| | Creator: | Quekett, John,1815-1861. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | John Quekett papers, 1849-1922
| | | | Dates: | 1849-1922 | | | | Abstract: | This collection includes correspondence, drawings, and publications of Quekett. He became the conservator at the College of Surgeons, and through his microscopial research had a wide influence on anatomical studies as conducted by the medical profession in Great Britain. These papers concern Quekett's studies and medical matters in general. The correspondents include James Hilton, Julian S. Huxley, John Pethereck, Sir James South, and Thomas Wormald. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Q2 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Drawings. | Hilton, James | Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975 | Medicine -- Research -- Great Britain. | Pethereck, John | Quekett, John,1815-1861. | South, James, Sir | Wormald, Thomas | |
| | Creator: | Questebrune, John | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | A Short Introduction to Natural Philosophy
| | | | Dates: | 1718-1720 | | | | Abstract: | A compendium of natural philosophical knowledge, written in 1718-1720 by John Questebrune, chaplain to the 6th Earl of Galway. The chapters treat the various parts of the physical world (earth, water, air, and fire), plants (including a great deal on medicinal plants), animals, and the human body and soul. The volume is embellished with decorative chapter headings and pen and ink and watercolor sketches depicting the terrestrial globe, the Ptolemaic and Copernican solar systems, the phases of the moon, and the human body in dissection. | | | | Call #: | Mss.500.Q3 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Anatomy--18th century | Art | Astronomy--18th century | Botany--18th century | Chocolate | Coffee | Conception--Early works to 1800 | Death | Diseases | Dissertations | Educational Material | Fisher, Joshua Francis, 1807-1873 | Hamilton, William, 1745-1813 | Literature, Arts, and Culture | Manuscript Essays | Maps and Surveys | Medicinal plants | Mineralogy--18th century | Natural History--18th century | Occultism--Early works to 1900 | Physics--Ireland--Early works to 1800 | Questebrune, John | Religion and science | Science and Technology | Sketchbooks | Sympathy | Tea | |
| | Creator: | Quetelet, Adolphe, 1796-1874 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Adolphe Quetelet correspondence, 1822-1872
| | | | Dates: | 1822-1872 | | | | Abstract: | These are letters to Quetelet primarily on the subject of astronomy (meteorological observations), including charts showing directions of shooting stars. | | | | Call #: | Mss.H.S.Film.11 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Microfilm reel(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Astronomy. | Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 | Bache, A.D., (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 | Brown, Samuel | Charts. | Clemson, Thomas Green, 1807-1888 | De la Rive, Auguste A. | Dunglison, Robley, 1798-1869 | Espy, James P., (James Pollard), 1785-1860 | Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867 | Farr, William, 1807-1883 | Forbes, James David, 1809-1868 | Garfield, James A., (James Abram), 1831-1881 | Gauss, Charles Frederic | Gilliss, J. Melville. | Guyot, A., (Arnold), 1807-1884 | Hamilton, W. R., (William R.) | Henry, Joseph | Herrick, Edward C. | Herschel, John F. W., Sir, (John Frederick William), 1792-1871 | Hough, George W. | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Kennedy, J. C. G., (Joseph Camp Griffith), 1813-1887 | Le Verrier, U.-J., (Urbain J.), 1811-1877 | Lloyd, Humphrey, 1800-1881 | Meteorological records. | Meteorology -- Observations. | Microfilm Collection | Newton, Hubert A. | Quetelet, Adolphe, 1796-1874 | Royal Observatory, Brussels. | Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883 | Sanford, E. A. | Shattuck, Lemuel | Wheatstone, Charles, Sir, 1802-1875 | Whewell, William, 1794-1866 | Youmans, Edward Livingston, 1821-1887 | |
| | Creator: | Quimby, Ian M. G. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Edward Duffield: artisan gentleman, 1963
| | | | Dates: | 1963 | | | | Abstract: | This paper is a biographical sketch of Edward Duffield, an eighteenth-century Philadelphia clockmaker, who was a friend of Benjamin Franklin. Also included is a catalog of clocks made by Duffield, and photocopies of pictures of clocks. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.D865 | | | | Extent: | 1.0 Volume(s) | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Biographies. | Catalogs. | Clock and watch makers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. | Duffield, Edward, -- 1720-1801. | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Quimby, Ian M. G. | |
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