Thomas Young: Correspondence and papers
Scope and Contents
Letter from M.A. Nicholson about engravings of inscriptions in the British Museum, London, 11 Sept 1818 with 2 engravings of a hieratic manuscript in the possession of the Earl of Mountnorris. They were found among the papers of George Airy and the versof one of the engravings is addressed to Airy, 4 Oct. 1827.
Dates
- Creation: 11 Sep. 1818
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
2 item(s) (2 items)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred to the Library from Cambridge University Observatory. They were found amongst the papers of George Airy.Transferred from the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, 2013
Topical
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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