H.W. Lende, Jr. Manuscript Collection (Smithsonian Libraries) DSI Search this
Physical description:
2 folded sheets (5 unnumbered pages) : illustrations ; 30 cm or smaller
Type:
Manuscripts
Manuscripts (documents)
Date:
1797
Notes:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Autograph letter signed, handwritten in black ink on unlined paper with self-envelope and remnants of wax seal. Accompanied by a sheet of brown paper with an inscription handwritten in pencil.
James Watt FRS FRSE was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776.
SCDIRB copy (barcode 39088020040317) is the gift of H.W. Lende, Jr. and has Lende accession number W-10.
SCDIRB copy has source: Lone Star Autographs, Kaufman, Texas, April 14, 1985.
SCDIRB copy is housed in an archival box together with other manuscripts from the H.W. Lende, Jr. Manuscript Collection, filed in Dibner accession number order.
Summary:
Letter to Lysons containing recommendations on selecting and applying copal varnishes, with small hand drawn sketches of a brush and vial and an applicator consisting of "a piece of fine sponge glued to a piece of wood."