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Of natural philosophy

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Description: A manuscript of science course notes, probably following the natural philosophy course of Robert Eden Scott of King's College Aberdeen (1769-1811), and offering insight into the teaching of physics at the height of the Industrial Revolution. The compiler was one William Watt, who was a student at the college 1806-1810, and who neatly adds his name to one of his careful illustrations, at end. It appears that William Watt may have used diagrams present in the 1805 edition of James Ferguson's "Lectures on select subjects in mechanic", and also from Olinthus Gregory's "Treatise of Mechanics" (1806) as a guide in preparing those included in this manuscript.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: [1810]
Call number: mssHM 82554
Creator: Watt, William

Outlines of experimental lectures in natural philosophy delivered at Yale College: manuscript

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This volume is a printed edition of Outlines of experimental lectures in natural philolophy delivered at Yale College, printed in 1828, that includes C. T. Prentice's handwritten notes throughout the entire volume. Also includes folded lecture notes in front cover.

mssHM 71898

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Letters

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Letters are written in a Gregory's Express pocket letter book; with typed transcript

mssHM 61149

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Willaim T. Reynolds letter to Mrs. William T. Reynolds

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Letter was written in a Gregory's Express pocket letter book, printed in 1851. Reynolds describes San Francisco and the recent activites of the vigilance committee in the city. He also discusses the possibility of his wife traveling to San Francisco to join him and how she may obtain money through the offices of Page, Bacon & Co

mssHM 56914

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Hand-book of natural philosophy : electricity, magnetism, and acoustics

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This is volume four of the series on physics by Lardner. Electricity (from attraction and repulsions to voltaic electricity), magnetism, and acoustics (from theory of undulations to the ear) are discussed in the course of natural philosophy.

709288

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Mary Almeda Perry Brown memoirs

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Memoirs of Mary Almeda Perry Brown, written in a literary prose style and covering the years from the 1880s to the 1940s. The manuscript contains a vivid and detailed account of her childhood and young adult life, including her travels through the state of Utah, her thwarted attempt at a theatre career, teaching school and working at a boarding house to pay for her college education, and her college experiences. While a great many family anecdotes are included, much of the memoir focuses on Brown's professional career, including teaching at Brigham Young College (1901-1904), working on a teaching mission in Colonia Juarez, Mexico (1904-1906), teaching at the L.D.S. University in Salt Lake City (1906-1908), receiving her master's degree from Columbia University (1912-1915), studying at UC Berkeley (1932-1933), teaching at the Utah State Agricultural College (1926-1947), and serving as Director of Nutrition Research and Acting Dean of the School of Home Economics (1943-1945). She was also an agent with the Box Elder County Commissioners from 1923-1926. She also recounts the tragic history of her marriage to Charles Brown, including his increasingly erratic behavior and financial troubles, which led to their estrangement and his bankruptcy and eventual suicide in 1930. Typewritten manuscript with handwritten annotations. Included with the manuscript are a typed personal record for Mary Almeda Brown and offprints of articles by Brown on nutrition and children's health in Utah (1929-1944).

mssHM 52284

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Two introductory lectures: handwritten bound draft

Manuscripts

This is a bound handwritten draft of Dr. Hunter's "Two introductory lectures, delivered by Dr. William Hunter, to his last course of anatomical lectures..." which was published in 1784. With the lectures are three other items all related to Dr. Hunter's desire to build a museum and school of anatomy in London; these include: a handwritten copy of Hunter's request for land in London, 1764 (this is separate from the volume); a letter by Hunter to Prime Minister George Grenville; and a handwritten manuscript that was given to the "King by Mr. Hawkins" (the last two items are at the end of the volume).

mssHM 70757-70758

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