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Archimagirus anglo-gallicus: or, Excellent & approved receipts and experiments in cookery : Together with the best way of preserving. As also, rare formes of sugar-works: according to the French mode, and English manner. Copied from a choice manuscript of Sir Theodore Mayerne Knight, physician to the late K. Charles. Magistro artis, edere est esse.
Mayerne, Théodore Turquet de, Sir, 1573-1655Date: 1658- Books
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The art of confectionary. I. Shewing the various methods of preserving all sorts of fruits, dry and liquid. Oranges, lemons, citrons, golden-pippins, wardens, apricots green, almonds, goos-berries, cherries, currans, plumbs, rasberries, peaches, walnuts, nectarines, figs, grapes, &c. II. Flowers and herbs; as violets, angelica, orange-flowers, &c. Also how to make all sorts of biscakes, maspins, sugar-works, and candies. With the best methods of clarifying, and the different ways of boiling sugar. By the late ingenious Mr. Edw. Lambert, confectioner in Pall-Mall.
Lambert, Edward.Date: [1750?]- Books
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The art of confectionary. Shewing the various methods of preserving all sorts of fruits, dry and liquid; viz. Oranges, Lemons, Citrons, Golden Pippins, Wardens, Apricots Green, Almonds, Goosberries, Cherries, Currants, Plumbs, Rasprerries, Peaches, Walnuts, Nectarines, Figs, Grapes, &c. Flowers and Herbs; As Violets, Angelica, Orange Flowers, &c. also how to make all Sorts of Biscakes, Maspins, Sugar-Works, and Candies. With the best Methods of Clarifying, and the different Ways of Boiling Sugar. By the late ingenious Mr. Edward Lambert, Confectioner, in Pall-Mall.
Lambert, Edward.Date: [1761]- Pictures
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A coffee plant (Coffea arabica), its flower and fruit segments bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.
Date: [c. 1840]Reference: 28052i- Pictures
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A tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum), its flowers and seeds, bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.
Date: [c. 1840]Reference: 28060i- Books
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An essay on the draught of fire in furnaces, flues, and chimnies, and of the true causes, process, and effects thereof: Being an Intent to explain the Fundaments of the brief Account of a New Invention: For which has been obtained his Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. It consists of a peculiar method of constructing, and setting Boilers of any dimension in Fire-Engines, Salt-Works, Brewhouses, Distilleries, Sugar-Houses, and Sugar-Works abroad; and also in Allum, Copperas, Roman-Vitriol, Saltpetre-Works and Refineries thereof; in such a well contrived manner, that more than the half-part of coals and fuel may be saved, and yet a quicker and larger dispatch of business in every respect obtained. With some Remarks about common Salt and its Use. Published by the patentee, Christopher Chrysel.
Chrysel, Christoph.Date: M.DCC.LXXIV. [1774]- Archives and manuscripts
Working formulae correspondence
Date: 1928-1942Reference: WF/CW/18/07/02Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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The pastrycook & confectioner's guide : for hotels, restaurants, and the trade in general adapted also for family use : including a large variety of modern recipes for bread - cakes - fancy biscuits - ice creams and water ices - jellies - pies, puddings and custards - joints, meat pies and dishes - poultry and game - ornamental sugar-work and butter-work etc., etc. with useful hints and instructions / by Robert Wells.
Wells, Robert.Date: 1889- Archives and manuscripts
Tabloid Department production totals
Date: c1929-1936Reference: WF/CW/17/04Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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A short treatise on the unfair purchase of the slaves, and their barbarous usage from Africa to the West Indies. Their cruel Treatment in the West Indies. That the slave trade is a disgrace to rational humanity, but more especially to Christianity. That the trade is abolishable only by an Act of Parliament: and As the House of Commons have agreed, it is hoped the House of Lords will concur as soon as Opportunity suits. - To discipline the Slaves to do their Work with little or no Flogging. - That Sugar is dear only from the Greatness of the Consumption; and that if we would have Sugar more cheap and plentiful, the new Plantations in Africa must be properly encouraged.
Date: 1794- Books
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Experiments and observations upon oriental and other bezoar-stones, which prove them to be of no use in physick. Gascoin's powder, distinctly examin'd in its seven ingredients, censur'd and found imperfect : dedicated to the Royal Society to which is annex'd, a vindication of sugars against the charge of Dr. Willis, other physicians, and common prejudices dedicated to the ladies. Together with further discoveries and remarks / By Frederick Slare.
Slare, Frederick, 1646 or 1647-1727.Date: 1715- Books
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A Book of fruits & flovvers : Shewing the nature and use of them, either for meat or medicine. As also: to preserve, conserve, candy, and in wedges, or dry them. To make powders, civet bagges, all sort of sugar-works, turn'd works in sugar, hollow or frutages; and to pickell them. And for meat. To make pyes, biscat, maid dishes, marchpanes, leeches, and snow, craknels, caudels, cakes, broths, fritter-stuffe, puddings, tarts, syrupes, and sallets. For medicines. To make all sorts of poultisses, and serecloaths for any member swell'd or inflamed, ointments, waters for all wounds, and cancers, salves for aches, to take the ague out of any place burning or scalding; for the stopping of suddain bleeding, curing the piles, ulcers, ruptures, coughs, consumptions, and killing of warts, to dissolve the stone, killing the ring-worme, emroids, and dropsie, paine in the ears and teeth, deafnesse.
