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Ref NoMS 3219/2/3/7
Finding NumberMS 3219/2/27
TitleTextbook by James Paterson. 'The Scots Arithmetician or Arithmetick in all its parts.'
LevelItem
Date1685
DescriptionThe textbook has notes on both front and back endpapers. There is a recipe for making red or black wax, and a page recording family events. On the opposite page, James Watt jr. has written: ‘ The Memorandums on the annexed Page are in the handwriting of my Grand uncle John Watt and relate to himself and family. He died 1737. James Watt. Heathfield. 1820.’ Blank pages at the end of the volume have been used to record cash memoranda for 1718 to 1724.
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FormatVolume
Physical DescriptionVolume
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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