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A journal kept by Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert about an expedition (1634 December 11 - 1635 January 21) to the "Maques" and "Sinnikins" Indians in order to conduct trade negotiations. The journal is in Dutch and is a fair copy in a scribal hand, probably made in 1647; it was once attributed to Arendt van Corlear.
mssHM 819
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Letter written by Gordon D. Friedlander to Bern Dibner, plus accompanying essay. The one-page typed letter requests that Dibner review an enclosed essay on André-Marie Ampère for publication in the IEEE Spectrum. The enclosure is a copy of a 22-page typescript that has been corrected; the typescript includes illustrations and reproductions of handwritten letters.
mssHM 83024-83025
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Essay by Jack Davis (died 1979) describing the life and work of French electrical engineer Georges Leclanché (1839-1882). The fourteen-page typescript chiefly concerns the technical and commercial development of the Leclanché cell , including its patenting and significance, particularly in light of the rising importance of the telephone in the 1870s and 1880s. The essay also discusses Leclanché's childhood, education, and early career as an electrochemical researcher, and Leclanché's other achievements, including a design for the extraction of lead from its ores; work on the hydrogen spectrum; and patents for the recovery of silver and gold from photographic residues, for an air chronometer, and for applying electricity to lighting. Also includes letter of transmittal to and acknowledgment from Bern Dibner, dated 1966, December 5 and December 9.
mssHM 83028-83030
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Typescript of a history of the Texas Wightites compiled by Heman Hale Smith (1887-1962). The essay traces the origins and development of Wight's Mormon community in Texas from its founding in 1846 through Wight's death in 1858. The essay draws on a variety of secondary sources and also includes transcripts of original correspondence. With bibliography.
mssHM 27981
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Page proofs of essay by Hermann von Helmholtz originally written in 1887; the essay discusses the topic of the electrolysis of water that he had initially explored in his 1883 essay, On the Thermodynamics of Chemical Processes. The typescript is in German, with corrections and emendations by the author in German and marginal annotations by an unidentified person in English. One annotation in English is signed by an unidentified editor at the publisher, Taylor & Francis.
mssHM 83096
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Fair copies of Buswell's war diaries created probably in the 1870s or 1880s, his military document (orders, muster-in and muster-out rolls, his oath of office, and a certificate of payment).
mssHM 46330-46335