Eckley Brinton Coxe Notebooks

Collection

Identifier: SC MS 0059

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SC MS 0059 Eckley B. Coxe Notebooks (Digital)

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Scope and Contents

This collection contains five handwritten, bound notebooks with notes, drawings, computations, etc. on scientific matters (one partly in German). Undated, but most likely from his study in Germany.

Dates

Creation: 1860 - 1863

Creator

Coxe, Eckley B. (Eckley Brinton), 1839-1895 (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Eckley Brinton Coxe, 1839-1895, was a wealthy mining engineer from Drifton, Pennsylvania. He founded the Cross Creek Coal Company to manage and mine coal from property inherited by his family. He was a trustee of Lehigh University, and his wife donated his large library of technical books to Lehigh after his death. He studies mining engineering at the University of Freiburg from 1860-1863.

Extent

.4 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The material included here consists of five handwritten, bound notebooks, with notes, drawings, computations, etc. on scientific matters. One is partly in German. These notebooks apparently date from his period of study in Germany.