-1836
Extent:
1 notebook (180 numbered pages)

515. Add MS 88942/2/176-191

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Title:
Talbot: Correspondence of Lady Elisabeth Theresa Feilding
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1790-1846
Extent:
16 files

516. Add MS 88942/1/116

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
This notebook contains a draft for a short publication for the Journal of Sacred Literature and Biblical Record (1856). There are also a few random notes on Hebrew.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, English, and Hebrew
Date Range:
1855?-1856?
Extent:
1 notebook (40 folios, 59 pages of text)

517. Add MS 88942/1/119

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook
Scope & Content:
The notebook contains notes on Greek and Assyrian cuneiform text. It includes etymological comment and notes on 'the creation'. The notebook is not dated, but 'Athenaeum Club' is written under Talbot's name on the inside front cover.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Akkadian, Hebrew, and Latin
Date Range:
after 1870
Extent:
1 notebook (31 folios, 5 pages of text)

518. Add MS 88942/1/352

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Title:
Talbot: Loose notes (mathematics)
Scope & Content:
‘Poisson’ (undated). pp. 1-2. Two pages of text. National Trust Accession: 38801. Mathematical notes, (undated). NTA: 38802, 38803, 38804, 38805, 38806, 38807, 38808, 38809, 38810, 38811, 38812, 38813. ‘By known formula’ (undated). NTA: 38814. Mathematical notes, (undated). 38815, 38816, 3881...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
circa 1860
Extent:
1 folder

519. Add MS 88942/2/172

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Title:
Talbot: Letters between family and friends of W. H. F. Talbot (AN-CAR)
Scope & Content:
'An enemy to Imposition' to Feilding, Charles (September, 1827). National Trust Accession: 29262. Aust, David to Feilding, Charles (18 March, 1837). Includes a receipt dated (15 March, 1837). NTA: 27614. Awdry, Henry Goddard to Awdry, West (24 December, 1868). NTA: 30318. Awdry, Henry Goddard...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1811-1878
Extent:
1 file

520. Add MS 88942/1/39

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Title:
Talbot: Notebook ('Dialogues of the Dead')
Scope & Content:
Notebook on Greek mythology. This early notebook contains a short dialogue between Lycurgus and Solon, and another short dialogue between Polycrates and Amasis. Though inscribed with Talbot's name in the front cover, the notebook was probably written by Lady Elisabeth for Talbot's use. Only a fe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1807
Extent:
1 notebook (37 folios, 10 pages of text)