'Byjenath's Account', 'Shumsh & Nukra', 'Receipt Book. 1842': alchemical and chemical receipts, mostly translated from Hindi.

Date:
1842
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MS.3596
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Monckton, Edward Henry Cradock (1812-1878)
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'Byjenath's Account', 'Shumsh & Nukra', 'Receipt Book. 1842': alchemical and chemical receipts, mostly translated from Hindi. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Collection of chemical, alchemical, medical and miscellaneous receipts, translated from Hindustani. Compiler's holograph MS. The cover is lettered 'Byjenath's Account' 'Shumsh & Nukra' 'Receipt Book. 1842'. Many of the receipts are for making artificial gems or metals.

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1842

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62 ll. 4to. 25x20 cm. Unbound.

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Purchased 1920 (accession 40326)

Notes

Catalogue entry prepared by Access to Archives mark-up staff from published finding aids (with additional information provided by Christopher Hilton) and edited for inclusion in Wellcome Library database by Christopher Hilton.

Finding aids

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).

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