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Egerton MS 1941

Record Id:
032-001982862
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-001982862
MDARK:
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ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 1941
Title:

ORIGINAL letters and papers relating to various mechanical inventions, with drawings, etc. Included are:-

1. "Draught of a smelting-mill used by the Company of Mineadventurers of England and others in Yorkshire; 1735," f. 1.

2. "Perpetual oven, taken from a model sent by Mr. -, near Norwich," f. 3.

3. Sections of water-bellows invented by [John] Wilkinson, [of Willey, near Broseley, co. Salop?], f. 5.

4. John Cockshull, jun., to [Dr. William Lewis?], with drawings of a water-bellows invented by John Cockshull, his father; London, 2 June, 1763, f. 6.

5. J[ohn] H[enry] Ziegler to [the Secretary of the Society of Arts], with drawings and description of a wheel for raising water, invented by Andrew Wirtz; Winterthur, 9 Feb., 13 Mar. 1766, ff. 11-19.

6. S[amuel] More to [Dr. William Lewis], with an account of "Mr. [John?] Wilkinson's improved water bellows;" 12 Mar. 1766, f. 20.

7. "Eugenius" to Dr. William Lewis, with an account of a "machine for maintaining a uniformity of heat;" Philadelphia, 9 Oct. 1767, f. 23.

8. Sections and descriptions of a "steam-engine on Mr. [James] Watt's construction," at Broseley, co. Salop, etc., ff. 27-34. Paper. Folio.

Scope & Content:

Mechanics: Letters and papers relating to various mechanical inventions: 18th cent.

includes:

  • f. 3 Oven: Plan of a perpetual oven: 18th cent.
  • ff. 5, 20 John Wilkinson, of Willey, county Shropshire: Sections and account of water-bellows, invented by: 1766.
  • f. 6 John Cockshull, junior: Letter to Dr. Lewis: 1763.
  • f. 6 John Cockshull, senior: Drawings of a water-bellows invented by: 1763.
  • ff. 6, 20, 23 William Lewis, MD, FRS: Letters to, from J. Cockshull and others: 1763, 1766, 1767.
  • ff. 11-19 John Henry Ziegler, of Zürich: Letters to the Society of Arts describing a water-wheel: 1766.
  • ff. 11-19 Andrew Wirtz: Water-wheel, invented by: 1766.
  • f. 20 Samuel More, Secretary of the Society of Arts: Letter to Dr. Lewis: 1766.
  • f. 22 Robert Greenall: Letter to Dr. Lewis: 1768.
  • f. 23 Heat: Account of a machine for maintaining uniformity of: 1767.
  • f. 23 'Eugenius': Letter thus signed to Dr. Lewis: 1767.
  • ff. 27-34 James Watt: Sections of his patent steam engine: 18th cent.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Egerton Manuscripts
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032-001982862
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1735
End Date:
1766
Date Range:
1735-1766
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Cockshull, John, junior
Cockshull, John, senior
Eugenius, of Egerton MS 1941
Greenall, Robert, correspondent of William Lewis, fl 1768
Lewis, William, MD, FRS; of Egerton MS 1941
More, Samuel, Secretary of the Society of Arts
Watt, James, of Add MS 22130
Wilkinson, John, of Willey, county Shropshire
Wirtz, Andrew
Ziegler, John Henry, of Zürich