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learned institutions and societies	1
inventors	1
film making	1

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Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society	1
Lizzie Le Prince	1
Sarah Elizabeth Whitley	1
Le Prince, Louis Aime Augustin (1841-)	1
Le Prince, Elizabeth (1846-)	1
Hey, William (1736-1819)	1
Hey, William (1772-1844)	1
Le Prince, Adolphe (1872-1901)	1

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Archive Collection

Louis Le Prince Collection

Le Prince, Louis Aime Augustin (1841-); Le Prince, Elizabeth (1846-); Le Prince, Adolphe (1872-1901)

26 Oct 1880-1 Apr 1900

The collection comprises papers relating to Louis Le Prince and his invention of a camera which took the first moving pictures on paper film. The papers include technical drawings and notes made by L...

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Archive Print Collection

Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society Printed Books

The book collection ranges widely over all the disciplines, especially scientific subjects, and does not confine itself to British research: there are, for example, many American and Canadian publicat...

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Archive Collection

Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society Archive

Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society

1774-2005

The archive holds many of the Society's business records including its bye-laws, Council minute books and correspondence. The business papers are not comprehensive, but contain papers dating from the...

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