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Ackroyd, William2
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Currie, James (1756-1805)2
Gratton, John (1641-1712)2
Guyton De Morveau, Louis Bernard2
Guyton De Morveau, Louis Bernard Baron (1737-1816)2
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Correspondence of the late James Watt on his discovery of the theory of the composition of water : with a letter from his son

Watt, James (1736-1819); Muirhead, James Patrick (1813-1898); Watt, James (1769-1848)

1846

Half title: The discovery of the composition of water.

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Window cleaning card and note

c. 1960

Undated printed window cleaning service card from R. Paine of 13 Grand Avenue, London. The reverse contains a handwritten note to Maurice de Sausmarez about plumbing.

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Sketch of a water pump

c. 1830

Undated sketch of a water pump in a rural setting by Edward Petre Novello.

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Address for water service in Cavaillon

c. 1960

Undated handwritten address in French for the water service at 82 Cours Ernest Renan in Cavaillon, likely related to Maurice de Sausmarez's second home in France.

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M. Antonii Marsilii Columnae Bononiensis i.c. Archiepiscopi Salernitani Hydragiologia siue De aqua benedicta

Colonna, Marco Antonio Marsilio (1597); Bonfadino, Bartolomeo

1586

"Ritus varii benedictionis aquae", pp. 459-537, includes texts translated from and printed in Greek, Armenian, Syriac, and Ethiopic (Arab characters).

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Opuscules chymiques et physiques de M.T. Bergman (v.1)

Bergman, Torbern (1735-1784); Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard baron (1737-1816)

1780-1785

Originally published in Latin under title: Torberni Bergman chemiae professoris et equitis aurati Reg. ordinis de Wasa... opuscula physica et chemica (Stockholm, Upsala and Abo, 1779-1783). Vol. 1: ...

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Opuscules chymiques et physiques de M.T. Bergman (v.2)

Bergman, Torbern (1735-1784); Guyton de Morveau, Louis Bernard baron (1737-1816)

1780-1785

Originally published in Latin under title: Torberni Bergman chemiae professoris et equitis aurati Reg. ordinis de Wasa... opuscula physica et chemica (Stockholm, Upsala and Abo, 1779-1783). Vol. 1: ...

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untitled watercolour [Leander]

c. 1830

Undated watercolour sketch of the mythological figure of Leander by Edward Petre Novello, with Leander in a body of water under a dark sky, with a cupid to the left.

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Digitised copy available on the Internet Archive as part of the UK Medical Heritage Library Project
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Lead poisoning and other impurities : selected testimonials

Niagara Filter Co

[189-?]

Advertisement for water filters made by the Niagara Filter Co., Bradford, which includes personal testimonies of their effectiveness, including one by John Pitney Aston, Medical Officer of Health, Ecc...

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