| RefNo | L&P/4/264 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter, 'Of a sondiell' from Charles Webb to George Parker |
| Date | 20 April 1765 |
| Description | Description of use of sundial, for time-keeping and astronomical purposes. Signed 'Brother Charles Webb, Fraire [sic] Reculois Anglois... Order of St Francis' - likely member of the order of the Franciscan order of the Recollets established in colonial Trois-Rivieres, New-France [Quebec, Canada]. New France had become English two years prior and the British authorities would bannish the order ten years later.
Subject: Engineering
Read 2 May 1765 |
| Extent | 5p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7562 | Parker; George (c 1697 - 1764); 2nd Earl of Macclesfield; astronomer and politician | c 1697 - 1764 |