Models, machines & instruments made use of by Mr Banks in his course of lectures : manuscript, 1790.

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Models, machines & instruments made use of by Mr Banks in his course of lectures : manuscript, 1790.

Contains chiefly ink wash drawings of scientific instruments such as telescopes, steam engines, water pumps, batteries, and others. Laid in are some accounts of household expenditures and a list of books, unrelated to the rest of the manuscript.

1 v. (46 leaves) : ill. ; 27 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7796599

Houghton Library

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Banks, Jonathan M.

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Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820

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José Francisco Correia da Serra was a Portuguese scholar, naturalist and diplomat. From the guide to the José Francisco Correia da Serra letters, 1810-1823, 1810-1823, (American Philosophical Society) English naturalist From the guide to the Sir Joseph Banks letters, 1802, 1803, 1804, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Scientist and explorer. President of the Royal Society. From the description of Letters and pa...