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'One Man's Covenants' / 'Covenants of the Jews', transparencies of trips to Israel
Date: c.1983-1984Reference: PP/ROS/M/5/4Part of: The Archive of Ismond Rosen (1924-1996)- Film
Cut hand tendon.
Date: 197?- Digital Images
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Hylotelephium telephium syn. Sedum telephium 'Matrona'
Dr Henry Oakeley- Ephemera
Pharmacy labels ephemera. Box 7.
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Veterinary Recipe Book: British, 19th century
Date: 1860-c.1899Reference: MS.7456- Film
Repair of flexor tendon in the finger.
Date: 1975- Film
A day at Gebel Moya, season 1912-13. Item 2.
Date: 1912-1913- Books
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The healthy life beverage book : a compilation, alphabetically arranged, of refreshing, curative, stimulating, and nutritive liquids, comprising fresh fruit and vegetable juices, vegetable broths, cereal drinks, unfired fruit soups, nut milks, plant teas, herbal decoctions, fruit syrups, gum water, &c., with critical notes on water, milk, casein, whey, beef tea, yeast extracts, vinegar, sugar, coffee, tea, cocoa, &c., also information respecting the nutritive and medicinal properties of all the products referred to / by H. Valentine Knaggs.
Knaggs, H. Valentine (Henry Valentine), 1858-Date: 1911- Books
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An index to the excise laws; or, an abridgement of all the statutes now in force relating to the excise. Digested under the following heads, beer and ale, cambricks and lawns, candles, Coaches, Coffee, Tea, and Chocolate, Cyder, Distillers, Entries, Excise-Office, Exportation, Glass, Hides, Hops, Licences, Ale, Plate, Spirit. Liquors. Malt, Man Isle, Mead, Navy-Bills, Officers, Paper, Printed Silks and Linens. Prosecutions, Run Goods, Seizures, Silver-Plate, Sope, Spirituous Liquors, Starch, Sweets, Tobacco, Vinegar and Verjuice, Wire. By Jelinger Symons.
Symons, Jellinger.Date: 1770- Books
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An essay on bread; Wherein the bakers and millers are vindicated from the aspersions contained in two pamphlets; one intitled Poison detected: and the other, The nature of bread honestly and dishonestly made. Proving the impossibility of mixing lime, chalk, whiting and burnt bones in bread, without immediate discovery. With plain and easy experiments to discover alum and other admixtures in bread, instantly. To which is added, an appendix; explaining the vile practices committed in adulterating wines, cider, porter, punch, vinegar, and pickles. With easy methods to detect such abuses. By H. Jackson, chemist.
Jackson, Humphrey, approximately 1717-1801.Date: 1758- Videos
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Bacteria.
Date: 1927- Books
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An essay on bread; wherein the bakers and millers are vindicated from the aspersions contained in two pamphlets; one intitled Poisons detected: and the other [by James Manning M.D.], The Nature of bread honestly and dishonestly made. Proving the impossibility of mixing lime, chalk, whiting and burnt bones in bread without immediate discovery : with plain and easy experiments to discover alum and other admixtures in bread, instantly. To which is added, an appendix, explaining the vile practices committed in adulterating wines, cider, porter, punch, vinegar, and pickles. With easy methods to detect such abuses / by H. Jackson.
Jackson, H. (Henry)Date: 1758- Books
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A statement of the internal duties payable in Great Britain on the following articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture thereof, and of the duties on the materials of which the said articles are composed, viz. beer, bricks and tiles, candles, chocolate, cocoa paste and cocoa, cordage, cyder and perry, glass, hops, leather unmanufactured and manufactured, mead or metheglin, paper and books, printed goods, salt, silk, soap, spirits, starch and hair powder, sugar, sweets, tobacco and snuff, verjuice and vinegar, and wire; together with a statement of the rates of duty on importation of such articles which would be sufficient (as far as the same can be estimated) to countervail such internal duty or duties on the materials, specifying the grounds on which such estimate is computed. 28th April 1800.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.Date: 1800]- Books
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Valuable secrets concerning arts and trades: or, Approved directions, from the best artists, for the various methods of engraving on brass, copper, or steel. Of the composition of metals, and varnishes. Of mastichs and cements, sealing-wax, &c. Of colours and painting, for carriage painters. Of painting on paper. Of compositions from limners. Of transparent colours. How to dye skins or gloves. To colour or varnish copper-plate prints. Of painting on glass. Of colours of all sorts, for oil, water, and crayons. Of the art of gilding. The art of dying woods, bones, &c. The art of moulding. The art of making wines. Of the various compostions of vinegars. Of liquors and essential oils. Of the confectionary art. Of taking out all sorts of spots and stains. [One line in Latin from Virgil]
Date: --1795--- Digital Images
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Sempervivum tectorum L. Crassulaceae Houseleek, Senegreene Distribution: Europe. Sempervivum means 'live forever', tectorum means 'roof', and was apparently grown on house roofs to protect against lightning. Lyte (1578 distinguishes Stonecrops (Sedum) from Sengreene (Sempervivum) for he advises the latter, alone or mixed with barley meal, applied topically to burns, scalds, St Anthony's fire [erysipelas] , ulcers and sores, will cure them and sore eyes. Apropos of stonecrops (Sedum), he describes the redness and blistering that the sap has on bare skin, and how it is good for poisons for if taken with vinegar by mouth it causes vomiting, but only safe to do so in strong people. He seems fairly confused as to which is which. Not approved by the European Medicines Agency for Traditional Herbal Medicinal use. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Digital Images
