Luc, J. A. de (Jean André), 1727-1817
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Sir Joseph Banks papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 58
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, notes, and other papers documenting the personal life and professional career of Sir Joseph Banks, a British naturalist and explorer. Correspondence with stewards and landowners in Lincolnshire and elsewhere detail Banks' interest in agriculture and farming. Other papers relate to family estates, to Banks' scientific investigations and to his interest in the exploration of Africa and other regions. A translation of Frederic Horneman's "Travels...
Dates:
1763-1830
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Sir Joseph Banks papers
Jean André DeLuc papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 179
Abstract:
Correspondence, lecture notes, and scientific writings of DeLuc and of his nephew, Jean Andreé DeLuc (1763-1847), relating to his experiments in electricity, to lectures given in Geneva by the younger DeLuc, and to outstanding scientists of the period. Also notebooks of several geological expeditions in England, Wales, Belgium, Holland, Westphalia, and the Jura mountains
(1778-1806). Correspondents of the elder DeLuc include Sir Joseph Banks, Varenne de Boest, Queen Charlotte and other...
Dates:
1746-1847
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Jean André DeLuc papers
Miscellaneous letters collection
Collection
Call Number: Ms Coll 49
Abstract:
Miscellaneous Letters Collection is a collection of hundreds of individual letters or small groups of letters, mostly by physicians and scientists, either donated to the Historical Library or purchased.
Dates:
1649-1961
Note, undated
Part of Collection — Box 270: [Barcode: 39002140920464], Folder: 30
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
Manuscript note titled "Notes scientifiques diverses."
Dates:
undated