Box 10
Container
Contains 24 Results:
Contract between Nicholson and his publishers George and John Robinson concerning his First Principles of Chemistry, Dictionary of Chemistry, and Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts, May 31, 1802
Item — Box: 10, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents
Physical Description: 2 leaves; 34 cm; manuscript signed. Summary: In English. Includes, on p. [3-4], a copy of the Robinsons' acknowledgement of transactions which have already taken place, and, on p. [4], a summary of the contract in a different hand.
Dates:
May 31, 1802
Memoir on the nature and the composition of gunpowder, 178-?
Item — Box: 10, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents
Physical Description: 8 leaves; 32 cm; manuscriptSummary: Entitled: "Sur le nitre."
Dates:
178-?
Memoir supplementing Lavoisier's work submitted to the Académie des sciences for the Paris streetlighting contest, 1766
Item — Box: 10, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
Physical Description: 6 leaves; 32 cm; manuscriptSummary: Entitled: "Supplément au mémoire sur les différents moyens d'eclairer une grande ville, présenté à l'academie Royalle des Sciences." Bibliographic Reference: Oeuvres, tome III, p. 71-77.
Dates:
1766
Notes on 5 experiments on the effects of heating metals with a strong lens during cold weather, January 23, 1774
Item — Box: 10, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
Physical Description: 2 leaves; 27 cm; holograph.Bibliographic Reference: Correspondence, II, no. 223
Dates:
January 23, 1774