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San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
Le télégraphe automatique de Sir Ch. Wheatstone
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Letter by Wheatstone to English painter and Keeper of the Royal Academy Charles Landseer. The letter reads: "My dear sir, Have the kindness to give Mr. Darbishire an opportunity of seeing my Magnetic Bells which are established at the Academy. Yours very truly, C. Wheatstone."
mssHM 80253
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Manuscripts
A collection which consists of approximately 12,500 items; it includes letters, documents, account books, and business records collected by Gerald John Kane related to the history of Nevada (1839-1952). The collection includes material about mining companies, business firms, land, railroads, stage lines, and politics, centering around Austin, Virginia City, Nye County, Ormsby County, Goldfield, Dayton, and Lander County, Nevada. Additionally, there is material about Adolph Sutro and the Sutro Tunnel Company; miscellaneous papers related to land and mining in California and Arizona; Army records of Archie W. Barrie and photographs from the Philippine Islands; and volumes related to taxation in Utah.
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