Reference number | MS/59 |
Alternative reference number | MS/607 |
Level | SubFonds |
Title | Two tracts on experiments conducted at Hudson's Bay on acids in relation to freezing mixtures by John McNab |
Date | 1784-1787 |
Description | 1. Experiments on Mineral Acids and Rectified Spirits of Wine, for finding the greatest degree of cold In a preface by McNab he records that these experiments were made by direction from the Royal Society and carried on 'in a manner similar to those these of Mr Hutchins in 1782'. Tract annotated a received by the Royal Society as a gift from the author, 16 March 1786.
2. Experiments on the Congelation of Vitriolic and Nitrous Acids made at Fort Albany in Hudson's Bay Prefaced by a letter to Henry Cavendish, 4 September 1878. Tract annotated as received by the Royal Society as a gift from the author, 10 April 1788. |
Language | English |
Extent | 1 volume, MS Large |
Format | Manuscript |
Physical description | Full leather binding, embossed in gilt on spine 'MS 607 McNAB'S EXPER'. |
Dimensions | 33x20cm |
Arrangement | Tract one comprises folios 1-99, tract two comprises folios 1-37 |
Access status | Open |
Related material | Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 1786 76, 241-272. |