Documento 51 - William Whewell: Notes on mineralogy

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Código de referência

Add. MS a/51

Título

William Whewell: Notes on mineralogy

Data(s)

  • 19th c. (Produção)

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Documento

Dimensão e suporte

1/3 box

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Nome do produtor

(1794-1866)

História biográfica

William Whewell was born in Lancaster on 24 May 1794, son of John Whewell, master carpenter. Whewell's talents were spotted by Joseph Rowley, Master of Lancaster Grammar School, who offered to teach him for free. When John Hudson, a Fellow of Trinityread more

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Âmbito e conteúdo

Notes, drafts of writings, printed tables and a receipt, all relating to mineralogy. Includes a draft of "Introduction (to Syllabus of Mineralogy)", "On the Classification of Crystalline Forms"; a printed broadsheet, 'A Table of Chemical Equivalents andread more

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Forms part of the papers of William Whewell, housed under a variety of numbers in Additional Manuscripts a and c and Wren classes O and R. The collection is described briefly with all component parts listed in the collection level record linked below.

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