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T077158



London : printed for J. Nourse, 1752. [4],vi,330p. : ill. ; 8° ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of Thomas W(illiam) Simpson, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 602 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

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The late afternoon sun shone full upon a boy who was perched on the
top of an old rail fence forming the dividing line between the farm
that spread out before him and the one over which he had just passed.

It was early March. The keen wind as it whirled past him, whipping the
branches of the tree together and carrying away clouds of dried leaves
from behind the fence rows, penetrated the thin clothes he wore--but
instead of making him shiver, it seemed only to add to his pleasure,
for he removed his cap and ran his fingers through his damp hair.

The boy was slender and scarcely looked the eighteen years to which he
laid claim. He had curly sandy hair, a freckled face and penetrating
blue eyes. His clothes were new, but of rather poor material and ill-
fitting, scarcely protecting him from the cutting wind. Because of his
short legs and arms, his coat sleeves and trousers, cut for the
average boy, were too long for him and were much wrinkled.

He had climbed the last and steepest hill lying between the town and
his grandfather's farm--the ancestral home of the Williams family,
which was now, for a time at least, to be his home. Since early
morning he had bumped over the rough frozen roads between his home in
a distant village and the county seat, which was situated some two
miles to the west, and from which he had just walked.
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.
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T077586

In two parts with continuous pagination and register; the titlepage to pt. 2 is followed by a leaf containing errata and advertisement.

London : printed for J. Nourse, 1750. xi,[1],274,[4],275-576p. ; 8° ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.
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T077592

P.viii misnumbered iii.A variant has p.viii numbered correctly.

London : printed for J. Nourse, 1742. iii[i.e.viii],128p. : ill. ; 8° ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.
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T077589



London : printed for F. Wingrave, 1790. [8],400p. : ill. ; 8° ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.
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T077588

Horizontal chain lines.

London : printed for C. Nourse, 1782. [8],400p. : ill. ; 8° ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.
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T077585

An advertisement leaf is after p.274; the second part has a separate titlepage.

London : printed for John Nourse, 1776. 2v.(xi,[1],274,[4],275-576p.) : ill. ; 8° ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.
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T077585

An advertisement leaf is after p.274; the second part has a separate titlepage.

London : printed for John Nourse, 1776. 2v.(xi,[1],274,[4],275-576p.) : ill. ; 8° ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.
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T077587

M6 is a cancel bearing the page numbers 171 and 174.

London : printed for John Nourse, 1775. [10],171,174-402p. : ill. ; 8° ... Read more

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A Different Perspective
During the early part of the Civil War, war correspondents were, for the most part, despised reptilians. As far as most of the Union High Command was concerned, they were a scurrilous lot that could not be trusted to be fair in their reporting. They were people who fabricated stories, published battle plans before the battle, were capable of being bribed to produce favorable and untrue stories to assist in one's career planning and could, with the scratch of a pen, terminate the careers of good soldiers. Small wonder the relationship between journalism and the military was adversarial.

Sylvanus Cadwallader set standards in Civil War journalism. This is not a story about the Civil War but rather is the story of how this intrepid man's character enabled him to establish himself as a valuable addition to Sam Grant's Headquarters staff. Becoming a permanent fixture on Grant's staff he literally endeared himself as a trusted confidant. His tent was always pitched close to Grant's, Grant signed passes that enabled him to go wherever he wanted, whenever he wanted to. He had the ability to use, even commandeer, any form of transportation he required, horse, train or boat. He did not abuse his privileges nor did he betray confidences.

These reminisces reveal information not contained in his dispatches. Cadwallader remained with Grant through Union operations in southern Tennessee and northern Mississippi, the Vicksburg campaign (where he is captured and released and subsequently, in a different escapade, gathers intelligence for Grant at the battle of Champion Hill), Chattanooga, the Wilderness (where he is again captured, but escapes),Cold Harbor, the crossing of the James River, City Point and is present for the Union Army's breakthrough at Petersburg and Lee's subsequent surrender at Appomattox Court House. We get a clear picture of Grant, a man Cadwallader thought a military genius. Living close to Grant from October 1862 until the end of the war, Cadwallader was one of the few men, certainly the only civilian, who had a clear view of how the Civil War was fought at the command level. He depicts Grant in the heat of battle and relaxing with friends. He reveals Grant as a surprisingly good military politician, that Grant thought more highly of Sheridan than Sherman, that Grant personally disliked Ben Butler and thought little of Governeur Warren's military skills. Cadwallader observed many Union officers at close range: Sherman, Sheridan, Logan, Wallace, Thomas, Butler, Warren, Meade and others. He appraises their military talents candidly.

The author finished this work in 1896 when he was seventy years old. It was never published. Until its acquisition by the Illinois Historical Society and subsequent publication in 1955, few people had ever read it. It is a wonderful, colorful, insightful work that transports you back into a period of our history when our survival as a Nation was in serious doubt.But perhaps as important, through these reminisces we get a clear picture of Cadwallader himself. He appears honest, straight forward, scrappy, tenacious, remarkably loyal and above all, exceptionally professional in his work and conduct. He gains our respect and admiration today, just as surely as he did throughout the campaigns he covered and the men he interfaced with, 150+ years ago.

