Chronology
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
File
A Letter from Ezra Stiles, President of Yale College, America, to Sir William Jones … Jan. 18, 1794. Received by the Asiatic Society after the death of Sir W. Jones., 1794
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Oo.01.06
Scope and Contents
This letter is on the Indian chronology and mythology.
Dates:
1794
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
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).
Item
A short chronicle from the first memory of things in Europe to the conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great, 1727
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3988
Scope and Contents
? A note on f.1r reads: "This is the original manuscript from which Sr Isaac Newton's Chronology was printed in 1727. & belongs to John Conduitt."
Dates:
1727
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Series
Chronology, c 1650-c 1750
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9597/7
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The Macclesfield Collection principally comprises the archives of John Collins (1625-1683) and William Jones (1675-1749). As well as being mathematicians in their own right, both men corresponded with leading scientific figures of their day and so the collection includes autograph material by Isaac Newton, Edmond Halley, Henry Briggs, Roger Cotes, Henry Oldenburg and Robert Hooke.
Dates:
c 1650-c 1750
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/macclesfield/1
Fonds
The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended, c 1700
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3987
Scope and Contents
A draft of the treatise published in 1727.
Dates:
c 1700
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.