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1. Add MS 49086-49087

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NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. I, II. Official correspondence and papers of George Napier as Comptroller of the Royal Laboratory, Woolwich; 1777-Apr. 1783, n.d. Apparently used, together with 49093-49102, for his monograph, 'The Composition of Gunpowder', communicated to the Royal Irish Academy in 1788 and published in the same year in the Transactions of the Royal Institute of Artillery, ii, 1788, pp. 97-118. Preceded (49086, ff. 1-17) by other letters and papers, mostly on ordnance, gunpowder, etc., 177...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1777-Apr 1783
Extent:
2 items

2. Add MS 49086

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Scope & Content:
Vol. I (ff. 132). 1777-Oct. 1782. Ordnance: Official correspondence, etc., of G. Napier, mostly as Comptroller of Royal Laboratory, Woolwich in 1782 and 1783: 1777-1783, n.d.: Partly Fr. includes: ff. 8, 37-39b, 56 Captain Samuel Tovey, RA; Chief Firemaster, Royal Laboratory, Woolwich: Memoranda, re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1777-Oct 1782
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 49087

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Scope & Content:
Vol. II (ff. 108). Nov. 1782-Apr. 1783, n.d. Ordnance: Official correspondence, etc., of G. Napier, mostly as Comptroller of Royal Laboratory, Woolwich in 1782 and 1783: 1777-1783, n.d.: Partly Fr. includes: f. 1 Thomas Watkins, formerly Master Cooper, Office of Ordnance, Minorca: Letter to Board of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
Nov 1782-Apr 1783
Extent:
1 item