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I see no straightforward way to download the entire notebook, only one image at a time. It would be pleasant to be able to read the thing offline, it's frankly

I see no straightforward way to download the entire notebook, only one image at a time. It would be pleasant to be able to read the thing offline, it's frankly fascinating. Great post!

pbhjpbhj 13y ago
I was on page 31, the download was http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/download/image%252Fjpg/document-image31.jpg?path=/content/images/MS-ADD-04000-000-00031.jpg http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/download/image%252Fjpg/document-im... ... I think a simple curl or wget with a range from [0]1 to 340 should work? wget example.com/{1..30}.html gets docs 1.html, 2.html ... 30.html FWIW. You may not be authorised to do that of course.
- escherplex 13y ago
  Initially tried using WinHTTrack on the document folder but DL rate was only 25kB/s. So if mentally you resort to sublimated-OCD mode the whole notebook can be downloaded, one page at a time, then combined and cropped in Acrobat for offline reading in about 1/2 - 3/4 hour. Final size = 80MB (and a very nice .pdf it is to have in your archives!) Curious to see the use of Y^e and Y^t for the words 'the' and 'that' in the mid 1600s. Figured they would have reverted to the 'thorn' letter rather than the earlier French printer's substitute.
  - pbhjpbhj 13y ago
    It is interesting - also his curly e and the use of pentangles, and such. Looking around briefly I found this http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/reading/commonplace.html http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/reading/commonplace.html listing of manuscript books by date. In particular this, http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/14003562?n=5&imagesize=1200&jp2Res=.25&printThumbnails=no http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/14003562?n=5&imagesize=1..., from early 1600s uses the same y^e form. I tried to find Wren or Boyle's manuscripts but a 2 minute search didn't yield them.
    - escherplex 13y ago
      Found BBC has the Royal Society - Boyle manuscripts archive online at: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/boyle/boyle_papers/boylepapers_index.htm#bp02 http://www.bbk.ac.uk/boyle/boyle_papers/boylepapers_index.ht... A casual but chronological search of the material suggests Y^e was colloquial but in the process of fizzling out. Boyle, unlike the young Isaac, also made extensive use of the descending 's' (looked like an 'f' without the horizontal bar). As a kid, after seeing all these 'f-s' in ancient books you probably wondered whether people back then collectively spoke with a lisp. [fun diversion]

I see no straightforward way to download the entire notebook, only one image at a time. It would be pleasant to be able to read the thing offline, it's frankly fascinating. Great post!

pbhjpbhj 13y ago

I was on page 31, the download was http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/download/image%252Fjpg/document-image31.jpg?path=/content/images/MS-ADD-04000-000-00031.jpg http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/download/image%252Fjpg/document-im... ... I think a simple curl or wget with a range from [0]1 to 340 should work? wget example.com/{1..30}.html gets docs 1.html, 2.html ... 30.html FWIW. You may not be authorised to do that of course.

escherplex 13y ago
Initially tried using WinHTTrack on the document folder but DL rate was only 25kB/s. So if mentally you resort to sublimated-OCD mode the whole notebook can be downloaded, one page at a time, then combined and cropped in Acrobat for offline reading in about 1/2 - 3/4 hour. Final size = 80MB (and a very nice .pdf it is to have in your archives!) Curious to see the use of Y^e and Y^t for the words 'the' and 'that' in the mid 1600s. Figured they would have reverted to the 'thorn' letter rather than the earlier French printer's substitute.
- pbhjpbhj 13y ago
  It is interesting - also his curly e and the use of pentangles, and such. Looking around briefly I found this http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/reading/commonplace.html http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/reading/commonplace.html listing of manuscript books by date. In particular this, http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/14003562?n=5&imagesize=1200&jp2Res=.25&printThumbnails=no http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/14003562?n=5&imagesize=1..., from early 1600s uses the same y^e form. I tried to find Wren or Boyle's manuscripts but a 2 minute search didn't yield them.
  - escherplex 13y ago
    Found BBC has the Royal Society - Boyle manuscripts archive online at: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/boyle/boyle_papers/boylepapers_index.htm#bp02 http://www.bbk.ac.uk/boyle/boyle_papers/boylepapers_index.ht... A casual but chronological search of the material suggests Y^e was colloquial but in the process of fizzling out. Boyle, unlike the young Isaac, also made extensive use of the descending 's' (looked like an 'f' without the horizontal bar). As a kid, after seeing all these 'f-s' in ancient books you probably wondered whether people back then collectively spoke with a lisp. [fun diversion]