49 matching record(s)
R - pamphletsFoggitt, Gertrude
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Printed letter from Gertrude Foggitt concerning the 80th birthday of Dr [George Claridge] Druce [1930]. In volume 'Misc. Tracts on Botany, &c.'.
[Unknown]
1930?
file W (Griffiths)[Earnshaw, Thomas]
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Photocopy of the preliminary pages of the British Horological Institute's 1986 reprint of Thomas Earnshaw, Longitude. An Appeal to the Public: Stating Mr. Thomas Earnshaw's Claim ... (1808), unpaginated. (Consists chiefly of the new introduction by R. John Griffiths).
[1996-77]
1986
Envelope files [Einstein, Albert]
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Photocopies of Einstein material (including a MS) in possession of Dr Annie Barnes (and given by her to the Bodleian Library, 1994); including leaflets re. Albert-Einstein-Haus and Albert Einstein Gesellschaft, both in Bern, Switzerland.
[1994-91]
[n.d.]
OLD PER Anonymous
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Short account of the life and writings of Felicia Hemans (nee Browne) in the preface to The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, vol. XXVIII, July-December 1836. [See entry under Mirror].
[Unknown]
1836
SYLL [Kidd, John]
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Untitled 22-page syllabus of chemical lectures. Oxford: n.d. Half-title reads 'Syllabus, etc.'. A different printing of the 1808 Syllabus.
[Unknown]
1808
SYLL [Long, Roger]
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[Detailed lecture syllabus on Astronomy, title page missing; by Roger Long at Cambridge University]. 4o. 48 pages (incomplete) + 9 folding plates. [c.1726-29]. [Previously bound with Benjamin Franklin, Experiments and Observations on Electricity (1751 edition)]. Inscribed 'R. Heckford Jesu Coll: Cantab. 1729'
[Unknown]
1726-1729?
file Q (Newton)Sotheran, Henry
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Leaflet advertising the sale of the books formerly comprising the Newton Library (858 volumes). For sale by Henry Sotheran, Ltd. 43, Piccadilly, London, W.1. 140, Strand, London, W.C.2. 192... {?}. [Formerly enclosed in one of the volumes bought from the sale, I. Barrow, Lectiones Mathematicae]. Also reproductions from Newton's Principia.
[Unknown]
192-?
file U (Stack)[Tapdrup, Jan]
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Untitled leaflet accompanying the XVII International Scientific Instrument Symposium at Soro Academy, Denmark (20-25th July, 1998). 4 pages plus inserted circulars. (Issued November 1997). (Includes account of the "Hauchs Physiske Cabinet and Adam Wilhelm Hauch", and illustrations of instruments from his collection). Presented by Jan Tapdrup
[1997-147]
1997?
file K (Stack)Anonymous
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Photocopied typescript of a paper given at a conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1984. Presented by Dr G.L'E. Turner
[1984-348/2]
1984
Envelope files National Museums; Galleries on Merseyside
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handouts etc. relating to the construction of a replica of William Lassell's telescope; including handout headed 'The Lassell Telescope Project', mock newspaper 'The Liverpool Planet', and colour photograph; Liverpool: National Museums & Galleries on Merseyside, October 1996
[1996-156]
1996
G (Stack)Anonymous
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Single untitled sheet containing diagrams of crystals. Bound with other pamphlets in volume 'Physiology. I.'.
[Unknown]
[n.d.]
file U (Allen)Gunther, R. T.
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Brief untitled reply to H. S. Allen's note "James Gregory, John Collins, and some early Scientific Instruments"; in Nature, vol. 121 no. 3047, March 24, 1928, p. 456. (Re. the instruments at St Andrews).
[Unknown]
1928
MS Gunther 37, p. 87Bennett, John
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catalogue leaflet of clocks and instruments; n.d. [c.1851].
[Unknown]
1851?
E (Suffolk)Browning, John
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4-page 'leaflet' advertising Browning's lamps, and also his spectrum projection apparatus, beginning with the heading 'Description of the New Automatic Electric Lamp'. London: John Browning, Optical and Physical Instrument Maker, September 1873. Bound at the end of W. T. Suffolk, On Spectrum Analysis ... (1873), which was published by Browning.
[Unknown]
1873
file CATA (Stack)Brunnings
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Duplicated typescript price list of 'Astronomical Telescope Accessories' (etc.), headed: Brunnings (Holborn) Ltd., 133, High Holborn London, W.C.1. 2 pages. January 1961. Presented by J. R. Millburn Esq.
[1994-25]
1961
R (Millas Vallicrosa)Carreras Artau, Tomas
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Short speech at end of J. M. Millas Vallicrosa's lecture Nuevas aportaciones para el estudio de la transmision de la ciencia ... (1943), pp. 49-60.
[Unknown]
1943
MS Gunther 36, p. 37Chamberlain, J. B.
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Advertisement including price list for his 'eye-preserving spectacles'. 1838.
[Unknown]
1838
Prints Colchester, W. M.