This book is as fine a glimpse into this segment of our history as is available today.

good reading
If you are familiar with Grant`s campaigns then youll like this book . Itgives us an insiders view of the battles of Vicksburg, Chattanoga,theWilderness,and Appomattox.Because of his unique situation at Grant`sHeadquarters where he was accepted as one of the staff,we get the insidetake on Grant`s drunkedness on Warren`s removal from command and any numberof things that happened during Grant`s campaigns.

good book
If you are familiar with the campaigns of General Grant then you will findthis book worthwile.Cadwallader has a front row seat at Vicksburg,Chattanoga,the Wilderness,and Appomattox. He is a reporter therefore aprofessional writer which helps. His book is filled with inside informationon all the principle figureheads of the time. Also it is the only book Iever read that gives us the reader the inside true story on the rumours ofGeneral Grants drinking problem.

good book
If you are familiar with the campaigns of General Grant then you will findthis book worthwile.Cadwallader has a front row seat at Vicksburg,Chattanoga,the Wilderness,and Appomattox. He is a reporter therefore aprofessional writer which helps. His book is filled with inside informationon all the principle figureheads of the time. Also it is the only book Iever read that gives us the reader the inside true story on the rumours ofGeneral Grants drinking problem.

Intimate portrait of General Grant
This is a controversial book because of one reason: the author maintains he witnessed Grant getting drunk during the Vicksburg campaign in 1863. Why this is particularly contentious with Grant supporters is a trifle mystifying, but Grant fans still vociferously contend the author "embellished" or "lied" about the drinking binge. Never mind that two other people who were also with Grant corroborate the drinking story. Never mind that his chief of staff specifically wrote about the binging in a private letter.

Aside from this drinking anecdote, the book is a warm, rich portrayal of General Grant from a man with a discerning eye. Cadwallader relates many small incidents of Grant's everyday life as a man and as a general that are fascinating and not to be found in other first-person narratives.

Cadwallader truly loved Grant and his book shows his regard and his profound attachment to him. It's a pity that so many people denigrate such a fine book simply because they feel the author's memory was fallible or because they refuse to see Grant as a multi-facted man. A man with his share of human frailties and weaknesses, but still a towering individual: a great general and a man of uncommon moral fiber and decency. If you know little about Grant, this is a good place to begin a journey in seeking to know him as a man and as a great soldier who saved the union. ... Read more

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A Careful, Hands-Off Presentation of the Foundations of Electromagnetism
The history of electromagnetic waves has a very limited audience, but was perfect for my needs.I came away even more impressed with Maxwell, the preeminent founder of electromagnetic theory than before.His work stands uncorrected in 140 years, while even Einstein misinterpreted the facts and quantum mechanics has gone off the deep end into mysticism.

A great book for a limited audience
I think, for a certain type of reader, this book is a great find...I'm in that limited audience, and am very glad to have discovered it.

As the other reviews suggest, this is NOT the place to start your study of E & M.There are two objectives the book DOES help to meet.First, if you already know a bit about Maxwell's Equations and you want to learn something of the ways in which Maxwell (and indirectly, Faraday) thought about the subject as they developed their ideas, this is a very good book.Secondly, for those, like me, with a poor "intuition" about E & M, I think the book will sharpen our vision in a way that contemporary texts may not. The book makes clear that Faraday and Maxwell certainly stumbled along the way, and got some wrong notions in their heads as they worked hard towards the truth.If you learn just from modern textbooks, you may get the false impression that the greats were infallible, and that you are somehow "foolish" if you either (a) just don't "see" it, or (b) waste your time trying to "see" it when "after all it's all about the mathematics anyway."Just watching Maxwell struggle to visualize what is going on gives me more courage in my efforts to visualize what is going on.

I'm a civil engineer who has never had to use E & M seriously, but since college 30 years ago, I've wanted to gain some intutitive feel for what is happening in Maxwell's Equations.It was exciting for me to read the introductory material giving the context of Faraday and Maxwell struggling for the same "insight" into how things work, especially in the face of a very powerful intellectual movement that said "it's all in the mathematics; don't waste your time trying to visualize it."

As one of the other reviews points out, the historical background is very helpful.If it is true that this book is perhaps NOT the place to start your study of Electricity and Magnetism, I agree strongly with one of the other reviewers that going straignt to Maxwell WITHOUT this guide will be even more fraught, as words and definitions have naturally evolved in 150 years.Armed with more of the context from this book, I may end up engaging with Maxwell more directly.

I disagree that the first paper is a "waste of time", although I'm no scholar of the literature of the era.My own background is more in fluid mechanics and hydraulics, and I was astonished that the first paper lays out very clearly the mechanics and geometry of potential theory (relevant to ideal inviscid flow and groundwater flow, as well as heat and electrostratics) in the form of a "letter to Faraday", i.e. a paper working to avoid all the mystification of mathematical symbols by using plain English to the extent that he could to lay out the ground rules, methods, and consequences of potential theory.Modern textbooks don't do this job much better, and Maxwell takes the time to make the imagery as physical as possible.Not only is this paper inherently interesting to me because of its subject (it could be called "visualizing the geometry of potential theory"), but also because it shows how Maxwell, following Faraday's vision, worked to shift thinking from "action at a distance" to "field theories" and the phenomena of "transmission" (or "induction").

