Author: Jonah BarringtonPublisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040657277
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Personal Sketches of His Own Times, Vol. 2 (of 3)
Author: Jonah BarringtonPublisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040657277
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Publishers' circular and booksellers' record
Author: The Many-Sidedness of George Minchin Minchin
Author: Richard HornseyPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 303140243X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
This book is the first complete biography of George Minchin Minchin (1845–1914), professor of applied mathematics at the Royal Indian Engineering College. Minchin’s extraordinary range of accomplishments offers a unique inside view of the major technological and educational developments of late nineteenth century Britain. The scientific community’s excitement during the early days of electromagnetic theory, wireless telegraphy, and x-rays are revealed by Minchin’s letters to eminent friends (notably the Maxwellians, Oliver Lodge and George Francis Fitzgerald). This book also traces Minchin’s little-known pioneering work on photoelectricity, which led to the first electrical measurements of starlight and laid the foundations for solar cells and television. Minchin’s mathematical textbooks were praised for their lucidity, and his advanced pedagogical thinking underpinned his lifelong work on reforming science education. He explained scientific concepts for a general audience using science fiction poetry and critiqued contemporary society in sharp and humorous satires. These works provide fresh perspectives on the place of science in Victorian society. This book is for anyone fascinated by the late nineteenth century revolution in electrical technologies.This is also a valuable read for historians of science, and for those interested in technical education, and science and society in Victorian Britain.
A New Catalogue of Barry and Son's General Circulating-library, No. 21, High-Street, Bristol
Author: Barry and Son's General Circulating-LibraryPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Quarterly Review (London)
Author: American Literary Gazette and Publishers' Circular
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Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 948
Book Description
Robert Emmet
Author: Patrick M. GeogheganPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773525429
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
"Robert Emmet (1778-1803) was one of the most romantic of all Irish revolutionaries. His doomed relationship with Sarah Curran, his failed rebellion at the age of twenty-five and the brilliance of his speech from the dock, captured the popular imagination and created a powerful and enduring legend. W.B. Yeats declared that Emmet was the leading saint of Irish Nationalism." "This book reveals for the first time the complex and ingenious plans that Emmet devised for the rebellion. His youthful idealism and military talent proved insufficient, however, and his attempt to seize Dublin on 23 July 1803 was a dramatic failure. Captured soon after, Emmet won an unlikely victory with his extraordinary speech from the dock that is rightly considered to be one of the greatest courtroom orations in history. He died bravely on the scaffold the next day."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Publisher
Author: American Book Prices Current
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Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 530
Book Description
A record of literary properties sold at auction in the United States.
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