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MS 3219 - James Watt and Family Papers - 13th century - 1873
1 - Records of Thomas Watt (1639 or 1642 - 1727) - 1694 - 1727
2 - Notebooks of Thomas Watt - nd. [c.1713]
Ref No
MS 3219/1/2/3
Finding Number
MS 3219/1/4
Title
Notebook of Thomas Watt
Level
Item
Date
nd. [c. 1715]
Description
This notebook includes texts, in English, of ‘Practical Megethometry’, astronomy, navigation, algebra, sines and tangents, theorems etc. This may also have been compiled by a student.
Extent
1
Format
Volume
Related Material
All the records of Thomas Watt listed here have been made available on microfilm by Adam Matthews Publications. A set of the microfilms is held by Birmingham City Archives.
The microfilms are part of Industrial Revolution: A Documentary History. ‘Muirhead II - IV’ were published in Series One: parts 6 and 8, in 1997; and the ‘James Watt Papers ’ in Series Three, in 1999.
Access Status
Open
Language
English
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