sub-fonds GB 0117 MS/225 - Neapolitan Earthquake papers

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GB 0117 MS/225

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Neapolitan Earthquake papers

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  • 1857 (Creation)

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4 boxes

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Biographical history

Robert Mallet was born, 1810; BA; Entered family iron founding business aged 21; patented the 'buckled plate' (1852); Fellow of the Royal Society, (1854); Awarded Cunningham Medal of the Royal Irish Academy (1862); honorary MAI (Master of Engineering), University of Dublin (1862); honorary LLD, University of Dublin (1864); President, Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland (1866); President, Geological Society of Dublin (1846); with his son John William Mallet, FRS compiled an earthquake catalogue amd seismic map of the world (1850-1858); was the first to determine an earthquake's epicentre (Naples, 1858); died, 1881.

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GB 0117 MS/225 1857 Sub-fonds 4 boxes Mallet , Robert , 1810-1881 , civil engineer and mechanist

Robert Mallet was born, 1810; BA; Entered family iron founding business aged 21; patented the 'buckled plate' (1852); Fellow of the Royal Society, (1854); Awarded Cunningham Medal of the Royal Irish Academy (1862); honorary MAI (Master of Engineering), University of Dublin (1862); honorary LLD, University of Dublin (1864); President, Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland (1866); President, Geological Society of Dublin (1846); with his son John William Mallet, FRS compiled an earthquake catalogue amd seismic map of the world (1850-1858); was the first to determine an earthquake's epicentre (Naples, 1858); died, 1881.

An extensive collection of photographs and drawings of the after-effects of the Neapolitan earthquake of 1857, collected by Robert Mallet (FRS 1854) including 120 stereoscopic cards by Alphonse Bernoud and 36 individual studies by C V Grillet.

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Open.

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

English

Early photographs - stereoscopic cards.

See Report of Expedition to investigate the circumstances of the Earthquake of December 1857 (MS/224).

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. Mallet , Robert , 1810-1881 , civil engineer and mechanist Disasters Natural disasters Earthquakes Naples Italy Western Europe Europe Disasters (by type)

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An extensive collection of photographs and drawings of the after-effects of the Neapolitan earthquake of 1857, collected by Robert Mallet (FRS 1854) including 120 stereoscopic cards by Alphonse Bernoud and 36 individual studies by C V Grillet.

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Open.

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

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  • English

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  • Latin

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English

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See Report of Expedition to investigate the circumstances of the Earthquake of December 1857 (MS/224).

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Royal Society

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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.

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  • English

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