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Sempervivum tectorum L. Crassulaceae Houseleek, Senegreene Distribution: Europe. Sempervivum means 'live forever', tectorum means 'roof', and was apparently grown on house roofs to protect against lightning. Lyte (1578 distinguishes Stonecrops (Sedum) from Sengreene (Sempervivum) for he advises the Sempervivum, alone or mixed with barley meal, applied topically to burns, scalds, St Anthony's fire [erysipelas], ulcers and sores, will cure them and sore eyes. Apropos of stonecrops (Sedum), he describes the redness and blistering that the sap has on bare skin, and how it is good for poisons for if taken with vinegar by mouth it causes vomiting, but only safe to do so in strong people. He seems fairly confused as to which is which. Not approved by the European Medicines Agency for Traditional Herbal Medicinal use. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Dr Henry Oakeley- Books
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Joe Miller's jests: or, the wits vade-mecum. Being a collection of the most brillant [sic] jests. the most elegant Bons Mots; and most pleasant short Stories in the English Language. First carefully collected in the Company, and many of them transcribed from the Mouth of the Facetious Gentleman, whose Name they bear; and now set forth and published by his lamentable Friend and former Companion, Elijah Jenkins, Esq; To which is added, a very large Collection of the most pointed and truly valuable epigrams in the British tongue, With the Names of the Authors to such as are known. Most humbly Inscribed To those Choice-Spirits of the age, His Majesty's Poet, Mr. Colley Cibber; His Holiness's Poet, Mr. Pope; Mr. Orator Henley; Capt. Vinegar; The old Duchess of M-, Mr. Ancient Pistol; And Job Baker, the Kettle-Drummer.
Date: MDCCXLII. [1742]- Books
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The merchants and traders guide, or new and complete tables of the net duties payable, and drawbacks allowed, on certain goods, Wares, and Merchandize, imported, exported, or carried coastwise: together with a list of the bounties. Published under the inspection of Mr. Thomas Michael Barker , of the custom house, London. Likewise A Table of the Net Duties, Allowances, Bounties, and Drawbacks, in the Excise; together with the Licences necessary to be taken out by those Persons dealing in Exciseable Commodities: together with an enumeration of the stamp duties, Agreeable to the Consolidation Act of 27 Geo. III. With the Alterations and Amendments Of the Last Session. The Whole Alphabetically Arranged. To which is added, for Convenience of the Merchant, a complete table of the duties of customs, and excise on wine; Calculated from a Gallon to a Tun: with a table of the duty of customs on vinegar.
Date: M.DCC.LXXXVII. [1787]- Books
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The experienced English house-keeper, for the use and ease of ladies, house-keepers, cooks, &c. Wrote purely from practice, And dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, Whom the Author lately served as House-Keeper. Consisting of near 800 original receipts, most of which never appeared in print. Part First, Lemon Pickle, Browning for all Sorts of Made Dishes, Soups, Fish, plain Meat, Game, Made Dishes both hot and cold, Pyes, Puddings, &c. Part Second, All Kind of Confectionary, particularly the Gold and Silver Web for covering of Sweetmeats, and a Desert of Spun Sugar, with Directions to set out a Table in the most elegant Manner and in the modern Taste, Floating Islands, Fish Ponds, Transparent Puddings, Trifles, Whips, &c. Part Third, Pickling, Potting, and Collaring, Wines, Vinegars, Catchups, Distilling, with two most valuable Receipts, one for refining Malt Liquors, the other for curing Acid Wines, and a correct List of every Thing in Season in every Month of the Year. By Elizabeth Raffald.
Raffald, Elizabeth, 1733-1781.Date: 1769- Books
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Valuable secrets, concerning arts and trades. Or, Approved directions from the best artists, for the various methods of engraving on brass, copper, or steel. Of the composition of metals and varnishes. Of mastichs and cements, sealing-wax, &c. Of colours and painting, for carriage-painters. Of painting on paper. Of compositions from limners. Of transparent colours. How to dye skins or gloves. To colour or varnish copper-plate prints. Of painting on glass. Of colours of all sorts for oil, water, and crayons. Of the art of gilding. Of the art of dying woods, bones, &c. Of the art of moulding. Of the art of making wines. Of the various compostions of vinegars. Of liquors and essential oils. Of the confectionary art. Of taking out all sorts of spots and stains. With an appendix, containing valuable selections, in addition to, and never before published in this work. [One line in Latin from Virgil]
Date: 1798- Books
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The experienced English housekeeper for the use and ease of ladies, housekeepers, cooks, &c. written purely from practice; dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, Whom the Author lately served as Housekeeper. consisting of several hundred original receipts, most of which never appeared in Print. Part I. Lemon Pickle, Browning for all Sorts of made Dishes, Soups, Fish, plain Meat, Game, made Dishes, both hot and cold, Pies, Puddings, &c. Part II. All Kinds of Confectionary, particularly the Gold and Silver Web for covering of Sweetmeats and a Dessert of Spun Sugar; with Directions to set out a Table in the most elegant Manner, and in the Modern Taste, Floating Islands, Fish Ponds, Transparent Puddings, Trifles, Whips, &c. Part III. Pickling, Potting, and Collaring, Wines, Vinegars, Catchups, Distilling; with two most valuable Receipts, one for refining Malt Liquors, the other for curing Acid Wines; and a correct List of every Thing in Season for every Month in the Year. By Elizabeth Raffald.