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Untitled list of pharmaceutical preparations, with descriptions and prices, issued by W. M. Colchester, Pharmaceutical Chemist, 2, Crown Street, Hoxton Square, London. 4-page leaflet. n.d. [mid 19th C.]. Presented by Dr R. E. W. Maddison
[1986-21]
18--?
Envelope files Durer, Albrecht
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Photocopies of illustrations (and related entries) containing scientific instruments, copied from Willi Kurth (ed.), The Complete Woodcuts of Albrecht Durer (privately printed; n.p., n.d. [c.1920]).
[Unknown]
1920?
file Q (Gemini)Dodgson, Campbell
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Untitled article on 'an English book of ornamental engravings of the year 1548' (with ornaments by Thomas Geminus); photocopy from Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, June 28, 1917, pp. 210-214. Photocopy supplied by G. L'E. Turner Esq. to replace missing copy
[Unknown]
1917
file CATA (Stack)Elliott Brothers
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Elliott, Brothers, (Late Elliott and Sons) 56, Strand, London. Manufacturers of Mathematical, Optical, and Philosophical Instruments, To the Admiralty, Ordnance, East India Company, and Military Colleges. Price list, 8 pages. London: Elliott, Brothers, n.d. [c.1855].
[Unknown]
1855?
U (Pickworth)Faber, A. W.
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Illustrated price list of A. W. Faber calculating rules (pp. 55-58), and catalogue of A. W. Faber pencils and rubbers (following on from that, but unpaginated); in Charles N. Pickworth, Instructions for the Use of A. W. Faber's Improved Calculating Rules (London: A. W. Faber, n.d.).
[1985-126]
[n.d.]
S - oversizeFerguson, A.
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section of a discussion at some symposium of papers on physics; offprint from an unidentified publication, n.d., separately paginated (1-3). Presented by J. Ferguson Esq.
[1972- ]
[n.d.]
Pending Gunther, R. T.
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Printed letter (dated Magdalen College, June 14, 1900) announcing a course of experimental physical chemistry in the Daubeny Laboratory (to be given by D. R. Wilson & J. J. Manley), followed by "Syllabus of Course of Experimental Physical Chemistry" (pp. 3-4). 4-page leaflet. Bound in 'A History of the Daubeny Laboratory ... With some Additional Papers', & in 'The Daubeny Laboratory Register 1904-15 / With Additional Papers'.
[Unknown]
1900
Radcliffe Tracts 11 (3a)Groombridge, S.
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A collection of MS letters from S. Groombridge, of the Astronomical Society, dated 1831, concerning the calculation of Latitudes from solstices.
[1934-41]
1831
MS Gunther 36, p. 48Henderson, E[benezer]
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2-page catalogue of his horological and astronomical instruments; n.d. [1830s].
[Unknown]
183-?
B (Stack)Holtzapffel & Co.
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Holtzapffel & Co., 53, Haymarket, S. W. formerly at no. 64, Charing Cross, London, S.W. Catalogue of lathes, turning tools, etc.; one copy contains Price List of Lathes and Apparatus. London: Holtzapffel & Co., n.d. 2 copies. Gunther Loan Collection [?both]
[1940-6/ ]
[n.d.]
file U (Tapdrup)International Scientific Instrument Symposium
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leaflet accompanying the XVII International Scientific Instrument Symposium at Soro Academy, Denmark (20-25th July, 1998). 4 pages (+ inserted circulars). (Issued November 1997). [Written by Jan Tapdrup]. Includes account of the "Hauchs Physiske Cabinet and Adam Wilhelm Hauch", and illustrations of instruments from his collection. Presented by Jan Tapdrup
[1997-147]
1998
Pending Journal of Racial Anthropology
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leaflet advertising the first issue, which appeared on January 1, 1935. Published by Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart, W. Germany. (NB: especially pictures of oriental races folded in this, possibly connected with Dr Baron von Eickstedt, "The Position of Mysore in India's Racial History").
[Unknown]
1935
file W (Stack)Knight, Charles (ed.)
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Photocopy of pages describing the watch and clock making region of Clerkenwell, from Charles Knight (ed.), London, vol. III (London, 1843), pp. 134-144.
[1991-120]
1843
MS Gunther 36Lawrence, Josiah
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advertisement and circular letter relating to sundials made by him. 1841.
[Unknown]
1841
file U (Stack)Lynd, William
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Brochure advertising a demonstration of The Wonderful Talking Machine: Edison's latest Phonograph ... at Shoreham Town Hall, November 21, 1890. Includes press comments, and a photograph of Lynd with Edison's latest phonograph. Printed by Baldwin, Tunbridge Wells.
[Unknown]
1890
file U (Stack)Macintosh, Charles
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Copy of Patent no. 4804, issued in 1823, to Charles Macintosh, for 'A Process and Manufacture whereby the Texture of Hemp, Flax, Wool, Cotton, and Silk, and also Leather, Paper, and other Substances, may be rendered Impervious to Water and Air'. Rotograph copy.
