Correspondence with tradesmen, 1866
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with tradesmen, including letters from booksellers; bookbinders; glass manufacturers; and instrument makers. The correspondents include W. De La Rue and O. Struve. The volume contains two circulars from Hall and Wells advertising their patent telegraph cable for deep sea and other telegraph cables; a price list from the Birmingham Plate Glass Company; and a circular advertising an illustrated essay by Moritz Grossmann on the 'Detached Lever Escapement'.
Dates
- Creation: 1866
Creator
- From the Management Group: Royal Greenwich Observatory (Organization)
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
F1/30
Finding aid date
2006-01-06 11:57:09+00:00
Subject
- Rue, Warren De La, 1815 - 1889 (chemist and astronomer) (Person)
- Struve, Otto Wilhelm, 1819 - 1905 (astronomer) (Person)
- Birmingham Plate Glass Co (Organization)
- Hall and Wells (Organization)
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