sub-fonds GB 0117 MS 59 - McNab, John (b 1755)

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GB 0117 MS 59 [c 1786] Sub-fonds 1 volume McNab , John , b 1755 , master at Henley's House, Hudson Bay

Born in Aberdour, Fife, 1755; joined the Hudson’s Bay Company as a surgeon and was sent to Albany Fort, on James Bay, 1779; spent five years as Master of Henley House; returned to Albany, where he eventually became Governor; Governor at Churchill for one year; Governor of York Factory, 1802-1807; first Hudson’s Bay Company man to lead an overland journey from Moose Fort to Montreal.

Two tracts on acids by John McNab comprising:

1. Experiments on Mineral Acids and Rectified Spirits of Wine, for finding the greatest degree of cold.

2. Experiments on the Congelation of Vitriolic and Nitrous Acids in Hudson's Bay.

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Paper, leather bound, size 13 x 8 inches

Sources: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/materialhistories/people.php?id=7

Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Feb 2009. McNab , John , b 1755 , Master at Henley's House, Hudson Bay Research Scientific research Chemical compounds Acids Hudson Bay Canada North America

Two tracts on acids by John McNab comprising:

1. Experiments on Mineral Acids and Rectified Spirits of Wine, for finding the greatest degree of cold.

2. Experiments on the Congelation of Vitriolic and Nitrous Acids in Hudson's Bay.

Open

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

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English

General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

• inglês