Sixty-four letters from scientific men, Written in 1770-1820

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Sixty-four letters from scientific men, almost all to Joâo Hyacintho de Magalhaens, 1770-1820, partly in alphabetical order of writers' names: the chief items appear to be:

Johnson, John, glass-worker to dr. Abr. Robertson (3), 1820 (fol. 6).
Kacstncr, Abraham Gotthelf (1), Oct. 29, 1770, in English (fol. 21).
Fonseca, J. F. da (1), June 2, 1786, in Portuguese (fol. 80).
Herschell, sir William (1), May 18, 1784 (fol. 89).
Ivory, James (1), Oct. 5, 1816 (fol. 100).
König, Karl (1), Aug. 21, 1784, in French (fol. 103).
Lalande, Joseph Jérôme de (1), Dec. 14, 1780, in French (fol. 109).
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent (1), Apr. 30, 1789, in French (fol. 116).
Messier, Charles (3), 1779-86, in French (fol. 119: cf. 164).
Rigand, --, Paris physician (1), Apr. 26, 1781, in French (fol. 146).
La Rochefoucauld, le due de (1), Apr. 8, 1783, in French (fol. 148).
Le Roy, Pierre (2), 1787-9, in French (fol. 155).
Shuckburgh, sir George (1), n.d. (fol. 170).
Volta, Alessandro (1), Oct. 28, 1783, in French (fol. 186).
Magallmens, José de (1), July 23, 1787 (fol. 198); with a draft of the reply, both in Portuguese.
Vulliamy, B., watchmaker (1), Oct. 15, 1781 (fol. 202).