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Mechanics

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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Papers on engineering and inventions, 1837 - 1848

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/451
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous correspondence and papers regarding engineering and new inventions. The correspondents include W. Cubitt, F. Bashforth, J.T. Chance, E. Sabine, M. Faraday, E. Hodgkinson, G. Peacock, W. Denison and W.H. Smyth. Many of the papers are printed, and some are pamphlets or circulars. The subjects include lights, logs, slide values, paddle wheels, cement and elliptographs. There are also calculations on the motion of a pendulum, the friction of ropes and a ship passing through...
Dates: 1837 - 1848
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).
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Papers on engineering and inventions, 1859 - 1862

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/456
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous correspondence and papers regarding engineering and new inventions. The correspondents include W.H. Smith, C. Manby, W. Farr, E. Dunkin, A. de Morgan and C.V. Walker. Many of the papers are printed, and they include notices of meetings, pamphlets and circulars. The subjects include ship telegraphs, anchors, saccharometers, water meters, gas burners, water filters, hay-making machines, the presidential address of the Institute of Civil Engineers, and the Report of the Harbours...
Dates: 1859 - 1862
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).