Sixty-four letters from scientific men
MS. Rigaud 38
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Title
Sixty-four letters from scientific men
Shelfmark
MS. Rigaud 38
Summary
Sixty-four letters from scientific men, almost all to Joâo Hyacintho de Magalhaens, 1770-1820, partly in alphabetical order of writers' names: the chief items appear to be:
Johnson, John, glass-worker to dr. Abr. Robertson (3), 1820 (fol. 6).
Kacstncr, Abraham Gotthelf (1), Oct. 29, 1770, in English (fol. 21).
Fonseca, J. F. da (1), June 2, 1786, in Portuguese (fol. 80).
Herschell, sir William (1), May 18, 1784 (fol. 89).
Ivory, James (1), Oct. 5, 1816 (fol. 100).
König, Karl (1), Aug. 21, 1784, in French (fol. 103).
Lalande, Joseph Jérôme de (1), Dec. 14, 1780, in French (fol. 109).
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent (1), Apr. 30, 1789, in French (fol. 116).
Messier, Charles (3), 1779-86, in French (fol. 119: cf. 164).
Rigand, --, Paris physician (1), Apr. 26, 1781, in French (fol. 146).
La Rochefoucauld, le due de (1), Apr. 8, 1783, in French (fol. 148).
Le Roy, Pierre (2), 1787-9, in French (fol. 155).
Shuckburgh, sir George (1), n.d. (fol. 170).
Volta, Alessandro (1), Oct. 28, 1783, in French (fol. 186).
Magallmens, José de (1), July 23, 1787 (fol. 198); with a draft of the reply, both in Portuguese.
Vulliamy, B., watchmaker (1), Oct. 15, 1781 (fol. 202).
Date
Written in 1770-1820
Language
Portuguese
Multiple languages
French
English
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
208 Leaves
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