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Ref NoMS 3219/4/5/4/1
Finding NumberMS 3219/4/181
TitleAccount book with inventory of tools and goods of James Watt and John Craig at Glasgow
LevelItem
Date1759 - 1765
DescriptionThe volume has on the cover: Journal 07 October 1759 to April 1765.
Pages 1-4 has an inventory of the tools and goods in the shop on 07 October 1759.
The rest of the volume shows items sold and receipts, with named customers. Items include musical instruments - flutes, fiddles, bows, and strings; guitars, strings and cases; mathematical instruments; electric machines; gravity machines; microscopes; globes; spectacles; magic lantern and sliders (p. 54); a set of 'Napier's Bones' (1763) ; costs of repairs to instruments, and so on.
Extent1
FormatVolume
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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