[1978-864]
1823
Pending Mallams
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Auction sale catalogue of Dr A. C. Crombie's furniture etc. and books, at Orchard Lea, Bayworth Lane, Boars Hill, July 2, 1996. Oxford: Mallams, 1996.
[1996-94]
1996
Pending Mordente, Fabritio
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Broadsheet on his proportional compasses, printed at Paris, 1585, by Jean le Clerc. Photostat copy of Bodleian Library, MS Can. Ital. 145, f. 6.
[1968-110]
1585
Pending Musee Pierre Marly
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brochure of the Musee Pierre Marly, Paris, [c.1993], with colour illustrations of spectacles and optical instruments. Presented by Pierre Marly
[1998-49/1]
1993?
file CATA (Stack)Nairne & Blunt
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photocopy of single-sheet catalogue in two colums, English and French, headed 'Nairne and Blunt, / Optical and Mathematical Instrument-Makers / to His Majesty, / At no. 20, in Cornhill, opposite the Royal / Exchange, London; / Make and sell all Sorts of Optical, Mathematical, and / Philosophical Instruments.'; n.d. (Original accompanied a Nairne & Blunt microscope sold at Phillips (London) on March 12, 1996, lot 45). Presented by Dr Gloria Clifton
[1998-46]
[n.d.]
Radcliffe Tracts 46 (35)Phipps, Thomas, Lt., R. N.
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Inc. 'Having had opportunities, as well in His Majesty's Navy, as in the Merchant service, of observing that there is no regular uniform system for the care and preservation at sea, of that most useful and valuable instrument, The Chronometer, ...'; n.p., n.d.
[1934-41]
[n.d.]
file N (Chatley)Redgrove, H. Stanley
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several book reviews by the editor in The Journal of the Alchemical Society, vol. II part 8, December 1913, pp. 38-42. Filed under Chatley. Stapleton Collection
[1948-12]
1913
LE oversizeRitter, M. Franciscus
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A Folio Atlas containing 8 double page engraved plates of Sun-Dials and 14 plates of the Astrolabe. Nuremburg, 1640. Lewis Evans Collection
[1924-0]
1640
file O (Stack)Smith, James Edward
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Handbill (folio) advertising his course, as follows: A Course of Lectures on Botany, by James Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. will begin at Guy's Hospital, on Wednesday, April 8th, 1795. A Lecture will be read every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, from Half past Five to Half past Six in the Evening, till the Course, consisting of about Eighteen Lectures, be completed. Tickets Two Guineas. ... On the same day (April 8th), at one o'clock, Dr Smith will begin his usual Botanical Course to Ladies and Gentlemen, at no. 12, Great Marlborough-Street, to be extended to the same Length as the above, and on the same Terms.
[Unknown]
1795
LE Tullis, Russell & Co.
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[Tables for paper makers]. Markinch, Fife: Tullis, Russell & Co., Ltd., 1917. Lewis Evans Collection
[1924-0]
1917
file CATA (Stack)Troughton & Simms
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catalogue of mathematical and drawing instruments, a quire (paginated 17-45) from a longer work but perhaps issued separately; items numbered from 228; heading reads 'Troughton & Simms, 138, Fleet Street, London. 1908.'. London: Troughton & Simms, 1908.
[1984-363]
1908
file E - cataloguesZeiss
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Untitled leaflet announcing the replica microscope stand VII (originally c.1880) by Carl Zeiss, Oberkochen, West Germany, [1986].
[1998-121]
1986
BIBL Quekett Microscopical Club
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Brochure containing Lists of recent additions to the Library, Cabinets and Collections of Instruments of the Quekett Microscopical Club ... . September 1932. Transferred to Bodleian, September 2017.
[Unknown]
1932
Envelope files Rotunda (Museum of Artillery), Woolwich
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Photocopy of pp. 67-74 (Class XXIV: Sights, Scales and Other Instruments) from a printed catalogue of The Rotunda (Museum of Artillery), Woolwich.
[1979-168]
[n.d.]
file U (Stack)Cullen, John F.
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Catalogue of the instruments of Mgr. Gerald Molloy [?of St. Patrick's College, Maynooth], 1984. Photocopied typescript.
[1985-222]
1984
file Q (Hoyle)[Hoyle, Fred]
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Photocopy of the dustjacket of Fred Hoyle, The Nature of the Universe (Oxford, 1950), with portrait and interesting biographical blurb.
[Unknown]
1950
E (Stack)Nairne and Blunt
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Single-sheet catalogue in two columns, English and French, headed 'Nairne and Blunt, Mathematical, Optical and Philosophical Instrument-Makers, At No. 20 in Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange, London: Make and sell Refracting Telescopes for Sea and Land, of various Sorts particularly those of a new Construction, in which the different Refrangibility of the Rays of Light, and Errors arising from the spherical Surfaces of the Glasses are corrected. n.d. Printed on back of plate in Nairne and Blunt, Description and Use of the Compound Microscope. ? R.S. Clay's copy.
[Unknown]
[n.d.]