Letters to Dr. James Bradley or his assistants
MS. Bradley 44
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Title
Letters to Dr. James Bradley or his assistants
Shelfmark
MS. Bradley 44
Summary
Letters to Dr. James Bradley or his assistants, chiefly from men of science, 1732-61: all those in MS. Bradley 44 are printed in Bradley's Miscellaneous Works (Oxf. 1832), pp. xcvi, 391-506. Those in MS. Bradley 45 were not printed, as being of inferior literary or scientific interest. The order in each volume is chronological, and there are drafts of several letters by Bradley himself. The writers are:
'Academicus' (one, n.d.), fol. 64.
Barker, Thomas, of Lyndon (two, 1755--61), fols. 121, 146.
Bevis, J. (seven, 1738-48), fols. 25, 27, 33, 43, 52, 82.
Bliss, N. (two, 1742-43/44), fols. 39, 45.
Bradley, Dr. James (chiefly drafts, twenty-one, 1732-57), fols. 7, 8, 16, etc.
Bradley, John (three, 1743-52), fols. 96
Campbell, John (one, 30 March 1757), fol. 128.
Clairaut, Alexis Claude (one, 19 Aug. 1748), fol. 77.
Cleveland, J. (one, 1 Apr. 1757), fol. 129.
Delisle, Joseph Nicolas (six, 1747-52), fols. 55, 60v, 63v, 87, 99, 108.
Euler, Leonard (one, 24 Jan. 1746/7 to G. Morris), fol. 2.
Ferguson, James (one, 1 Aug. 1748), fol. 70.
Ferner, Benedict (one, 18 Nov. 1760), fol. 142.
Frisius, Paullus (one, 20 Feb. 1754), fol. 134.
Gesner, Johannes Matthias (one, 1 Nov. 1755), fol. 118.
Graham, George (three, 1732), fols. 6, 9, 10.
Grischow, A. N. (two, 1748-51), fols. 73, 93.
Harris, Joseph (one, 31 July 1732), fol. 12.
Howe, J. (one, 5 Jan. 1753), fol. 110.
Irvine, Alexander (one, 14 July 1748), fol. 72.
Lacaille, Nicolas Louis de (three, 1744-48), fols. 50, 58, 79.
Le Monnier, Pierre (two, 1744-52), fols. 47, 100.
Macclesfield, earl of (two, 1743, etc.), fols. 37, 41.
Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau de (one, n.d.), fol. 20.
Melvill, T. (one, 2 June 1753), fol. 112.
Milnes, J. (one, 27 Apr. 1757), fol. 131.
Molyneux, Samuel (one, 1 Dec. 1722), fol. 4.
Morris, Gael (five, 1740-59), fols. 125.
Pingré, Alexandre Gui (one, 13 Dec. 1754), fol. 114.
Raper, Matthew (three, 1749-55), fols. 83, 84.
Schumacher, -- (one, 20 July 1750), fol. 90.
Stirling, J. (one, 24 Nov. 1733), fol. 14.
Suarez, Bonaventura (two, 1748), fols. 64, 67.
Walmesley, Charles (five, 1755-61), fols. 120, 127, 136, 140, 144.
Wetstein, C. (one, 11 May 1746), fol. 53.
Winthrop, John (one, 21 Sept. 1761), fol. 147.
Date
Written in 1732-1761
Language
Multiple languages
French
English
Latin
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
150 Leaves
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Letters to Dr. James Bradley or his assistants
