| RefNo | AP/4/10 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Unpublished letters and extracts, regarding innovations in watchmaking sent from James Hutton to Joseph Banks |
| Creator | Hutton; James (fl 1778-1779) |
| Date | March 1778 - November 1779 |
| Description | A letter to Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society, from James Hutton with attached documents relating to improvements in watchmaking made by Mr [Paul?] Preudhomme of Geneva [Switzerland]. These improvements were subsequently copied by Mr Le Cerf. Hutton marked the supporting documents A-D and they concern the following topics:
A - Report by the Committee of Arts in Geneva of Preudhomme's invention of an instrument of use to watchmaking
B - Report by the Committee on a similar invention by Le Cerf
C - Narrative of the affair with Le Cerf by Preudhomme
D - Portion of a letter from Preudhomme asking Hutton to send the preceding documents to the Society
All documents are in French apart from Hutton's covering letter to Banks.
Subject: Engineering |
| Language | French |
| English |
| Extent | 20p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | AP/4/10/1 |
| AP/4/10/2 |
| AP/4/10/3 |
| AP/4/10/4 |
| AP/4/10/5 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8116 | Banks; Sir; Joseph (1744 - 1820); naturalist | 1744 - 1820 |