Winkler, Johann Heinrich (1703-1772)

Schreiben des Professoris Philosophiae zu Leipzig an den Geheimten Legationis Rath von Schrader von 26te Mart 1747. Endorsed by Folkes: 'A copy of Prof. Winkler's letter on Electricity to Mr. Schrader. March 31, 1748'.

1747

3 ll (folio. 30 × 20 cm.). A scribal copy.

Purchased 1932.

Schrader is possibly the Heinrich Bernhard Schrader [1706-1773], industrialist, inventor, and financier, entered in the 'Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie', Vol. 32, pp. 435-438, 1891.

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).