Item 1-13 - Robert Leslie Ellis: miscellaneous notes and fragments

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Add. MS a/221/1-13

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Robert Leslie Ellis: miscellaneous notes and fragments

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  • 1830-1834, [18--] (Creation)

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Whewell, William (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science
(1794-1866)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Includes notes and plan of Quarr Abbey near Ryde, Isle of Wight dated 2 Oct. 1831, four more pen and ink maps: "Sketch of Troyde on the Authority of Chevalier & Gell" dated 22 May 1830, "Map of the World after Herodotus from Niebuhr", dated Nov. 1832, and another reduced one half dated Jan. 1834, "Map of Lyon's Route, Reduced by R.L.E.", with an incomplete essay on colouring maps, a translation of Theaetetus[?], and notes on a packet [this packet?] of papers left by Grote in an unidentified hand. Accompanied by a table of corrections to Whewell's Mechanics, 5th edition in an unidentified hand, and other miscellaneous notes.

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