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Add MS 38625
- Record Id:
- 032-002057916
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002057916
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000039.0x00025d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 38625
- Title:
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TWENTY-THREE original letters of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart., F.R.S., to John George Children, F.R.S., of the Department of Antiquities, British Museum, chiefly on scientific subjects, with drafts of a few letters of the latter to Davy; 1807-1824. At the end (f. 60) are some printed extracts relating to Davy's "Method of protecting the Copper Sheathing of Ships' Bottoms," 1824. The letters were used and a few printed, in whole or in part, by John Ayrton Paris, M.D., in his Life of Sir Humphrey Davy, 1831. Paper; ff. 66. Quarto.
- Scope & Content:
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Sir Humphry Davy, natural philosopher: Correspondence with J. G. Children: 1807-1824.
John George Children, of the British Museum: Correspondence with Sir H. Davy: 1807-1824.
includes:
- ff. 59-66 b Shipbuilding: Correspondence rel. to Sir H. Davy's method of protecting copper bottoms: 1824.: Mostly printed.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002057916
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002057916
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1807
- End Date:
- 1824
- Date Range:
- 1807-1824
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Children, John George, scientist, librarian at the British Museum, 1777-1852
Davy, Humphry, 1st Baronet, of Grosvenor Street, natural philosopher, 1778-1829