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Experimental enquiries concerneing the principle of the lateral communication of motion in fluids Venturi, J.B. 1799 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 531:094
Analyse des refractions astronomiques et terrestres Kramp 1799 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52.092:094
Mecanique philosophique : ou analyse raisonnee des diverses parties de la science de l'equilibre et du mouvement Prony, R 1799-1800 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 531:094
A vocabulary of sea phrases and terms of art used in seamanship and naval architecture : vol 1 : French - English Captain of the British Navy 1799 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:656.61(03)
A series of plays : in which it is attempted to delineate the stronger passions of the mind ... 1799 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:820-2
Observations on the cure of the curved spine in which the effect of mechanical assistance is considered Earle, James 1799 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:616.71
Notice de l'experience faite a Copenhague pour le compte de MM de Coninck d'un vaisseau construit en planches ... Ducrest, Charles Louis 1799 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 532.583.4:094:629.12
A catalogue of optical, mathematical, and philosophical instruments made and sold by W and S Jones : no 135 Jones, W & S 1799 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 681
Enlightened princesses : Caroline, Augusta, Charlotte, and the shaping of the modern world /edited by Joanna Marschner "Caroline of Ansbach (1683-1737), Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (1719-1772), and Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz (1744-1818) were three German princesses who became Queens Consort-or, in the case of Augusta, Queen in Waiting, Regent, and Princess Dowager-of Great Britain, and were linked by their early years at European princely courts, their curiosity, aspirations, and an investment in Enlightenment thought. This sumptuously illustrated book considers the ways these powerful, intelligent women left enduring marks on British culture through a wide range of activities: the promotion of the court as a dynamic forum of the Hanoverian regime; the enrichment of the royal collection of art; the advancement of science and industry; and the creation of gardens and menageries. Objects included range from spectacular state portraits to pedagogical toys to plant and animal specimens, and reveal how the new and novel intermingled with the traditional."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 7.011(42)
Nelson's Arctic voyage : the Royal Navy's first polar expedition 1773 /Peter Goodwin. "In the summer of 1773 the 14-year old Horatio Nelson took part in an expedition to the Arctic, which came close to ending his naval career before it had begun. The expedition was to find a navigable northern passage between the Atlantic and Pacific, and was supported by the Royal Society and King George III. Two bomb vessels HMS Racehorse and Carcass were fitted out and strengthened under the command of Captain Hon. Constantine Phipps. It was an extremely cold Arctic summer and the ships became locked in ice far from Spitzbergen and were unable to cut their way out until days later when the wind changed and the ice broke up. The ships were extricated and returned home. On the trip, the young Nelson had command of one of the smaller boats of the ships, a four-oared cutter manned by twelve seamen. In this he helped to save the crew of a boat belonging to the Racehorse from an attack by a herd of enraged walruses. He also had a more famous encounter with a polar bear, while attempting to obtain a bearskin as a present for his father, an exploit that later became part of the Nelson legend. Drawing on the ship's journals and expedition commander Phipps' journal from the National Archives, the book creates a picture of the expedition and life on board. Using the ships' muster books it also details the ship's crews giving the different roles and ranks in the ships. The book is illustrated using some of the ship's drawings and charts and pictures of many objects used on the ship, while a navigational chart of the route taken has been created from the logbooks. The book also looks at the overall concept of naval exploration as set in train by Joseph Banks and the Royal Society. The fact that the expedition failed as a result of poor planning with potentially tragic results demonstrates the difficulties and uncertainties of such an expedition. It also looks at a great naval commander at the earliest stage of his career and considers how the experience might have shaped his later career and attitudes. Other great captains and voyages are discussed alongside Nelson, including Captain Cook and his exploration of the south seas and the later ill-fated northern journeys of Franklin and Shackleton."--Provided by the publisher 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(98)
In sparkling company : reflections on glass in the 18th-century British world /Christopher L. Maxwell, with contributions by Marvin Bolt, Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, Jennifer Y. Chuong, Melanie Doderer-Winkler, Anna Moran, Marcia Pointon, and Kerry Sinanan. "Britain in the 1700s was complex, dynamic, and full of growth, whether industrial, geographical, intellectual or societal. The nation began the century under the leadership of a Dutch king (William III, r. 1689-1702), followed by a dynasty of Germans (the Hanoverians, r.1714-1837). Its aristocracy was educated on European Grand Tours, and its commercial, political and territorial ambitions stretched from North America to India, and from Africa to China. It was a world that fostered exploration, expansion and exploitation. The British glass industry replaced that of Venice as the global leader during this period but, beyond its presence in dining and drinking rituals, little discussion has hitherto been made of the significance of glass in the lives of the country's elite during the 1700s. In Sparkling Company: Reflections on Glass in the 18th-Century British World accompanies a major exhibition at The Corning Museum of Glass in 2021. From portraiture to costume, and science to slavery, the essays contained in this publication offer unique perspectives from noted scholars on the role of glass in defining and expressing the cultural values of Britain during the 1700s."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 748
