Ffeil NLW MS 24071E - Reports on Welsh mines, &c.

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NLW MS 24071E

Teitl

Reports on Welsh mines, &c.

Dyddiad(au)

  • 1849-1868 (Creation)

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Ffeil

Maint a chyfrwng

ii, 220 ff. (some leaves blank, including ff. 139 verso-149; ff. 149 verso-282 mostly inverted text) ; 375 x 230 mm.

Contemporary half-calf with double gold fillets.

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Hanes archifol

'Edgar Williams, Lima Villa, Canton, Cardiff' [Edgar F. Williams (1844-1868), Lewis's son] (ink on f. 182 verso). The volume includes notes by J. Williams, Lewis A. Williams's great-grandson (ff. 216-220).

Ffynhonnell

Dominic Winter; South Cerney; Purchased at auction, lot 159; 10 June 2015; 6857282.

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A manuscript volume containing mineral reports, copies of letters, plans and diagrams relating mainly to coal mining in Glamorgan, compiled 1849-1868 (watermark 1841), by Lewis A[mbrose] Williams, mineral and land surveyor and mine manager, of Bridgend and Cardiff (see Martin Laverty, 'Native Talent: A Williams Family of Early Victorian Swansea' in Swansea History Journal, 23 (2015-16), pp. 111-127).
The contents include mineral reports relating to various properties (ff. 3-75 passim, 102 verso-133 passim, 187-198); copy letters, 1849-1868, relating to Williams's work both as surveyor and mine manager (ff. 4-139 passim, 204); various diagrams, including mineral sections, some in colour (ff. 1-2, 152 verso, 153 verso, 155 verso-156, 157 verso, 160, 171 verso, 172 verso, 173 verso-174 verso, 177 verso, 178 verso, 197 verso, 199, 201 recto-verso), plans (ff. 40, 82, 83, 200, 202), and technical drawings and cross-sections (ff. 11, 19, 20, 79 verso, 83 verso, 88 verso-89, 134, 149 verso, 150 verso, 151 verso-152, 154 verso, 156 verso, 158 verso-166 verso (versos only), 169 verso-170 verso, 176 verso, 203, 215). Items found loose in the volume (ff. 183-220) have been placed in an archival envelope.

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Usual copyright laws apply.

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Sgript o ddeunydd

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English.

Cyflwr ac anghenion technegol

Affected by damp. Spine strip and leather lower corners lacking; covers worn. Leaves excised after ff. 2 (6), 5, 7, 19, 21, 39, 41, 62, 70, 77, 97, 100-101, 110, 118, 123 (2), 124, 126-127, 130 (2), 133 (2), 134 (3), 137 (3), 138 (2), 139-140, 144 (4), 150 (3), 151, 154, 156 (2), 174 (3), 176-178; lower part of ff. 110, 168 cut away.

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Unedau o ddisgrifiad cysylltiedig

Outsize mining plans transferred to NLW Maps Collection.

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Nodiadau

Preferred citation: NLW MS 24071E.

Nodiadau

Title based on contents.

Dynodwr(dynodwyr) eraill

Alma system control number

99391735102419

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Dynodwr sefydliad

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH

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Dyddiadau creadigaeth adolygiad dilead

April 2016.

Iaith(ieithoedd)

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Description compiled by Rhys M. Jones.

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Storfa ffisegol

  • Text: NLW MS 24071E - Affected by damp. Spine strip and leather lower corners lacking; covers worn. Leaves excised after ff. 2 (6), 5, 7, 19, 21, 39, 41, 62, 70, 77, 97, 100-101, 110, 118, 123 (2), 124, 126-127, 130 (2), 133 (2), 134 (3), 137 (3), 138 (2), 139-140, 144 (4), 150 (3), 151, 154, 156 (2), 174 (3), 176-178; lower part of ff. 110, 168 cut away