Author: Sir Humphry DavyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. ...: Memoirs of the life of Sir Humphry Davy, by his brother, John Davy
Author: Sir Humphry DavyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy ...: Memoirs of the life of Sir Humphry Davy, by his brother, John Davy
Author: Sir Humphry DavyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural chemistry
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
1798: The Year of the Lyrical Ballads
Author: Richard CroninPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349266906
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
1798 is a significant date in literary history: in that year the Lyrical Ballads were published anonymously by Joseph Cottle, the Bristol bookseller. But this is a volume not about the Lyrical Ballads , but about their year. It is an attempt to re-create and examine the literary culture of 1798, the culture on which Wordsworth and Coleridge decided to make their 'experiment'. It is a book in which Wordsworth and Coleridge vie for attention, as they did in 1798, with many other writers, including Schleiermacher, John Thelwall, Mary Hays, the Abbe Barruel, Walter Savage Landor, Mary Wollstonecraft, Thomas Malthus, Joanna Baillie, George Canning, Robert Sothey and the Reverend T.J. Mathias. The chapters of this book work together to define a single historical moment that marked the beginning of romanticism in England.
Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed BooksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1092
Book Description
Nervous Conditions
Author: Elizabeth Green MusselmanPublisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791466803
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Examines nineteenth-century scientists’ obsession with nerves and the nervous system.
The Medico-chirurgical Review, and Journal of Practical Medicine
Author: Medico-chirurgical Review and Journal of Medical Science
Author: The Medico-chirurgical Review and Journal of Medical Science
Author: The Correspondence of Michael Faraday
Author: Michael FaradayPublisher: IET
ISBN: 0863412483
Category : Physicists
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
The Correspondence of Michael Faraday Michael Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the most important men of science in nineteenth century Britain. His discoveries of electro-magnetic rotations (1821) and electro-magnetic induction (1831) laid the foundations of the modern electrical industry. His discovery of the magneto-optical effect and diamagnetism (1845) led him to formulate the field theory of electro-magnetism, which forms one of the cornerstones of modern physics. These and a whole host of other fundamental discoveries in physics and chemistry, together with his lecturing at the Royal Institution, his work for the state (including Trinity House), his religious beliefs and his lack of mathematical ability, make Faraday one of the most fascinating scientific figures ever. All these aspects of his life and work and others, such as his health, are reflected in his letters which, in this final volume, cover Faraday's life to his death in August 1867. Also published here are letters that could not be dated and letters that should have been included in volumes one to five but which had not been located when those volumes were published. In total just over 80% of the letters in this volume are previously unpublished. The dominant topic of the 1860s (covered in nearly 40% of the letters) is Faraday's involvement with the lighthouse service relating in particular to his advice to Trinity House and the Board of Trade on matters such as electric light and the controversial issue of fog signals. Also detailed is the complex process by which his various posts were transferred to John Tyndall. Similar issues existed with Faraday's gradual withdrawal from his duties at the Royal Institution, including the misguided attempt to make him President. And, of course, running through many of the letters are comments on his declining health and impending death. Major correspondents include the Astronomer Royal G.B. Airy, the Secretary of Trinity House P.H. Berthon, the Birmingham glassmaker J.T. Chance, the Assistant Secretary of the Board of Trade T.H. Farrer, the German mathematician Julius Plü cker, the Cambridge trained mathematical natural philosophers James Clerk Maxwell and William Thomson, Faraday's colleagues at the Royal Institution Henry Bence Jones, John Tyndall and Benjamin Vincent, the Swiss chemist Christian Schoenbein and the astronomer James South.
The Mercurial Chemist
Author: Anne TreneerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 042967970X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
First published in 1963. Humphry Davy, knighted by the Prince Regent in 1812 for his contributions to science, and later created baronet for his invention of the miners’ safety lamp, was among the foremost European chemists in the early nineteenth century. Anne Treneer tells in full the story of Humphry Davy’s life. From letters, journals and memoirs of the time, Davy and his contemporaries come to life. This title will be of great interest to scientists and historians.