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Total number of records: 5401

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Archives1002

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SubjectCount
paleontology107
botany94
geology79
birds72
learned institutions and societies71
zoology52
fishes49
lepidoptera40
natural history38
numismatics34

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Great Britain53
Egypt21
Yorkshire (England)15
Sweden14
Denmark13
Rome11
England10
Greece10
Finland9
United States9

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People and organisationsCount
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society101
British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology89
British Museum (Natural History). Department of Entomology85
Gray, John Edward75
Gray, John Edward (1800-1875)75
Hey, William (1736-1819)75
Hey, William (1772-1844)70
Walker, Francis65
Walker, Francis (1809-1874)65
Herschel, Sir John F W (1792-1871)61

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Up to 19992320
Up to latest113

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Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society Printed Books

The book collection ranges widely over all the disciplines, especially scientific subjects, and does not confine itself to British research: there are, for example, many American and Canadian publicat...

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Lexicon technicum, or, An universal English dictionary of arts and sciences : explaining not only the terms of art, but the arts themselves (v.1)

Harris, John (1667?-1719)

1710-1716

Vol. 1 is 3rd ed., 1716. Vol. 2 [2nd edition] has imprint: Printed for Dan. Brown, Tim. Goodwin, J. Walthoe, Joh. Nicholson, Benj. Tooke, Dan. Midwinter, M. Atkins, and T. Ward, 1710. "First alpha...

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Lexicon technicum, or, An universal English dictionary of arts and sciences : explaining not only the terms of art, but the arts themselves (v.2)

Harris, John (1667?-1719)

1710-1716

Vol. 1 is 3rd ed., 1716. Vol. 2 [2nd edition] has imprint: Printed for Dan. Brown, Tim. Goodwin, J. Walthoe, Joh. Nicholson, Benj. Tooke, Dan. Midwinter, M. Atkins, and T. Ward, 1710. "First alpha...

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