John Parnther: Notes and transcripts of lectures

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  • Reference
    • GB 12 MS Add.589
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1727-1729
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume(s) 1 Volume paper paper

Scope and Content

Notes by John Parnther of Peterhouse College on a series of lectures given at Cambridge University. Lectures by N. Saunderson and Robert Smith on hydrostatics, sounds, optics, mechanics, astronomy, the tides, technical chronology, dioptrica and catoptrica.

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Acquisition Information

Purchased from Elijah Johnson, Cambridge, 7 Sep. 1869.

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