Author: Cornelius WalfordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Famines
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The Famines of the World: Past and Present ...
Author: Cornelius WalfordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Famines
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Weighing the World
Author: Russell McCormmachPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400720211
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
The book about John Michell (1724-93) has two parts. The first and longest part is biographical, an account of Michell’s home setting (Nottinghamshire in England), the clerical world in which he grew up (Church of England), the university (Cambridge) where he studied and taught, and the scientific activities he made the center of his life. The second part is a complete edition of his known letters. Half of his letters have not been previously published; the other half are brought together in one place for the first time. The letters touch on all aspects of his career, and because they are in his words, they help bring the subject to life. His publications were not many, a slim book on magnets and magnetism, one paper on geology, two papers on astronomy, and a few brief papers on other topics, but they were enough to leave a mark on several sciences. He has been called a geologist, an astronomer, and a physicist, which he was, though we best remember him as a natural philosopher, as one who investigated physical nature broadly. His scientific contribution is not easy to summarize. Arguably he had the broadest competence of any British natural philosopher of the eighteenth century: equally skilled in experiment and observation, mathematical theory, and instruments, his field of inquiry was the universe. From the structure of the heavens through the structure of the Earth to the forces of the elementary particles of matter, he carried out original and far-reaching researches on the workings of nature.
The famines of the world: past and present. 2 papers read before the Statistical soc. of London, and repr. from its Journal
Author: Cornelius WalfordJournal of the Royal Statistical Society
Author: Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 790
Book Description
Published papers whose appeal lies in their subject-matter rather than their technical statistical contents. Medical, social, educational, legal,demographic and governmental issues are of particular concern.
William Stukeley
Author: David Boyd HaycockPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN: 9780851158648
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
William Stukeley was the most renowned English antiquary of the 18th century. This study discusses his life and achievements which he shared with his illustrious friend Isaac Newton and with other natural philosophers, theologians and historians.
The Earthquake Catalogue of the British Association, with the Discussion, Curves, and Maps, Etc
Author: MalletA Catalogue of the Library of the Museum of Practical Geology and Geological Survey
Author: Museum of Practical Geology (Great Britain). LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Journal of the Statistical Society of London
Author: Literature and Science, 1660-1834, Part I. Volume 3
Author: Judith HawleyPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040232175
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
This volume reproduces primary texts which embody the polymathic nature of the literature of science, and provides editorial overviews and extensive references, to provide a resource for specialized academics and researchers with a broad cultural interest in the long 18th century.
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Author: Brooklyn Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Earthquakes
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description