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The works of William Hewson, F.R.S

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Description: Hewson's most important work is probably his "Experimental inquiry into the properties of the blood". His memoir in 1769 on the lymphatics in fishes won him the Copley Medal of the Royal Society.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: MDCCCXLVI [1846].
Call number: 657689
Creator: Hewson, William (1739-1774)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Dr. W. Bruce and Lois B. Fye, June 2021.
Dimensions: 24 cm.
Associated people: Gulliver, George,; Fye, Bruce,; Fye, Lois B.,
Associated organization: Sydenham Society,

The works of William Hewson, F. R. S

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Alexander W. (Alexander William) Williamson letter to James Joseph Sylvester

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In this letter, Williamson is notifying Sylvester that he was awarded the Copley Medal at the anniversary meeting of the Royal Society held on November 30 in London and that Williamson accepted it on Sylvester's behalf. Sylvester was then living in Maryland. Letter is written on Royal Society letterhead.

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Stiles E. Forsha papers

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Letters Stiles E. Forsha wrote to his wife Adeline Stanley Forsha, brother-in-law Isaac Stanley, brother Alexander Forsha, and other family members. The letters depict the life of a Union officer and military operations from 1861 to 1863, including the Siege of Corinth, Mississippi in 1862. Also included is a manuscript memoir signed "Pioneer" recounting the author's journey from Fort Kearny, Nebraska, to Black Hills, South Dakota, via Fort Sidney, Nebraska. The memoir was written by Adeline Stanley Forsha, probably in 1877.

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Stiles E. Forsha papers

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A geological map of England & Wales / by G.B. Greenough Esq., President of the Geological Society F.R.S. F.L.S this map is accompanied by an explanatory memoir

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A very large and colorfully detailed map in six sheets. Includes "List of the several geological groups in this map." Mounted on linen, with printed label mounted on the outside of each folded sheet: James Wyld, successor to Mr. Faden, geographer to His Majesty The separate Memoir by Greenbough is located in the same area as the map in L-2 LF. The accompanying Memoir has been inserted in gray paper covers, with title-label, possibly from original wrapper Table of geological groups. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.

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William Bennett Munro papers

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The collection consists primarily of letters to Munro from his academic colleagues, dealing with reactions to his research and publications, with his professional and social activities, and with the administration of universities and other institutions in which Munro was interested. A few letters after Munro's death are addressed to Professor Harvey Eagleson concerning a memoir of Munro. Correspondents include Charles Austin Beard, Max Farrand, Herbert Hoover, Walter Lippman, Abbott Lawrence Lowell, Robert A. Millikan, and George Walter Prothero.

mssHM 27998-28161

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