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On the diurnal deviations of the horizontal needle when under the influence of magnets Christie, S. Hunter-(Samuel Hunter), 1823 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 629.1.053.11

Promotion or the bottom of the river : the blue and gray naval careers of Alexander F. Warley, South Carolinian /John M. Stickney. "South Carolinian Alexander F. Warley (1823-1895) was an exceptional naval officer who enjoyed a robust life of far-flung adventures at sea during several dramatic periods in American maritime history. Warley's career began in the 1840s, when he served as a midshipman on Old Ironsides and later took part in the Mexican War. His military exploits reached their zenith when he commanded the CSS Manassas - the first ironclad ship to engage in combat - at New Orleans in October 1861. John M. Stickney's richly detailed biography of Warley as an officer first in the United States Navy and later in the Confederate navy offers a representative example of America's professional military class during the nineteenth century. An ambitious youth of little means, Warley secured an appointment as a midshipman at the age of seventeen through the influence of John C. Calhoun. Over the next two decades of maritime adventures, Warley faced four courts-martial, combat and capture in the Mexican War, and the challenges of rising in the ranks. After South Carolina seceded in December 1860, Warley joined the newly formed Confederate navy and gained recognition for his service at New Orleans, commanding the Manassas until the Confederate defeat there in 1862. Warley's career in the Confederate navy ended with his command of the CSS Albemarle and its destruction at Plymouth, North Carolina. With vivid details and rich narration, Stickney portrays one young man's struggle for glory and success in a divided nation. Using ships logs and naval records, Stickney unravels Warley's naval career and explores the Civil War naval actions that unfolded in New Orleans, Charleston, Galveston, Savannah, and Plymouth during this critical time in American history, revealing the pluck and fortitude of a previously unknown combatant."--Provided by the publisher. 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92WARLEY

Astronomische abhandlungen Schumacher, H C, 1823 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52.09:094

A description of the ancient vessel recently found under an old branch of the River Rother, in Kent; with various conjectures respecting her antiquity: accompanied by a lithographic sketch of the vessel, and the articles found in her 1823 • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 930.26(422.3)

Untersuchungen èuber die Bahn des grossen Cometen vom Jahre 1811 / von Fried. Wilh. Aug. Argelander. Argelander, Fr.-(Friedrich), 1823. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 521.3"1811":094

An essay on the baneful influence of so frequently washing decks in His Majesty's ships on the health of British seamen with observations on the prevention of dry rot in the Royal Navy Finlayson, Robert 1823 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:613.68

A cursory review of the system of building ships of war with circular sterns : and some remarks upon a letter on the subject, by Sir R Seppings, Knt, addressed to Viscount Melville, the First Lord of the Admiralty 1823 • RARE-PAMPH • 1 copy available. 629.12.011.763

Recherches sur plusieurs points de l'astronomie egyptienne Biot, J B 1823 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 52(091)(62)

Biographical sketches of distinguished American naval heroes in the War of the Revolution, between the American Republic and the Kingdom of Great Britain, comprising sketches of Com Nicholas Biddle, Com John Paul Jones, Com Edward Preble, and Com Alexander Murray Waldo, S Putnam 1823 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:92:355.33(73)"17/18"

Philosophical remarks on the theory of comets; : to which is subjoined, a dissertation on the nature and properties of light Cole, William 1823 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52.092.64:094

The sea songs of Charles Dibdin : with a memoir of his life and writings Dibdin, Charles 1823 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Dibdin

Theoria residuorum biquadraticorum : Commentatio prima [-secunda]. /auctore Carolo Friderico Gauss Gauss, Carl Friedrich, 1828-32. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 51:094

The chronicles of the Royal Thames Yacht Club Beginning with the first well-recorded yacht race on the Thames between King Charles II and his brother the Duke of York in 1662, the author traces the development of yacht racing as a sport, the beginnings of the Royal Thames Yacht Club (RTYC) and its influence on the sport. The author provides an insight into the foundation of the Club in 1823, its running and the personalities and yachts involved in its history since. The text is supported by reproductions of artworks held by the Club. Lists of races and prizewinners are provided. 1999 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 061.239:797.14RYC

