Unidad documental simple 153 - Thomas Yeates: "Tables of Eclipses of the Sun and Moon" " An Essay on Magnetic Sailing"

Área de identidad

Código de referencia

Add. MS b/153

Título

Thomas Yeates: "Tables of Eclipses of the Sun and Moon" " An Essay on Magnetic Sailing"

Fecha(s)

  • 1814 (Creación)

Nivel de descripción

Unidad documental simple

Volumen y soporte

1 vol.

Área de contexto

Nombre del productor

(1768-1839)

Historia biográfica

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

Institución archivística

Historia archivística

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

Origen del ingreso o transferencia

Gift of William Aldis Wright.

Área de contenido y estructura

Alcance y contenido

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

Área de materiales relacionados

Unidades de descripción relacionadas

See also other Yeates papers, Add.Ms.b.123-152, 154-157, all of which are linked from the Add.Ms.b.123 record (linked below).

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Área de notas

Identificador/es alternativo(os)

Phillipps MS.

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