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Visual Materials
One book of original pencil drawings, untitled, creator unnamed, created in 1839
- Description
- One book of original pencil drawings, untitled, creator unnamed, created in 1839. It is 102 unnumbered pages in length, and is bound in brown cloth and leather, with a (now broken) metal clasp on the fore-edge. Its images concerns things of a mechanical or engineering nature. It contains drawings and diagrams of things such as scissors, hook and eye fasteners, mechanical machines, and floor plans. There are also numerous pages of ms. notes; pages [5-19] are a record of employment as manager of the model department for the "British Association", and is dated 1839. Also included are numerous mathematical equations and ms. notes. There are several names written within, but none can be identified as the book's creator. Env. 1 DK note: "Engineering Book", has several drawn images of hook and eye fasteners, floor plans, and other mechanical devices. There are also notes and employee list from 1839 related to the British Association.
