Displaying 1911 - 1920 of 1974
Author: Sir Isaac Newton and other scientists
Item date: 17th & 18th Centuries
Date acquired: 2000
Grant Value: 20,000
Item cost: 6,373,820
Institution: Cambridge University Library
Town/City: Cambridge
County: Cambridgeshire
Includes material concerning the dispute with Leibnitz over priority in the invention of the calculus
Author: William Borlase
Item date: 1766 - 1772
Date acquired: 2000
Grant Value: 338
Item cost: 1345
Institution: Cornwall Record Office - Kresen Kernow
Town/City: Redruth
County: Cornwall
Includes one hitherto unknown ms. The collection is of significance for the detailed descriptions of Cornish minerals and for information on Borlases important correspondents & contacts
Author: The Earl of Derby
Item date: 1264
Date acquired: 2000
Grant Value: 883
Item cost: 883
Institution: Derbyshire Record Office
A grant of land by Robert de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby with seal on its original silk cords. Presented by FONL; illustrated on p37 of AR
Author: Sir Thomas Robinson, Sir Tancred Robinson, Rear-Admiral White, Sir Robert Vyner, Sir Thomas Vyner
Item date: 12th - 20th centuries
Date acquired: 2000
Grant Value: 10,000
Item cost: 250,000
Institution: West Yorkshire Archive Service
Town/City: Leeds
County: West Yorkshire
As well as the usual series of title deeds & estate papers there are 2 letters from Sterne, naval log books & orders, 3 vols of London port books, plus fine collection of architectural drawings by Robert Adam Thomas Chippendale and James Wyatt amonst others. Illustrated on p52 of AR
Author: Jerome K Jerome
Item date: 1903
Date acquired: 2000
Grant Value: 630
Item cost: 1900
Institution: Walsall Local History Centre
Town/City: Walsall
County: West Midlands
Jerome was born in Walsall & there is a museum about him there. Illustrated in p 50 of AR
Author: Anon
Item date: 1712
Date acquired: 2000
Grant Value: 410
Item cost: 410
Institution: Stevenage Museum
Town/City: Stevenage
County: Hertfordshire
Jane Wenham was the last woman to be condemned to death for witchcraft in England - she was later pardoned by Queen Anne. Presented by FONL
Author: Alfred Waterhouse RA
Item date: 1868-73
Date acquired: 2000
Grant Value: 500
Item cost: 500
Institution: RIBA Architectural Library
Town/City: London
Architectural watercolour of his design for a country house for the lawyer, later Lord Chancellor, Sir Roundell Palmer. Illustrated on p46 of AR; presented by FONL
Author: Max Beerbohm
Item date: 1892
Date acquired: 2000
Grant Value: 5,000
Item cost: 20,000
Institution: Merton College
Town/City: Oxford
County: Oxfordshire
Essays on ancient historical & philosophical subjects plus lecture notes and 9 full page pen and ink cartoons, plus other thumbnail sketches of Merton dons
Author: Ken Campbell
Item date: 2000
Date acquired: 2000
Grant Value: 700
Item cost: 2,800
Institution: Manchester Metropolitan University, Library
Town/City: Manchester
County: Lancashire
Edition limited to 45 copies with 5 artists proofs; the library owns 13 of Campbells 25 books to date in this genre
Author: Sir Matthew Hale and others
Item date: 16th & 17th centuries
Date acquired: 2000
Grant Value: 2,000
Item cost: 8,000
Institution: Lambeth Palace Library
Town/City: London
Contains papers of Selden and Hale, the latters work on magnestism as well as legal papers