Art and celebrity in the age of Reynolds & Siddons / Heather McPherson. "In this volume, Heather McPherson examines the connections among portraiture, theater, the visual arts, and fame to shed light on the emergence of modern celebrity culture in eighteenth-century England. Popular actors in Georgian London, such as David Garrick, Sarah Siddons, and John Philip Kemble, gave larger-than-life performances at Drury Lane and Covent Garden; their offstage personalities garnered as much attention through portraits painted by leading artists, sensational stories in the press, and often-vicious caricatures. Likewise, artists such as Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Lawrence figured prominently outside their studios - in polite society and the emerging public sphere. McPherson considers this increasing interest in theatrical and artistic celebrities and explores the ways in which aesthetics, cultural politics, and consumption combined during this period to form a media-driven celebrity culture that is surprisingly similar to celebrity obsessions in the world today. This richly researched study draws on a wide variety of period sources, from newspaper reviews and satirical pamphlets to caricatures and paintings by Reynolds and Lawrence as well as Thomas Gainsborough, George Romney, and Angelica Kauffman. These transport the reader to eighteenth-century London and the dynamic venues where art and celebrity converged with culture and commerce. Interweaving art history, history of performance, and cultural studies, Art and Celebrity in the Age of Reynolds and Siddons offers important insights into the intersecting worlds of artist and actor, studio and stage, high art and popular visual culture."--Provided by the publisher. [2017] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 757.09421/09033
A history of the Royal Navy : from the earliest times to the wars of the French Revolution / Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir. 1847. Nicolas, Nicholas Harris,-Sir, 1847 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 094:355.49(42)
The description and use of the sliding rule... also the description of the ship-carpenters sliding rule and its use applied to the construction of masts, yards, etc Mackay, Andrew 1799 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:681.332.2
Observations sur quelques endroits du mâemoire du cit. Delambre Legendre, A M 1799 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:528.232.21
A voyage performed by the late Earl of Sandwich round the Mediterranean in the years 1738 and 1739 ... to which are prefixed, memoirs of the noble author's life Montague, John 1799 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 92Montague
Methodes analytiques pour la determination d'un arc du meridien Delambre, J B J 1799 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:528.232.21
Report from the select committee appointed to consider evidence taken on bills for the improvement of the port of London Great Britain. Parliament. Select Committee for the Improvement of the Port of London 1799 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:342.537
Naval Chronicle : Nelson. [1799-1818?] • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available.
A letter to the committee for raising the naval pillar or monument : under the patronage of his royal highness the Duke of Clarence Flaxman, John 1799 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:355.49(421.6)(093.5)
The several plans and drawings referred to in the Second report of the Select Committee upon the Improvement of the Port of London Great Britain. Parliament. Select Committee upon the Improvement of the Port of London 1799 • ATLAS-OVER • 1 copy available. 094:627.2(421)
Papers respecting the charge of Mr Bosanquet against Mr Scott; with the determination of the Court of Directors of the East India Company thereon Honourable East India Company 1799 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Scott
The voyages and manifesto of William Fergusson, a surgeon of the East India Company 1731-1739 / edited by Derek L. Elliott. "This volume brings to publication for the first time the manuscript of William Fergusson, a Scottish ship's surgeon who sailed for the East India Company in the 1730s. Written in 1767, while in retirement, Fergusson's diaries are the memories of his youth spent travelling the world during his apprenticeship. They detail the four voyages he took, the first, a passage from Scotland to England with a lading in Ireland, and three others to the East, calling at ports in the Atlantic, southern Africa, Arabia, India, and Southeast Asia, before reaching as far as China. Almost nothing is known of Fergusson and none of his other writings are known to survive. Remaining evidence suggests that he was an average man of his class, who travelled the well-plied trade routes of European merchant capitalism. While many logbooks of these voyages survive, comparatively few accounts were written by the men who sailed them. Fewer still ever come to light. Fergusson's manuscript offers a rare new source on what were by then the relatively routine voyages of the East India Company's early trading network, providing a treasure trove of comments on the politics, economics, societies, and religious beliefs and practices he witnessed along the way. Originally titled 'Journals of my Voyages & Manifesto', the name suggests Fergusson's manuscript offers far more than the insights usually contained in contemporary travelogues. In his manifesto, readers will discover Fergusson's impassioned polemics on natural religion, devotional 'enthusiasm', just governance, all while he implores the principles of rationality and reason. It is truly a manifesto of Enlightenment thought. As such, it also provides a unique example of how those who sailed for the East India Company during the early modern era participated in a global intellectual exchange of ideas. Fergusson wrote his private memories in twenty-two small bound booklets, all of which have been transcribed and annotated to guide the reader. These are presented here along with a critical introduction that contextualises the complex eighteenth-century world into which Fergusson voyaged, including elements of his role as a ship's surgeon, the Indian Ocean trading and political environment, and the ideas of the Enlightenment he so passionately expressed. Researchers interested in the histories of ideas, medicine, early-modern colonialism, maritime merchant empires, as well as historians of Africa and Asia, will find much new information to explore within the pages of this volume"-- 2021. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.22HAKLUYT
Narrative of a voyage round the world, performed in Her Majesty's ship Sulphur, during the years 1836-1842, including details of the naval operations in China, from Dec 1840 to Nov 1841 Belcher, Edward,-Sir, 1843 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 094:910.4(100)"1836/1842"