Item 157 - Thomas Yeates: "A Plain and Certain Method of Proving Compasses on Shipboard"

Identity area

Reference code

Add. MS b/157

Title

Thomas Yeates: "A Plain and Certain Method of Proving Compasses on Shipboard"

Date(s)

  • [c 1817] (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 vol.

Context area

Name of creator

(1768-1839)

Biographical history

Thomas Yeates was born in London on 9 October 1768, son of John Yeates, woodturner. Proving more adept at Latin and Hebrew than woodturning, he was allowed to pursue his studies after a short apprenticeship to his father. Having professed a desire toread more

Archival history

Previously owned by Thomas Phillipps. It is thought that this volume, together with other Yeates material, was purchased by William Aldis Wright.

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Gift of William Aldis Wright.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

One of thirty-five volumes of Thomas Yeates's MS writings on a variety of subjects, including biblical and church history, translations of books of the Old and New Testaments, astronomy, and aids to navigation at sea. The papers comprise a series withinread more

Allied materials area

Related units of description

See also other Yeates papers, Add.Ms.b.123-156, all of which are linked from the Add.Ms.b.123 record (linked below).

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Phillipps MS.

26295