Guyton de Morveau, Louis-Bernard, 1737-1816.
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
History of science miscellaneous manuscripts
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4700
Scope and content
Letters, documents, and offprints given to or purchased by the History of Science Collections from 1967-1978. Includes signed letter from John James Audubon to Robert Havell, typewritten letters to A.D. White and Simon Henry Gage, a letter from Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon to the abbé de Launay; two letters from Schilling to Samuel Thomas von Soemmerring; a 1757 contract between James Grosett and John Newbery for the latter to manufacture various diet drinks; and documents concerning...
Dates:
1757-1978-(bulk 1780-1920).
Lavoisier manuscript collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4712
Abstract
Antoine Laurent Lavoisie (born 1743) and his wife, Marie-Anne-Pierrette Lavoisier (born 1758) were both French chemists. The Lavoisier manuscript collection (1766-1834) contains materials by, to or about Antoine and Marie, including material on their scientific work, correspondence, manuscripts, certificates, deeds, contracts, plates for publications, maps and drawings, memorabilia and artifacts.
Dates:
1766 - 1834; Majority of material found within 1770 - 1794
Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau correspondence
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924113558476]
Identifier: 4746
Scope and content
Letters to and from Guyton de Morveau, mainly on scientific subjects, together with contemporary portrait prints of two of the correspondents (Berthollet and Gay-Lussac) and later typescript notes and correspondence concerning this collection by William Smeaton and others. Correspondents include Claude-Louis Berthollet, Jean-Claude de la Métherie, Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond; Antoine-François, comte de Fourcroy; Thomas Beddoes, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, Richard Kirwan, Pierre Joseph...
Dates:
1774-1810.
Physicians and scientists : Ben Grauer collection
Collection
Identifier: 4782
Scope and content
Consists chiefly of manuscript correspondence of various French, German, and British physicians and scientists, with some portrait engravings and sketches, biographical information, and portrait photographs. Also included are undated home remedies and prescriptions in French which appear to be of the late 18th or early 19th century; notes in French on biological processes, from the period ca. 1793-1805; notes for medical journal articles in English and French; and a legal document of 1738...
Dates:
1738-1950-(bulk 1870-1925).
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