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1. Add MS 40161-40163

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NOTEBOOKS of experiments and lectures by David Edward Hughes, F.R.S., electrician and inventor, 1878-1886. In the course of researches in telephony Hughes seems to have anticipated the discovery of the Hertzian waves (cf. the experiments of Nov. 1879-Feb. 1880, and the note dat. Nov. 1897 inserted at vol. I, f. 230 b, referring to the presence of Prof. Stokes and others at those early demonstrations). The lectures (1883-1886) were delivered before various scientific Societies and are printed...
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Natural Science: Notebooks of experiments, etc., by D. E. Hughes, electrician: 1860-1886. David Edward Hughes, electrician and inventor: Notebooks of experiments, etc.: 1860-1886. Diaries and Memoranda: D. E. Hughes, electromagnetic experiments, etc.: 1860-1886.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1878-1886
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3 items

2. Add MS 40162

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Vol. II, ff. 285, Sept. 1880-Oct. 1884.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1880-Oct 1884
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1 item

3. Add MS 40161

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Vol. I, ff. 269, Nov. 1878-Feb. 1880. Bindings ITALIAN: Red morocco, stamped, brass clasps, re-backed: 15th-16th cent.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1878-Feb 1880
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1 item

4. Add MS 40163

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Vol. III, ff. 209, May 1883-Jan. 1886. includes: f. 105 Churchill Babington, Professor of Archaeology at Cambridge: Letter to Lord Harrowby: 1873.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1883-Jan 1886
Extent:
1 item