Willyams, John

  • Willyams, John
Date:
1768-1771
Reference:
MS.5009
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Notes on Electricity, Astronomy, and Hydraulics. Illustrated with a few rough pen-drawn diagrams, etc. Inscribed inside the upper cover: 'Jn. Willyams. 1768': A note on the variation of the compass (17th leaf, verso) seems to have been written in 1771.

Publication/Creation

1768-1771

Physical description

1 volume 46 ff. 8vo. 19 × 12 cm. Original paper covers. Written in a note-book interleaved with blotting paper.

Contributors

Acquisition note

Purchased 1917.

Finding aids

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

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  • 39421