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Manuscripts
Four legal documents relating to Edward H. Von Pfister, including a contract of the partnership between Von Pfister and William Vaughn for the firm of Von Pfister and Vaughn; an indenture between Sheriff B.C. Whittman, David A. Davis, and Von Pfister regarding land in Benicia; a statement by David A. Davis appointing Von Pfister as his attorney; and an inventory of the personal property of Von Pfister's wife Mary von Pfister.
mssHM 74739-74742
Rare Books
Kirkpatrick Catalogue entry: "2461 d Burmeister, H. Karte zur übersicht von H. Burmeister's Reise in Brasilien im Jahre 1850. Berlin, Geo. lithograph. Anst. v. H. Mahlmann, 1850. 1 sheet. Upper cover: Provincia do Rio de Janerio e Minas. [see p.]."Alternate title from cover. Seems to have come from Hermann Burmeister's Reise nach Brasilien: durch die Provinzen von Rio de Janeiro und Minas geraës, published in 1853. Probably obtained while Burton was in South America between 1865 and 1868. Partial sales label in cover.. Prime meridian: Paris. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Stamp: Kensington Public Libraries.
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Copy of 51-page typescript of book written by Lyle D. Feisel and two pages of correspondence between Feisel and Bern Dibner. The typescript concerns the history of electrical science and includes chapters on the work of scientists including William Gilbert, Otto von Guericke, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Augustin Coulomb, Luigi Galvani, Alessandro Volta, Hans Christian Oersted, André-Marie Ampère, Georg Ohm, Michael Faraday, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Wilhelm Weber, and James Clerk Maxwell. In a letter written by Feisel to Dibner enclosing the typescript and dated 1972, February 28, Feisel mentions earlier correspondence between the two and describes the Notes, thanking Dibner for his interest in the history of electrical science. In a letter written in response dated 1972, March 7, Dibner mentions a list of publications on the history of electricity and magnetism and invites Feisel to join the Society for the History of Technology.
mssHM 83072