An account of some Magnetical Experiments exhibited before the Royal Society on Thursday the 19th of February 1746 (1747), by Gowin Knight, M.B., F.R.S.: of which the President (Folkes) ... was pleased to make the following report

Date:: 1747

Reference:: MS.2391/3

Part of:: Folkes, Martin (1690-1754)

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

Folkes, Martin (1690-1754)MSS.1302, 2391-2392 & 5403
- Memoirs and Papers sent to the Royal Society of LondonMS.2391
  - An account of some Magnetical Experiments exhibited before the Royal Society on Thursday the 19th of February 1746 (1747), by Gowin Knight, M.B., F.R.S.: of which the President (Folkes) ... was pleased to make the following reportMS.2391/3

About this work

Description

Endorsed on the verso of the last leaf: 'Feb. 19. 1746/7. Dr. Knight. Pr. in Append. Tr. 474. II.' Produced in London.

Publication/Creation

1747

Physical description

4 ll (folio. 31 × 191/2 cm.). Holograph MS. by Folkes. The title is written on a small slip pasted on to the first leaf.

Acquisition note

Purchased 1932.

Biographical note

Knight was a scientist and physician, and the first principal librarian of the British Museum. He was elected F.R.S. in 1747 [see the Dictionary of National Biography].

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).