Thomas Garnett
Title | Thomas Garnett PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Fox |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 287 |
Release | 2024-01-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1350239313 |
Thomas Garnett was a man of science and physician whose career took him from rural obscurity in 18th-century Westmorland to metropolitan prominence as the first professor of natural philosophy and chemistry at the newly founded Royal Institution in London in 1799. His rise to the summit of British science was far from straightforward, but is brought to life in vivid detail by Robert Fox. Fox gives an engrossing and moving account of the trials, triumphs, and tragedies of Garnett's life, exploring his disputes with established doctors concerning the medicinal virtues of mineral waters, his involvement in the contested politics surrounding the creation of the Royal Institution of Great Britain and his premature death. In doing so, Fox deftly shows how Garnett's life can illuminate a wide canvas of the social history of British science and medicine in the crucial period of early industrialisation
The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
Title | The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Alexander Bruce |
Publisher | |
Pages | 604 |
Release | 1925 |
Genre | Virginia |
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Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archeological Society
Title | Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archeological Society PDF eBook |
Author | Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society |
Publisher | |
Pages | 650 |
Release | 1891 |
Genre | Cumberland (England) |
ISBN |
List of members included in each volume except v. 1.
English Patents of Inventions, Specifications
Title | English Patents of Inventions, Specifications PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 354 |
Release | |
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Echoes of Old Lancashire
Title | Echoes of Old Lancashire PDF eBook |
Author | William Edward Armytage Axon |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 1899 |
Genre | History |
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Preface This volume is intended for those who find it pleasant, at times, to wander in the byways of topography and local literature. The development of Lancashire, especially in its relation to modern industrial life, has been told by more than one able historian, and all that is here attempted is to glean in the ample harvest fields. The bygone customs, forgotten worthies, outworn superstitions, historical episodes and travellers' tales here recorded, will, it is hoped, not be without interest. If some of the articles seem more modern than the title would strictly justify, it must be remembered that the changes in the condition of the County Palatine have been so rapid that many things have become obsolete in the life time of the existing generation.
The Manor of Walthamstow Toni Or High Hall
Title | The Manor of Walthamstow Toni Or High Hall PDF eBook |
Author | George Frederick Bosworth |
Publisher | |
Pages | 558 |
Release | 1915 |
Genre | Manors |
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Reports of Cases at Common Law and in Equity, Argued and Decided in the Court of Appeals of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. (1824-1828.) By Thomas B. Monroe
Title | Reports of Cases at Common Law and in Equity, Argued and Decided in the Court of Appeals of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. (1824-1828.) By Thomas B. Monroe PDF eBook |
Author | Kentucky. Court of Appeals |
Publisher | |
Pages | 758 |
Release | 1830 |
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