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Ref NoMS 3219/6/2
TitleNotebooks of James Watt jr.
LevelSeries
Date1787 - 1846
DescriptionThis section includes notebooks recording planting at Aston Hall, 1800 - 1836, and management of the fish pools there, 1823 - 1846; miscellaneous notebooks on a wide variety of subjects such as travel, medical matters, work at Soho and Soho Foundry, books, information on places of residence,the Caledonia and other steamboats and experiments, servants etc.
Related MaterialThe Watt and Muirhead papers were microfilmed by Adam Matthews publications as part of 'Industrial Revolution: A Documentary History'. 'Muirhead I' was published in Series One: parts 6 and 8, in 1997. The 'James Watt papers' were published in 'Series Three', 1999.
All the microfilms and their catalogues are available in Birmingham City Archives.
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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