Manuscript of a brief introduction to the Linnean system of botanical classification. Opening with a defense of botany against those who think it "a trifling insipid amusement and almost childish," Boutell argues that botanists seek to understand "the...
Description:
Possibly by the Rev. Charles Boutell (b. 1772), later rector of Litcham in Norfolk and father of the author of Boutell's Heraldry.
Subject (Name):
Boutell, Charles, b. 1772., Hayward, Matilda., and Linné, Carl von, 1707-1778
Subject (Topic):
Influence, Botany, Study and teaching, Education, Women, and Intellectual life
Holograph diaries of a year in Clifton, and journeys to Hanover and Germany. The first volume, a diary dated at Clifton in 1807-1808, details the child author's daily social and educational activities. She studies French verbs and reads Roman histor...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Germany
Subject (Topic):
Children's writings, English, Education, Travelers' writings, English, Women authors, Description and travel, and Social life and customs
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of arithmetic precepts, examples, and exercises, neatly written, ruled, and decorated in three colors. Includes numerous tables for monetary, weight, and liquid measurements and conversions. Bound in at the end...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Arithmetic, Problems, exercises, etc, Education, Numeration, and Intellectual life
