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Creator
Abbott, F. (Frederick), 1805-1892
Call number
Pforz MS
Physical description
1 item
Preferred Citation
Frederick Abbott manuscript material : 1 item, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library
Repository
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
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Biographical/historical information

Sir Frederick Abbott, British army officer in the East India Company.

Scope and arrangement

· Holograph transcript of his paper, "An enquiry into the principle of Mr. Dredge's tension bridges" : [composition date ca. Jul 1845; transcript date ca. late 1845-1850?] : (P'ANA 0074) : 1 fascicle (8 manuscript pages; 3 double sheets) : [no place] : begins, "In Mr. Dredge's Tension Bridges each half-span is treated very much as a lever ..."; concludes with an autograph note and signature: "Copy of the original Paper, which was written about July 1845. / F. Abbott.".

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Location

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 319

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