Towson and Mercer
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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Correspondence with tradesmen, 1874
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/752
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with tradesmen, including letters from booksellers; tax inspectors; bookbinders; instrument makers; chemists; and ironmongers. The volume includes a catalogue from Elliot Brothers, manufacturers of mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments; a price list of optical, philosophical and photographic apparatus made and sold by J. Lancaster; and a catalogue of apparatus and pure chemicals sold by Towson and Mercer.
Dates:
1874
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Correspondence with tradesmen, 1875
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/753
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with tradesmen, including letters from booksellers; instrument makers; shipping agents; bookbinders; chemists; publishers; and opticians. There is a catalogue of apparatus and pure chemicals sold by Towson and Mercer; a catalogue, in German, of meteorological instruments made by J.G. Greiner and H. Geissler in Berlin; a price list from John Browning of microscopes and microscopic apparatus; a prospectus from 'The Spectroscopic and General Scientific Instrument Manufacturing...
Dates:
1875
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).