McNab, John (b 1755)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0117 MS 59 |
Held at | : Royal Society Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://royalsociety.org/collections/ › |
Full title | : McNab, John (b 1755) |
Date(s) | : [c 1786] |
Level of description | : Sub-fonds |
Extent | : 1 volume |
Name of creator(s) | : McNab | John | b 1755 | master at Henley's House, Hudson Bay |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born in Aberdour, Fife, 1755; joined the Hudson’s Bay Company as a surgeon and was sent to Albany Fort, on James Bay, 1779; spent five years as Master of Henley House; returned to Albany, where he eventually became Governor; Governor at Churchill for one year; Governor of York Factory, 1802-1807; first Hudson’s Bay Company man to lead an overland journey from Moose Fort to Montreal.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Two tracts on acids by John McNab comprising:
1. Experiments on Mineral Acids and Rectified Spirits of Wine, for finding the greatest degree of cold.
2. Experiments on the Congelation of Vitriolic and Nitrous Acids in Hudson's Bay.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
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Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.
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Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Sources: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/materialhistories/people.php?id=7
Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions:
General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Feb 2009.
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