Journal of a voyage to Greenland, in the year 1821 Manby, George William 1823 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:910.4(988)"1821"

The steam-boat companion or Margate, Isle of Thanet, Isle of Sheppy, Southend, Gravesend, and river Thames guide ... Nicholls, Thomas 1823 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:914.223

Correspondance astronomique, gâeographique, hydrographique et statistique / du Baron de Zach. Zach, Franz Xaver,-Freiherr von, 1823 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 52"1823":094

Joseph Brown and his Civil War ironclads : the USS Chillicothe, Indianola and Tuscumbia /Myron J. Smith, Jr. "A Scottish immigrant to Illinois, Joseph Brown made his pre-Civil War fortune as a miller and steamboat captain who dabbled in riverboat design and the politics of small towns. When war erupted, he used his connections (including a friendship with Abraham Lincoln) to obtain contracts to build three ironclad gunboats for the U.S. War Department--the Chillicothe, Indianola and Tuscumbia. Often described as failures, these vessels were active in some of the most ferocious river fighting of the 1863 Vicksburg campaign. After the war, 'Captain Joe' became a railroad executive and was elected mayor of St. Louis. This book covrs his life and career, as well as the construction and operational histories of his controversial trio of warships."--Provided by the publisher. 2017. • BOOK • 2 copies available. 973.7/5

China clipper master : the story of John Smith of the Lahloo Born in Anstruther, Fife in 1823 John Smith began his seafaring career as a boy on a Greenland whaler. Rising through the ranks he went on to command the Min and Lahloo, tea clippers, and the Maju which sank in bad weather off the Isle of Lewis on her maiden voyage with the loss of all hands. The author also covers the story of Smith's widow and daughters as well as that of Captain Alexander Rodger, the owner of the Min and Lahloo, and Captain John Keay a fellow tea clipper master. 1995 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 92Smith, John

A treatise on astronomy : theoretical and practical, part II. Vol. I /Robert Woodhouse, A.M. F.R.S. Woodhouse, Robert 1823 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 52

Narrative of a voyage round the world, in the Uranie and Physicienne corvettes, commanded by Captain Freycinet, during the years 1817, 1818, 1819 and 1820, on a scientific expedition undertaken by order of the French government, in a series of letters to a friend, by J Arago Freycinet, Louis Claude Desaulses de 1823 • RARE-FOLIO • 1 copy available. 094:910.4(100)"1817/1820"

Tracing the connected narrative : Arctic exploration in British print culture, 1818-1860 /Janice Cavell. Cavell, Janice. c2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(98):676.22"1818/1860"

Notable Barber Surgeons / edited by Ian Burn. A collection of essays, each of which provides an account of the life and achievements of a leading member of the Company of Barbers and Surgeons, one of the London-based livery companies. Those covered by an essay are: Thomas Vicary (1495-1562), Thomas Gale (1507-1587), Edmund Harman (1509-1577), John Caius (1510-1573), Robert Balthrop (1522-1591), John Banester (1533-1610), William Clowes (1544-1604), John Gerard (1545-1612), John Woodall (1570-1643), Thomas Hollier (1609-1690), Sir Charles Scarburgh (1615-1694), Jonathan Goddard (1617-1676), Richard Wiseman (1620-1676), Charles Bernard (1650-1711), Edward Tyson (1651-1708), William Cheselden (1688-1752), John Ranby (1703-1773), John Paterson (1705-1789), Charles John Shoppee (1823-1897), Thomas James Barratt (1841-1914), Sidney Young (1843-1914), and Alfred Webb-Johnson (1880-1958). 2008. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92BARBER SURGEONS

East meets West : original records of western traders, travellers, missionaries and diplomats to 1852. 2007. • MICROFILM • 1 copy available. 347.71East India

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