Newton tercentenary celebrations : at the anniversary meeting of the Royal Society, 30 November, 1942.
Royal Society, London
Category
Books
Date
1942
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3254277
Summary
Bibliographic description
43, [1] p., [7] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 26 cm. Provenance: Twentieth-century pictorial crest bookplate: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Pencil inscription on front pastedown: "Given me by Mr Bard[?] of Messrs Gray & Sons / Cambridge in August 1948. I am a Trustee of / Woolsthorpe Manor. / Fairhaven / September 12th. 1948" [i.e.: given to Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Twentieth-century full burgundy morocco; gilt stamped centrepiece on upper board: coat of arms of the Royal Society; gilt tooled lettering on upper board: 'Newton tercentenary 1942'; sewn onto four recessed cords; gilt top edge. Binder's gilt stamp on front turn-in: 'J.P. Gray & Son. Cambridge'.
Makers and roles
Royal Society, London , publisher Dale, Henry H, author Andrade, E. N. da C, author Rayleigh, Robert John Strutt, Baron, author Sir James Hopwood Jeans, OM, FRS (1877-1946), author