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Add MS 49095-49097
- Record Id:
- 038-002015752
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002015738
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000049.0x00037a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 49095-49097
- Title:
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NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. X-XII. Notes on experiments on gunpowder carried out at Purfleet with the dates of the receipt from named manufacturers of each batch tested, and daily notes of weather; 1782-1783. Reversing the first volume (49095, ff. 38b-37b) are notes in another hand on the proportions of ingredients used in various countries for the most powerful kinds of gunpowder, with further notes on the quantity held in each of the magazines at Purfleet, Tilbury Fort and Gravesend Blockhouse and the locations of powder mills.
- Scope & Content:
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Gunpowder: Note-books of G. Napier rel. to experiments in its manufacture, etc.,: 1782, 1783.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002015738
036-002015739
037-002015748
038-002015752 - Is part of:
- Add MS 49086-49172 : Napier Papers. Correspondence and papers of members of the Napier family; [1742?]-1933. Notes and endorsements by Richard…
Add MS 49086-49104 : A. PAPERS OF THE HON. GEORGE NAPIER 49086-49104. Correspondence and papers of Lt.-Col. the Hon. George Napier (b. 1751, d.…
Add MS 49093-49102 : NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. VIII-XVII. Notebooks of George Napier as Comptroller of the Royal Laboratory, Woolwich; 1782-1783.…
Add MS 49095-49097 : NAPIER PAPERS. Vols. X-XII. Notes on experiments on gunpowder carried out at Purfleet with the dates of the receipt from… - Contains:
- Add MS 49095 : Vol. X (ff. i+39). 1-5 Oct. 1782.
Add MS 49096 : Vol. XI (ff. i+39). 11-16 Nov. 1782.
Add MS 49097 : Vol. XII (ff. i+40). 24-29 Jan. 1783.
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- 032-002015738[0001]/036-002015739[0007]/037-002015748[0002]/038-002015752
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 49086-49172
- Record Type (Level):
- SubSubSeries
- Extent:
- 3 items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1782
- End Date:
- 1783
- Date Range:
- 1782-1783
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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