Lot 97
Watt, James (1736-1819)., Scottish Engineer and Inventor, pioneer in development of the steam engine, namesake of the electrical power unit, the watt.
ALS, 1p, 4½" x 7", Glasgow, Oct 25 (no year), letter introducing French mathematician and physicist, Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774-1862) to an unknown colleague. Light overall cleaning not affecting signature, Very Good, Watt ALSs are quite scarce.
Estimate 1,000 - 1,500
Biot traveled to Scotland in 1817 to monitor the geodetic operations of the English under Colonel Mudge. This could perhaps be a letter of introduction to Mudge.
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