GB 0120 MSS.2332-2334 - Faraday, Michael (1791-1867)

3 volumes

Each volume contains Faraday's book-plate pasted inside the upper cover.

GB 0120 MSS.2332-2334 [1825-1835] Collection (fonds) 3 volumes Faraday , Michael , 1791-1867 , chemist and natural philosopher

From 1813 Faraday was Chemistry Assistant at the Laboratory of the Royal Institution, first to Sir Humphrey Davy [1778-1829], and then to William Thomas Brande [1788-1866], for whose lectures these extensive notes were compiled.

Each volume contains Faraday's book-plate pasted inside the upper cover.

Purchased 1931.

Annotated copy of Thomas Brande's 'Manuel of Chemistry'. London. 1819, with copious MS. holograph additions and notes, etc by Michael Faraday: extra-illustrated with engraved plates of the Royal Institution Laboratory, etc. These notes are mostly references and quotations from earlier writers on chemistry and from scientific journals. Many of the longer entries are initialed 'M. F.', and the latest date is 1835. Produced in London.

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

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1 vol. in 3. pp. xlvii + 652 + 2 ll. illus. 8vo. and 4to. 221/2 x 14 cm. 261/2 x 21 cm. Original half-Russia calf binding, badly worn, back-strips wanting. Brande's work has been cut up, and rebound into 3 inter-leaved 4to. volumes: Faraday's notes are written on the inter-leaves.

Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Feb 2009 Brande , William Thomas , 1788-1866 , chemist Faraday , Michael , 1791-1867 , chemist and natural philosopher Science of science History of science Chemistry Royal Institution of Great Britain London England UK Western Europe Europe

Purchased 1931.

Annotated copy of Thomas Brande's 'Manuel of Chemistry'. London. 1819, with copious MS. holograph additions and notes, etc by Michael Faraday: extra-illustrated with engraved plates of the Royal Institution Laboratory, etc. These notes are mostly references and quotations from earlier writers on chemistry and from scientific journals. Many of the longer entries are initialed 'M. F.', and the latest date is 1835. Produced in London.

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.

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Described in: S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English