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- Archives and manuscripts
Letters to Sir John Bowring from various correspondents
Date: 1810-1871Reference: MS.6128/1-29Part of: Bowring, Sir John (1792-1872), linguist, writer and traveller- Archives and manuscripts
Lardner, Dionysius (1793-1859), scientific writer
Lardner, Dionysius, 1793-1859.Date: 1827-1856Reference: MSS.5490-5491 & 8708- Archives and manuscripts
Carpenter, Edward (1844-1929), British campaigner for homosexual equality and socialist writer
Carpenter, Edward, 1844-1929.Date: 1908Reference: MS.8721- Books
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The universal system: or mechanical cause of all the appearances and movements of the visible heavens: shewing the true powers which move the Earth and planets in their central and annual rotations. With A Dissertation on comets, The Nature, Cause, Matter, and Use of their Tails, and the Reasons of their long Trajectories: likewise An attempt to prove what it is that moves the Sun round its Axis.
Lacy, John, writer on astronomy.Date: M,DCC,LXXIX. [1779]- Archives and manuscripts
Letters to Lardner
Lardner, Dionysius, 1793-1859.Date: 1827-1829Reference: MS.5490Part of: Lardner, Dionysius (1793-1859), scientific writer- Archives and manuscripts
Miscellany, English
Nesmith, Robert, fl.1682Date: 1655-1910Reference: MS.9258- Books
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The instructor; or, Young man's best companion. Containing spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetic in an easier way than any yet published. Instructions to write variety of hands with copies how to write letters on business or friendship; forms of indentures, books, bills of sale, receipts, wills, releases, &c. Merchant accompts and a short and easy method of shop and book-keeping. With a description of the product, counties, market-towns, and fairs according to the new style, in England and Wales. The method of measuring carpenters, joiners, sawyers, bricklayers, plaisterers, plumbers, masons, and glasiers, and painters work: how to undertake each work, and at what price: the rates of each commodity, and the common wages of journey-men. With the description of Gunter's line, and Coggeshall's sliding rule. The practical gauger made easy. The art of dialling, and how to erect and fix dials: with instructions for dyeing, colouring, and making colours; and some general observations for gardening every month in the year. To which are added, the family's best companion: a compendium of geography and astronomy; and some useful interest tables. By George Fisher, accomptant.
Fisher, George, accomptant.Date: MDCCLXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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The instructor; or, Young man's best companion. Containing spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetic, in an easier way than any yet published. Instructions to write variety of hands, with copies. How to write letters on business or friendship; forms of indentures, bonds, bills of sale, receipts, wills, leases, releases, &c. Merchants accounts, and a short and easy method of shop and book-keeping; with a description of the product, counties, and market-towns in England and Wales, and a list of English and Scots fairs according to the new-style. The method of measuring carpenters, joiners, sawyers, bricklayers, plasterers, plumbers, masons, glasiers, and painters work. How to undertake each work, and at what price; the rates of each commodity, and the common wages of journeymen, with the description of gunter's line, and coggeshall's sliding-rule. The practical gauger made easy; the art of dialling, and how to erect and six dials; with instructions for dying, colouring, and making colours; and some general observations for gardening every month in the year. To which are added, the family's best companion; and a compendium of geography and astronomy. Also, some useful interest-tables. By George Fisher, accountant.
Fisher, George, accomptant.Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- Books
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The instructor; or, Young man's best companion. Containing spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetic, in an easier way than any yet published. Instructions to write variety of hands, with copies. How to write letters on business or friendship; forms of indentures, bonds, bills of sale, receipts, wills, leases, releases, &c. Merchants accounts, and a short and easy method of shop and book-keeping; with a description of the product, counties, and market-towns in England and Wales, and a list of English and Scots fairs according to the new-style. The method of measuirng carpenters, joiners, sawyers, bricklayers, plasterers, plumbers, masons, glasiers, and painters work. How to undertake each work, and at what price; the rates of each commodity, and the common wages of journeymen, with the description of gunter's line, and coggeshall's sliding-rule. The practical gauger made easy; the art of dialling, and how to erect and six dials; with instructions for dying, colouring, and making colours; and some general observations for gardening every month in the year. To which are added, the family's best companion; and a compendium of geography and astronomy. Also, some useful interest-tables. By George Fisher, accountant.
Fisher, George, accomptant.Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- Archives and manuscripts
English Language Autograph Letters: HED-HOO
Date: 1804-1913Reference: MS.8916- Archives and manuscripts
English Language Autograph Letters: Lagrange-de Lazen
Date: 1800-1965Reference: MS.8890- Archives and manuscripts
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Spinney, Augustine
Spinney, AugustineDate: early 16th century - mid 17th centuryReference: MS.757- Archives and manuscripts
Ron Henriques archive
Ron Henriques (1949-2021)Date: 1950s-2021Reference: PP/RON