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2. Add MS 72896
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- PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLVII. Treatise on sailing, geometry, astronomy and geography, calligraphically written in a scribal hand, with pen and ink diagrams in the same hand throughout; late 17th cent-early 18th cent. Formerly Bowood Vol. 22. ff. iv + 50. Contemporary vellum binding, with the bookpl...
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- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Late 17th century-Early 18th century
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- 1 item
3. Add MS 72894-72895
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- PETTY PAPERS. VOLS. XLV, XLVI. Correspondence and papers concerning Petty's 'double bottom' boat experiments and shipping generally; 1661-1684, n.d. Copies, early 19th cent. (watermarks 1802, 1804), made by Henry Schultes for the 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne, who had an interest in ship-building and sailing (see Slatter, 'Report', I, p. 200), of originals once in Petty's archive. Shortly after the copies were made, they appear to have been sold, randomly divided into two groups, and are now Bod...
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- Ships and Shipping: Sir William Petty, political economist: Reports and correspondence rel. to Sir W. Petty's double-bottomed boat and other shipping matters: circa 1661-1685: Partly copies.
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- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1661-1684
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- 2 items
4. Add MS 72892
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- PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLIII (ff. 29). Papers relating to medicine and natural science; circa 1650-1685, n.d. Formerly from Bowood Boxes G and H. 1. f. 1. Thirty-two questions concerning the properties of the waters of Bath for chemical, technological and medical uses; circa 1650. Autograph. G4. 2...
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- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1645-1685
- Extent:
- 1 item
5. Add MS 72893
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- PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLIV (ff. i + 118). Papers concerning shipping, the Admiralty, etc; circa 1661-1686. Formerly from Bowood Boxes G and H. 1. ff. 1-36. Papers concerning shipping, navigation and Petty's experimental 'double bottom' boat; circa 1661-circa 1811. Partly printed. Many documents co...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1656-1690
- Extent:
- 1 item
6. Add MS 72891
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- PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLII. Medical lectures, works, and notes relating to medical practice; [1645?]-[1676?]. The present order of what was originally a collection of loose items was determined at the time of the 19th century binding, and is not systematic. In some cases portions of the same work h...
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- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1644-1677
- Extent:
- 1 item
7. Add MS 72897
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- PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLVIII (ff. 158). Miscellaneous practical schemes, the early ones connected with the Royal Society, the later ones with Petty's socio-economic projects for James II; 1662-1687. See also Add. 72857, f. 79, concerning the duplicate writing mechanism, and f. 144, for 'The Advanta...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1660-1691
- Extent:
- 1 item
8. Add MS 72898
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- PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLIX (ff. 138). Papers relating to scientific and educational institutions: Gresham College, the Royal Society, the Dublin Philosophical Society, philosophy, mathematics, education, etc.; 1575-1687. Most formerly Bowood Box H. 1. ff. 1-14. Papers concerning Petty's Gresham Co...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Latin
- Date Range:
- 1575-1690
- Extent:
- 1 item
9. Add MS 72895
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- PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLVI (ff. i + 100). 1. ff. 1-16. 'A Treatise of Naval Philosophy in 3 parts'; [1671]. Original manuscripts are NMM, SPB/16, No. 52 and Add. 72854, ff. 99-104. Cf. Bodleian MS Rawl. A.178, f. 153: Wood to Pepys, 17 June 1682; Rawl. A.194, f. 279: Pepys to Wood, 16 June 1682. F...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1660-1685
- Extent:
- 1 item
10. Add MS 72894
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- PETTY PAPERS. VOL. XLV (ff. ii + 94). 1. ff. 1-4. Part of a dedication to Charles II on ship-building; [1661]. Printed in Double Bottom, pp. 4-6. The original is Bodl. Lyell empt. 32, ff. 1-4. 2. ff. 5-10. Letter from Petty to Viscount Brouncker; 29 Oct. 1662. Printed from the archives of the ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1661-1686
- Extent:
- 1 item