Notes on lectures delivered in 1829 at the London Mechanics' Institute by George Birbeck, physician, on mechanical philosophy, and by ?? Wallis on astronomy.

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Identifier: MS.19323

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78 Leaves

Undetermined

56 + 22 inverted folios.

Presented, 1980, by the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh.

The notes on the inverted folios suggest the student may have had connections with Sutherland.

There are also notes on magnetism taken from F Watkin's work on ‘Electric magnetism’ (London, 1828).

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Author: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
Description rules: International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description: English
Script of description: Latin

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