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| Creator: | Walker , [Adam , 1731 - 1821 , British physicist]. | |
| Title: | Adam Walker Collection | |
| Identification: | VMF176 | |
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Standard biographical information on Dr. Walker, to whom these lectures are attributed, may be found in World Who's Who in Science.
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Collection is open to research.
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Gift of family of Joseph Coolidge.
Processing: April, 1970. H.H.
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9/Walker |
Lectures, 1786-87: Winter. (1 item (ca. 325 pp.): MS, [bound]) |
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| Lectures on natural history, specifically meteorology, given in [Manchester] by Dr. Walker and recorded in shorthand by Thomas M. Randolph, a [student]. The lectures serve as an introduction to natural history, i.e. the history of the atmosphere and its phenomena. This copy was written out by William Anderson. Includes index. | |||||||||||||
| Leather covers. Signed by Randolph, with explanatory note concerning the origin of the work. No title page. Formerly part of the Exhibition Room collection of Washington University. | |||||||||||||
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