Manuscripts

Weitere Untersuchungen die Electrolyse des Wassers betreffend: page proofs of essay

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Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1887.
Call number: mssHM 83096
Creator: Helmholtz, Hermann von (1821-1894)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006. The typescript originally belonged to Silvanus P. Thompson.
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Essay on Leonardo da Vinci

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Autograph essay by Jan Parandowski about Leonardo da Vinci. The manuscript contains extensive marginalia as well as inline annotations. Text is in Polish, with a brief note in English on enclosure page describing the manuscript and signed by Parandowski.

mssHM 83088

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Author's proof for the terminal essay for Arabian nights

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Corrected proof of the terminal essay written by Sir Richard Burton for the 10-volume Kamashastra Society edition of his translation of Arabian Nights. Includes marginalia, handwritten notes and typed corrections laid in throughout. Corrections written on pages in ink and pencil in various colors.

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Rancho Nipomo, Casa De Capitan William G. Dana [essay]

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The essay, by Gladys R. Norton, gives the history of William Goodwin Dana and his ranch in Nipomo, California. The author shows the historical importance of the ranch by citing historical events in which William G. Dana and his ranch were involved. Norton also refers to some "notable" guests of the ranch, including William Rich Hutton. Also included with the essay are two pieces of correspondence: John Badgley to Andrew Rolle (1956 Mar. 21) and Andrew Rolle to John Badgley (1956 Apr. 2)

mssHM 58110

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Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 1-44:" [page proofs], (1965)

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The bulk of the collection contains drafts, typescripts, and research materials compiled by Friedrich Kurylo pertaining to Ferdinand Braun for his book, Ferdinand Braun: A life of the Nobel prizewinner and inventor of the cathode-ray oscilloscope. The majority of the collection is in German.

mssKurylo Collection

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Title page: "Costüme-Bilder Waffen und Geräthschaften einiger Indianerstamme im Nordwesten von America, 1856-1860"

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Fifty-four drawings by Franz Hölzlhuber of clothing, tools, weapons, instruments, and hides used by Native Americans, as well as portraits of individual Native American men and women (Menomonee, Chippewa, Winnebago, Comanche, Oneida, Blackhawk, Ponca, Sioux, Pawnee, Concaw, Oshkosh, Ottoe) in Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa. Hölzlhuber titled the drawings on the front (in German) and there is text on the verso of the drawings (also in German). Also present is the original housing of the drawings, a volume that was entitled "Costüm-Bilder waffen und Geräthshaften einiger Indianerstamme im Nordwesten America." Box 6 contains photocopies of the German text on the versos of the drawings. There are no English translations.

mssHM 9892

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History of industrial gravure printing up to 1920

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"Though there are many histories of printing, in all languages, they deal principally with the printed product. The history of the development of modern printing techniques tends to have been neglected by the historians of technology. Very rare are publications on historical investigations into the technical development of printing processes, printing presses or printing surfaces. In this revised and expanded English version of his book, originally published in German, the author, who is Technical Development Manager to the London Daily Telegraph, provides a fascinating account of the early development of one of the three major printing processes, gravure or intaglio -- industrial gravure, that is to say, as distinct from artists' printmaking"--From dust jacket.

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