Title: Catalogue of a portion of the library of the late Stanesby Alchorne, Esq., of the Tower, comprising numerous manuscripts on mint affairs, royal and other autographs, Croker's register book of designs for medals, [47] autographs of Sir Isaac Newton, numismatical works, ... coins and medals, ... [the] hydrostatic balance, by Bird, made expressly for the adjustment of the standard in 1758 ; ... [also] weights of various nations, including the standard Troy pound from which the late Parliamentary pound, (destroyed in the fire at the House of Commons) was made, ... [an] apparatus for the humid method of assay, ... and other effects, the property of the Queen's late Assay Master, [Mr. Bingley] ...
Subjects: Catalogs, Coin collections
People: Stanesby Alchorne