Short, James

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Epithet: FRS; optician

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001034.0x0000a0
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referencedIn ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. V. (ff. 246). (1) 'Dissertation concerning the Measure of the Force of Bodies in Motion,' by J. T. Desaguliers; 29 Mar. 1739. ff. 1-10. (2) 'A New Method of improving and perfecting Catadioptrical Telescopes', by Caleb Smit..., 1735-1760 British Library
referencedIn ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 330).(1) Raimond Cap to the Royal Society, on the squaring of the circle; Château Thierry sur Marne, 20 Feb. 1749. French. ff. 1-3. (2) Fulgence Depourier, 'de l'ordre des Augustins,' to the Secretary of the Royal... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XII (ff. 253). 1663-1765.Francis Hauksbee, the younger; scientific writer: Letters to T. Birch: 1736-1761.includes:ff. 1-3 Theodore Haak, d 1690 FRS; translator: Correspondence with J. Pell: 1643-1664.: Germ. and Engl.ff. 1-3 John Pell, d 16..., 1663-1765 British Library
referencedIn Vol. XIII (ff. 295). 1663-1765.includes:f. 1 Charles Mason, astronomer: Letter to Lord Macclesfield: 1762.f. 4 Joseph Jérôme Le Français de Lalande, French astronomer: Letter to J. Bevis: 1762.: Fr., with Engl. transl.f. 6 George Parker, 2nd Ea..., 1663-1765 British Library
referencedIn J. Walter Thompson Company. Biographical Information, 1916-1998 (bulk 1960s-1980s) David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn BIRCH CORRESPONDENCECorrespondence, etc., of Thomas Birch. The contents may be divided as follows:-(1) Rough drafts of letters (without names of addressees), notes and extracts from books, etc., in Birch's autograph. ff. 1-103 passim, 144, 159, 209-..., 18th century British Library
referencedIn United States Sanitary Commission records. Army and Navy Claim Agency archives, 1861-1870 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn George P. Garrett Papers, 1929-2008, (bulk 1960-2000) David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 327).(1) An account by Dr. Thomas Stack of a tract entitled 'Johannis Matthaei Barthii ... de Culice Dissertatio'; 1737. ff. 1-2b. (2) Accounts by Mark Catesby, F.R.S., of René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur's 'Memoi... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XIX (ff. 294). S.includes:ff. 1, 2 George Sale, orientalist: Letters to T. Birch: 1734.f. 3 Abhi Claude Safiier, FRS; French historian and librarian: Letter to T. Birch: 1756.: Fr.f. 5 Abhi Claude Safiier, FRS; French historian and librari... British Library
referencedIn ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. (Vol. II) ff. 326.(1) 'An account of the Locusts in New England' by Paul Dudley; Roxbury, nr. Boston, 18 Dec. 1733. Followed by letters, etc., relating to the same, 1733-1737. ff. 4-27b. (2) 'Histories of the Epidemick Colds whi... British Library
referencedIn Washington State University Emeritus Society Oral Histories, 2010-2011 Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
referencedIn ROYAL SOCIETY PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 285).(1) 'Defectus solis observatus e specula Bononiensis scientiarum instituti ... referente Eustachio Manfredio', 15 Aug. 1738. Printed. Cf. Phil. Trans., xli, p. 94. ff. 1-2b. (2) Account of electrical experiment... British Library
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