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Reference Number MS GRAVES/20
TitleMathematical and Philosophical Instruments (English, 1766)
Date1766
DescriptionManuscript volume, 1766: The Description and Use of Several Mathematical and Philosophical Instruments, including diagrams and tables accompanying the text, and one printed table pasted to the inside back cover.
Extent1 volume containing 46 leaves, and loose leaves
CustodialHistoryBought (by Graves?) at Garnon's Sale, 1864. The manuscript formed part of the library of John Thomas Graves (1806-1870), mathematician and Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London, whose collection included manuscripts dating from the 15th to the 19th century, relating mainly to mathematics. Formerly Graves 3925. Other pressmarks: 7127; 54.i.9; 121.i.25.
AcquisitionGraves' library was bequeathed to University College London in 1870.
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsThe papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
FindingAidsDorothy K Coveney, 'A Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of University College London' (London, 1935); handlist at University College London Special Collections.
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