THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Series Two: The Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, 1743-1820

Part 4: Correspondence and Papers Relating to Voyages of Discovery, 1767-1819, from the State Library of New South Wales

Technical Note

Our microform publications are prepared and produced in accordance with recommended and established guide-lines for the production of microform of superior quality. These conform to the recommendations of the standard guides to good microforming and micropublishing practice.

Attention should be drawn to the nature of the original material. These manuscripts feature many common problems such as foxing, tight binding, showthrough, and variable inking. There are also some instances of torn and crumpled pages. Every effort has been made to minimise these difficulties and some openings are microfilmed more than once in an attempt to bring out all the features of the original. Nevertheless these original characteristics present difficulties of image and contrast which stringent tests and variations of density cannot entirely overcome.

Almost all of the material was filmed in 1997 to meet modern standards. In a few cases though (the Corner manuscript and the logs of the Investigator, all appearing on reel 65) we have made use of existing negatives held at the library. Whilst these manuscripts were filmed in cine format and, in one instance, on perforated film stock, they are still of good quality and they enabled us to avoid refilming delicate orginal materials.

The most responsible care has been exercised in the filming of this unique collection and every effort has been made to ensure that this microform publication meets the standards established by the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM), the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and prevailing European standards.

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