Date: 1653- Books
Aristocrats, adventurers and ambulances : British medical units in the Spanish Civil War / Linda Palfreeman.
Palfreeman, Linda.Date: 2014- Archives and manuscripts
Original art work for Crime Story
Date: 1960-1980Reference: WTI/DPB/C/8/2/10- Ephemera
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Ames reagents make short work of urine testing / Ames Company.
Ames Company.Date: [1959]- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence re Tabloid department
Date: 1895 - 1928Reference: WF/CW/04/14Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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Medical advice to the inhabitants of warm climates, on the domestic treatment of all the diseases incidental therein : with a few useful hints to new settlers, for the preservation of health, and the prevention of sickness / by Robert Thomas (late of Nevis) surgeon : to the work are prefixed, some observations on the proper management of new Negroes, and the general condition of slaves in the sugar colonies : also are annexed, a list of medicines recommended in the treatment of the diseases, and an explantory table of the weights used by apothecaries.
Thomas, Robert, 1753-1835.Date: MDCCXCIV [1794]- Archives and manuscripts
Wellcome Chemical Works, Dartford
Wellcome Chemical Works, DartfordDate: 1897-1973Reference: WF/CWPart of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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Medical advice to the inhabitants of warm climates, on the domestic treatment of all the diseases incidental therein : with a few useful hints to new settlers, for the preservation of health, and the prevention of sickness / by Robert Thomas, (late of the island of Nevis) surgeon. To the work are prefixed, some observations on the proper management of new negroes, and the general condition of slaves in the sugar colonies. Also are annexed, a list of the medicines recommended in the treatment of the diseases, and an explanatory table of the weights and measures used by apothecaries.
Thomas, Robert, 1753-1835.Date: 1790- Books
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Medical advice to the inhabitants of warm climates, on the domestic treatment of all the diseases incidental therein: with a few useful hints to New Settlers, for the Preservation of Health, and the Prevention of Sickness. By Robert Thomas, (late of the island of Nevis) surgeon. To the work are prefixed, some observations on the proper management of new negroes, and the general condition of slaves in the sugar colonies. Also are annexed, A List of the Medicines recommended in the Treatment of the Diseases, and an explanatory Table of the Weights and Measures used by Apothecaries.
Thomas, Robert, 1753-1835.Date: MDCCXC. [1790]- Books
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The court and country cook : giving new and plain directions how to order all manner of entertainments, And the best sort of the Most exquisite a-la-mode Ragoo's. Together with new instructions for confectioners : Shewing How to Preserve all sorts of Fruits, as well dry as liquid: Also, How to make divers Sugar-Works, and other sine Pieces of Curiosity; How to set out a Desert, or Banquet of Sweet-Meats to the best advantage; And, How to prepare several sorts of liquors, that are proper for every Season of the Year. A Work more especially necessary for Stewards, Clerks of the Kitchen, Confectioners, Butlers, and other Officers, and also of great use in private Families. Faithfully translated out of French into English by J.K.
Massialot, François, approximately 1660-1733.Date: 1702- Books
Inheritance : how our genes change our lives, and our lives change our genes / Sharon Moalem, MD, PhD, with Matthew D. LaPlante.
Moalem, SharonDate: 2014- Ephemera
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Try Dr. Seth Arnold's cough killer : it works like magic. Price 25 cents / Dr. Seth Arnold Medical Co.
Dr. Seth Arnold Medical Co.Date: [between 1880 and 1889?]- Books
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The compleat confectioner: or, The whole art of confectionary made plain and easy. Shewing, the various methods of preserving and candying, both dry and liquid, all kinds of fruit, flowers, and herbs; the different ways of clarifying sugar; and the method of keeping fruit, nuts, and flowers fresh and fine all the year round. Also directions for making rock-works and candies, biscuts, rich cakes, creams, custards, jellies, whip syllarubs, and cheese-cakes of all sorts, english wines of all sorts, strong cordials, simple waters, mead, oils, &c. syrups of all kinds, milk punch that will keep twenty years, knicknacks and trifles for deserts, &c. &c. &c. &c. Likewise, the art of making artificial fruit, with the stalks in it, so as to resemble he natural fruit. To which are added, some bills of fare for deserts for private families. By H Glasse, author of the Art of cookery.
Glasse, Hannah, 1708-1770.Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]- Books
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The compleat confectioner: or, the whole art of confectionary made plain and easy. Shewing, The various Methods of preserving and candying, both dry and liquid, all Kinds of Fruit, Flowers and Herbs; the different Ways of clarifying Sugar; and the Method of Keeping Fruit, Nuts and Flowers fresh and fine all the Year round. Also directions for making Rock-Works and Candies, Biscuits, Rich Cakes, Creams, Custards, Jellies, Whip Syllabubs, and Cheese-Cakes of all Sorts, English Wines of all Sorts, Strong Cordials, Simple Waters, Mead, Oils, &c. Syrups of all Kinds, Milk Punch that will keep twenty Years, Knicknacks and Trifles for Deserts, &c. Likewise, The Art of making Artificial Fruit, with the Stalks in it, so as to resemble the natural Fruit. To which are added, Some Bills of Fare for Deserts for private Families. By H. Glasse, author of the art of cookery.
Glasse, Hannah, 1708-1770.Date: [1760?]