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Documents relating to Blyth priory in Nottinghamshire.

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in an early 18th century hand, with additions in a slightly later hand. The papers include: the preface to the Domesday Book; the Domesday Book entry for Derbyshire; transcripts and abstracts of deeds and other documents regarding Derbyshire lands and families, including lists of sheriffs of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, and wills.

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Pedigrees and other papers relating to Derbyshire and other counties, many being transcripts or extracts from church registers, the Domesday Book and manuscripts in the British Library and Public Record Office. The papers were written or compiled by Thomas Blore, unless otherwise indicated.

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Papers and correspondence concerning the management of College property at 25 Market Place in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.

Scope and Contents Correspondence on mathematical and scientific matters, including the polyhedric fan by S.M. Drach; ways of finding the area and circumference of a circle; proof of roots of equations; papers for mathematics examinations at University College, London; convergent series by A. de Morgan; ancient Egyptian notations by C. Rodgers; methods of reduction for the Indian survey; the explosive power of steam boilers compared to gunpowder; a French astronomy and physics review; a paper by P.E. Chase on...