The book does have some organizational problems, as you read related arguments 3 times (the article itself, the annotation, and then the discussion pieces.)I share, with the other readers, frustrations about the omissions from the original papers.Finally, the premise, (that you can use this in a Great Books program to convey the miracle of Maxwell's and Faraday's insight to the non-scientist) is also dubious.If I wanted to explain the amazing power of Maxwell's discoveries to a non-scientist, I would not start with this book.

BUT I have been curious about Maxwell's equations for over thirty years, and this book is scratching a long-standing itch as many others have not.I am grateful to the editors/authors for their efforts, and I believe some others will find it as valuable as I have.

Don't waste your time
The book is complete disaster. If you want to find out how did James C. Maxwell came up with his 20 equations that describe behaviour of electromagnetic field - do NOT buy this book, but instead try to find an "untempered" version of Maxwell's original work. (for example, "The dynamical theory..." editor T.F Torrance - I was forced to do that myself)
The major problem with the book is that the author had a weired notion, that he could explain Maxwell better than Maxwell himself. Instead of giving the original version of Maxwell's text first and add his own comments after that, Mr. Simpson decided to re-shaffle Maxwell's work at his own will and insert his unwanted comments right in the middle of Maxwell's original lineswithout even distinct marking. What had he accomplished by that ?Made his own book unreadable - complete mess.
In short - Do NOT waste a penny on this useless book...
Even a one star rating for this book is too much...

The heart is missing...
I bought this book to understand electromagnetic theory from ground up - to follow the inventor's thought pattern instead of pushing equations from textbook in to my memory. But I guess this book isn't enough. The good things about this book is that it gives really good historical account of electromagnetism experiments which is essential before peeping in to Maxwell's work. But major part of this book gets wasted in Maxwell's first two papers which are really not important or necessary at all. It's purely waste of time for uninformed readers to read these obscure papers that really doesn't derive anything important. The whole electrodynamics, Maxwell's famous equations and derivation of speed of light - all that stuff comes in his 3rd paper. Maxwell had originally derived 20 equations (8 if you use Vector form) instead of popular 4 textbook versions. This whole derivation part - the single reason why I picked up this book - is missing altogether. Author just gives final form of derivation like any other text book would do. The pain is that you would have spent weeks to get at this part trying to figure out content of those two first papers and finally left learning nothing new. I also get the constant feel that book is more geared towards historians of Maxwell instead of a person who wants to know his work. Anyway good part of this book is that it provides original text of paper + interpretation notes + discussion notes. The bad part is that original text is often omitted at number of places, interpretive notes of missing for many of the confusing parts of first two papers and the whole part of Maxwell's original derivation is missing in discussion notes. Because the heart (derivation of equations) is missing, you would need to by Vol 2 (not Vol 1) of "A Treatise on electricity and magnetism" ALONG with this book and remember to skip those two first papers. The reason I wrote "along with" is because you will still need this book to read about the original electromagnetic experiments and a modern point of view. ... Read more

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This book explores the highly sensitive seedling stage of the plant life cycle. Discussed in depth are the importance of seedlings in plant communities; environmental factors with special impact on seedlings; the morphological and physiological diversity of seedlings including mycorrhizae; the relationship of the seedling with other life stages; seedling evolution; and seedlings in human altered ecosystems, including deserts, tropical rainforests, and habitat restoration projects. Specialized groups such as orchids, bromeliads, and parasitic and carnivorous plants are also addressed. Physiology, morphology, evolution and ecology are all brought together to focus on how and why seedlings are successful. Written by authors coming from diverse fields of study and research sites from around the world, this is an essential text for graduate students and researchers in plant ecology, botany, agriculture and conservation. ... Read more

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Webster's edition of this classic is organized to expose the reader to a maximum number of synonyms and antonyms for difficult and often ambiguous English words that are encountered in other works of literature, conversation, or academic examinations. Extremely rare or idiosyncratic words and expressions are given lower priority in the notes compared to words which are ¿difficult, and often encountered¿ in examinations. Rather than supply a single synonym, many areprovided for a variety of meanings, allowing readers to better grasp the ambiguity of the English language, and avoid using the notes as a pure crutch. Having the reader decipher a word's meaning within context serves to improve vocabulary retention and understanding. Each page covers words not already highlighted on previous pages. If a difficult word is not noted on a page, chances are that it has been highlighted on a previous page. A more complete thesaurus is supplied at the end of the book; synonyms and antonyms are extracted from Webster's Online Dictionary.

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.
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T078204



[London] : Printed by Edward Cave, at St. John's Gate. 1740. And sold by the booksellers, [1740]. [2],iv,85,[1]p. : ill ; 4° ... Read more