Poetry Books by Thomas Warton Jr.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published Date: 2011-05-19
Categories: Science
The Royal Society has been dedicated to scientific inquiry since the seventeenth century. In 1811, Thomas Thomson (1773-1852), a pioneering chemistry teacher who was elected a fellow of the society in the same year, undertook the project of writing a history of the organisation's illustrious past. In this book, published in 1812, Thomson explains how the group began in 1645, initiated by men who met once a week to discuss natural philosophy and mathematics. They were eventually granted a royal charter by Charles II in 1662. The society grew in number and prestige, and began publishing research in its Philosophical Transactions in 1665. Thomson's work focuses particularly on the development of the group's many scientific areas of interest and summarises various papers it published. He also includes a full list of the fellowship, from the society's foundation to 1812, and a copy of the society's original charter.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published Date: 2009
Categories: History
San Diego has always attracted a rich diversity of immigrant groups. Between the 1880s and 1970s, many of these groups helped to create a strong and dynamic fishing industry that became a key component of the city's identity. Waves of varied immigrants continually refreshed the industry, adapting their traditional skills and technologies to San Diegan conditions. Innovations in boat design, nets, and baiting techniques reshaped the fleets that harvested tuna and sardines from the teeming waters. On shore, canning factories sprang up, seafood markets bustled with activity, and fish restaurants filled with hungry diners. The vivid stories and fascinating photographs in this volume recapture the energy and variety that were the hallmarks of San Diego's fishing industry--an industry that has left a deep multicultural imprint on today's city.
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Published Date: 1976
Categories: Manuscripts, American
Papers include Virginia land grants while he was governor; letters discussing politics, prospects of the Republican Party, U.S. relations with France and England; also views on education, speech to the Indians (1806), and Embargo Act (1807).
Publisher: Elsevier
Published Date: 2013-10-22
Categories: Technology & Engineering
Fusion Research, Volume I: Principles provides a general description of the methods and problems of fusion research. The book contains three main parts: Principles, Experiments, and Technology. The Principles part describes the conditions necessary for a fusion reaction, as well as the fundamentals of plasma confinement, heating, and diagnostics. The Experiments part details about forty plasma confinement schemes and experiments. The last part explores various engineering problems associated with reactor design, vacuum and magnet systems, materials, plasma purity, fueling, blankets, neutronics, environment, and fusion-fission hybrids. The book will be of value to those entering the field and to those already engaged in fusion research.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published Date: 1996
Categories: Medical
ADENOGRAPHIA is one of a number of important Latin medical works that had not yet been translated, and no edition of it has been printed since 1730. It was the first systematic account of the glands of the human body. Thomas Wharton, the author, was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physiciansduring the middle years of the 17th century; in this period, many important advances in medical knowledge were made at the College,not least by Wharton himself. He discovered the duct which carries saliva from the sub-maxillary gland to the mouth, and studied the umbilical cord. He also made someimportant observations of the lacteal vessels of the thorax and the abdomen, and was the first to name the thyroid and jugular glands.
