William Stokes, his life and work (1804-1878) / by his son William Stokes.

  • William Stokes
Date:
1898
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Credit: William Stokes, his life and work (1804-1878) / by his son William Stokes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of Gloucester and Berks ( Landed Gentry of Great Britain, 1847, p. 1308). In the Historical Memorials of Canterbury, by the late Dean Stanley, we learn that Aleyn de Stocke was one of the executors of the will of Edward the Black Prince, and it appears in the Register of William (Courtenay) Archbishop of Canterbury, 1386, that Aleyn de Stocke and John Bishop of Durham had rendered their account of the goods and had a full acquittance, and also another acquittance from the Prior and Chapter of Christ Church, Canterbury, for the legacies bequeathed to that church by the Prince. When Gabriel Stokes was resident in Dublin (1680-1721) he there published various works on Engineering, including A scheme for effectually supplying every part of the City of Dublin with pipe water without any charge for water engines or any water forcers, by a close adherence to the laws of gravitation and the principles, rules, and experiments of Hydrostaticks. He was also the author of The Mathematicians Cabinet of the Hydrostatist Balance unlocked ; or an Easy Key to all its Uses. In the Record Office, in Dublin, there are a considerable number of maps of various l7
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