Raffald, Elizabeth, 1733-1781.Date: Anno 1799- Digital Images
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Calendula officinalis L. Asteraceae. Pot marigold, common marigold, ruds or ruddles. Calendula, because it was said to flower most commonly at the first of each month - the 'calends' (Coles, 1657). officinalis indicates that it was used in the 'offices' - the clinics - of the monks in medieval times. Annual herb. Distribution: Southern Europe. The Doctrine of Signatures, indicated that as the flowers resembled the pupil of the eye (along with Arnica, Inula and the ox-eye daisy), it was good for eye disorders (Porta, 1588). Coles (1658) writes '... the distilled water ... helpeth red and watery eyes, being washed therewith, which it does by Signature, as Crollius saith'. Culpeper writes: [recommending the leaves] '... loosen the belly, the juice held in the mouth helps the toothache and takes away any inflammation, or hot swelling being bathed with it mixed with a little vinegar.' The petals are used as a saffron substitute - ‘formerly much employed as a carminative
Dr Henry Oakeley- Books
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The experienced English housekeeper, for the use and ease of ladies, housekeepers, cooks, &c. Written purely from Practice, Dedicated To The Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, Whom the Author lately served as Housekeeper: consisting of several hundred original receipts, most of which never appeared in print. Part I. Lemon Pickle, Browning for all Sorts of Made Dishes, Soups, Fish, Plain Meat, Game, Made Dishes both hot and cold, Pies, Puddings, &c. Part II. All Kinds of Confectionary, particularly the Gold and Silver Web for covering of Sweet meats, and a Desert of Spun Sugar, with Directions to set out a Table in the most elegant Manner and in the modern Taste, Floating Islands, Fish-Ponds, Transparent Puddings, Trifles, Whips, &c. Part III. Pickling, Potting, and Collaring, Wines, Vinegars, Catchups, distilling, with two most valuable Receipes, one for resining Malt Liquors, the other for curing Acid Wines, and a correct List of every thing in Season for every Month in the Year. By Elizabeth Raffald.
Raffald, Elizabeth, 1733-1781.Date: MDCCLXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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The experienced English housekeeper, for the use and ease of ladies, housekeepers, cooks, &c. Written purely from practice, dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, Whom the Author lately served as Housekeeper: consisting of several hundred original receipts, most of which never appeared in print. Part I. Lemon Pickle, Browning for all Sorts of Made Dishes, Soups, Fish, Plain Meat, Game, Made Dishes both hot and cold, Pies, Puddings, &c. Part II. All Kinds of Consectionary, particularly the Gold and Silver Web for covering of Sweet-Meats, and a Desert of Spun Sugar, with Directions to set out a Table in the most elegant Manner and in the modern Taste, Floating Islands, Fish-Ponds, Transparent Puddings, Trifles, Whips, &c. Part III. Pickling, Potting, and Collaring, Wines, Vinegars, Catchups, Distilling, with two most valuable Receipts, one for refining Malt-Liquors, the other for curing Acid Wines, and a correct List of every Thing in Season for every Month in the Year. By Elizabeth Raffald.
Raffald, Elizabeth, 1733-1781.Date: MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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The Experienced English housekeeper, for the use and ease of ladies, housekeepers, cooks, &c. Written purely from practice; Dedicated The Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, Whom the Author lately served as Housekeeper. Consisting of several hundred original receipts, most of which never appeared in print. Part I. Lemon Pickle, Browning for all Sorts of made Dishes, Soup Fish, plain Meat, Game, made Dishes, both hot and cold. Pies. Puddings, &c. Part II. All Kinds of Confectionary, particularly the Gold and Silver Web for covering the Sweetmeats, and a Desert of Span Sugar, with Directions to set out a Table in the most elegant Manner, and in the modern taste, Floating Island, Fish Pond, Transparent Puddings, ... Whips, &c. Part III. Pickling, Potting, and ... Wines, Vinegars, Catchups, Distilling; with two most valuable Receipts, one for refining Malt Liquors, the other for curing Acid Wines, and a correct List of every Thing in season for every Month in the Year. By Elizabeth Raffald.
Raffald, Elizabeth, 1733-1781.Date: M,DCC,XCI. [1791]