Author: George Biddell AiryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy
Author: George Biddell AiryThe Royal Academy of Arts
Author: Algernon GravesPublisher:
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Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 518
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The Registers of Pharmaceutical Chemists and Chemists and Druggists
Author: Pharmaceutical Society of Great BritainPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781021661661
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A record of all individuals who have been registered as pharmaceutical chemists or chemists and druggists in Great Britain, dating back to the early 19th century. The entries include the individual's name, address, and qualifications, as well as any disciplinary actions or other notable events in their career. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Visitation of England and Wales
Author: Joseph Jackson HowardPublisher:
ISBN: 9781017563795
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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In Lakeland Dells and Fells
Author: William Thomas PalmerPublisher:
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Category : Lake District
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
Masters of the Post
Author: Duncan Campbell-SmithPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141973226
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 840
Book Description
The origins of the Post Office go back to the early years of the Tudor monarchy: Brian Tuke, a former King's Bailiff in Sandwich, was acknowledged as the first 'Master of the Posts' by Cardinal Wolsey in 1512, and went on to build up a network of 'postmasters' across England for Henry VIII. Over the following five hundred years the Royal Mail expanded to an unimaginable degree to become the largest employer in the country, and the face of the British state for most people in their everyday lives. But it also faced the demands of an increasingly commercial marketplace. With the election of Margaret Thatcher in 1979, the possibility of privatising the Royal Mail has prompted passionate arguments - and has added immeasurably to the difficulties of running it. In charting the whole of this extraordinary story, Duncan Campbell-Smith recounts a series of remarkable tales, including how postal engineers built the first programmable computer for the wartime code-breakers of Bletchley Park and how the Royal Mail managed to successfully continue delivering post to the front lines during two world wars, but also how they failed to avert the Great Train Robbery of 1963. He brings to life many of the dominant personalities in the Royal Mail's history - from Rowland Hill, who imposed a uniform penny post and set the great Victorian expansion on its way, to Tony Benn who championed the modernisation of the service in the 1960s and Tom Jackson who led the postal workers' biggest union through fifteen frequently stormy years up to 1982. This is the first complete history of the Royal Mail up to the present day, based on its comprehensive archives, and including the first detailed account of the past half-century of Britain's postal history, made possible by privileged access to confidential records. Today's debate over the future of the Royal Mail is shown to be just the ;atest chapter in a centuries-old conflict between its roles raising revenue and serving the public. Will its employees remain, like Brian Tuke's postmasters, servants of the Crown? This book could hardly appear at a more timely moment.
A History of the Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A.
Author: Algernon GravesPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 483
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Notes of a Tour in America
Author: Henry Hussey VivianPublisher: London : E. Stanford
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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The Monthly Circular
Author: Labour Research DepartmentPublisher:
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Category : Working class
Languages : en
Pages : 4
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For Remembrance
Author: Arthur St. John AdcockPublisher: London, New York [etc.] Hodder and Stoughton
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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