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The steam engine : its invention and progressive improvement, an investigation of its principles, and its application to navigation, manufactures, and railways Tredgold, Thomas 1838 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 094:621.16

The diary of Samuel Pepys, MA, FRS, Clerk of the Acts and Secretary of the Admiralty Pepys, Samuel, 1899 • BOOK • 9 copies available. 92Pepys(093.32)

Address of Professor A. D. Bache : President of the American Association for the year 1851, on retiring from the duties of president Bache, A. D. 1851 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 5:094

Address on the presentation of the gold medal of the Royal Astronomical Society to Professor G. P. Bond : director of the observatory of Harvard College, Cambridge, U.S. De la Rue, Warren, 1865 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 5:094

Annual Report of the council of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society for MDCCCLXII : presented to the annual meeting, February, 1863 Yorkshire Philosophical Society 1863 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 5:094

A history of Pitcher's dockyard Northfleet : 1788 - 1866 /Christopher Sotheby Pitcher, Kenneth McGoverin Pitcher, Christopher Sotheby 2018 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.81(422.3)

Methodes mathâematiques et expâerimentales : pour discerner les mâelanges et les combinaisons chimiques dâefinies ou non dâefinies, qui agissent sur la lumiáere polarisâee; suivies d'applications aux combinaisons de l'acide tartrique avec l'eau, l'alcool et l'esprit de bois /par M. Biot. Biot, Jean-Baptiste, [1838] • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 54:094

The Chinese war : an account of all the operations of the British forces from the commencement to The Treaty of Nanking /by Lieutenant John Ouchterlony, F. G. S. of the Madras Engineers. A reprint of a title originally published in 1844 describing the background and events of the First Opium or Anglo-Chinese War and covering the period from late 1838 to 1842. Events described by the author include those at Macao, Hong Kong, Canton (Guangzhou), Chuenpi, Ningbo, Shanghai, Zhenjiang and Nanking where the treaty ending the war was signed. The text is illustrated with 53 engravings from original drawings and six maps. 2005. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.49"1839/1842"(51)

The diary of Samuel Pepys ... Pepys, Samuel, 1923. • BOOK • 11 copies available. 92Pepys(093.32)

Life and correspondence of John, Earl of St Vincent ... Brenton, Edward Pelham 1838 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 094:92Jervis

Chronicles of the sea : or, faithful narratives of shipwrecks, fires, famines and disasters incidental to a life of maritime enterprise ; together with celebrated voyages, interesting anecdotes etc., etc. 1838-1840. • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:656.61.085.3

Mastering Christianity : missionary Anglicanism and slavery in the Atlantic world /Travis Glasson. Glasson, Travis 2012. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 326:322(42)

Address of the right honourable the Lord Wrottesley, &c. &c. &c., the president : read at the anniversary meeting of the Royal Society on Monday, December 1, 1856 Wrottesley, Lord 1856 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 5:094

Address of the most noble the Marquis of Northampton, &c. &c. &c., the president : read at the general meeting of the Royal Society on Tuesday, June 9th, 1848 The Marquis of Northampton 1848 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 061.22

Memoirs and correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez : from the original papers in possession of the family /by John Ross. Ross, John,-Sir, 1838. • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 094:92Saumarez

An Attempt to develop the law of storms by means of facts, arranged according to place and time, and hence to point out a cause for the variable winds, with the view to practical use in navigation Reid, William 1838 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 094:551.515.2

Address of the right honourable the Earl of Rosse, &c. &c. &c., the president : read at the anniversary meeting of the Royal Society on Friday, November 30, 1849 Rosse, William Parsons,-Earl of, 1850 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 5:094

A map of England & Wales : divided into counties, parlimentary divisions, & dioceses ; shewing the principal roads, railways, rivers, & canals and the seats of the nobility and gentry ; with the distance of each town from the general post office of London /drawn by R. Creighton ; engraved by J. Dower. Creighton, R. 1841. • ATLAS-BOOK • 4 copies available. 912.43(42)

Grace Darling : Victorian heroine /Hugh Cunningham. Grace Darling (1815-1842) was the daughter of the keeper of Longstone Lighthouse on the Farne Isles. In September 1838 she rowed out with her father to rescue survivors from the shipwrecked steamer Forfarshire. Within days of the rescue she was regarded as a national heroine, a rare accolade for a woman in Victorian times. This book examines her life and the reasons for her fame and celebrity, which have endured into the 21st century. Grace's image was used to sell books, soap and chocolates; the book's illustrations include advertising material, paintings and photographs of commemorative items. The appendix contains poems about her by Wordsworth and Swinburne. There are extensive notes, a bibliography and an index. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92Darling, Grace

The pretender of Pitcairn Island : Joshua W. Hill - the man who would be king among the Bounty mutineers /Tillman W. Nechtman. This book provides a detailed account of the life of Joshua W Hill, an American adventurer who served as the self-appointed leader of Pitcairn Island, populated by the descendants of mutineers on the Bounty, under controversial circumstances between 1832 and 1838. The author uses this incident as background to explore the broader history of British imperialism and colonialism, both on Pitcairn and in the Pacific region more generally. Includes black and white illustrations throughout. 2018. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 92HILL, JOSHUA

The B & I Line : a history of the British and Irish Steam Packet Company This book relates the history of the B & I (British and Irish Steam Packet Company) in three parts. Part 1 tells the story of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company which was founded in 1824. For many years it held the contract for mails from Britain to Ireland. Part 2 relates the history of the old B & I Steam Packet Company, which was founded in 1836. Part 3 deals with the Cork Steamship Company, which mainly served southern Ireland to Wales. However, its most famous ship was the Sirius, which in April 1838 sailed into New York and thus became the first steamship to inaugurate a regular transatlantic service. The modern B & I is the sucessor to these three companies. The book has black and white photos and illustrations. Appendix 1 lists the captains of the fleet 1934-84; Appendix 2 lists the Chief Engineers; Appendix 3 has a fleet list (1984). There is an index of ships and a general index. 1984 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 347.792B&I

A scientific, historical, and commercial survey of the harbour and Port of London : containing accounts of its history, priveleges, functions and government ; its extent, divisions and jurisdictions ; tidal and other observations ; accompanied by plans and details of the port, its docks, gates and machinery /by James Elmes. Elmes, James 1838. • RARE-OVER • 2 copies available. 094:627.2(421)

Universal signals simply and intelligibly displayed in symbols of black and white Ekins, C 1838 • RARE-BOOK • 4 copies available. 094:627.724/.725(42)"1838"

The port of Southampton / Ian Collard. ''An Act of Parliament passed in 1836 authorised the Southampton Dock Company to build a dock at Southampton. The foundation stone for the new docks was laid on 12 October 1838. The Eastern Docks were developed in the 1830s and the Inner and Outer Docks were then constructed. The Outer Dock was opened in 1842 and the Inner Dock in 1851, being completed eight years later. As trade and business increased the old facilities proved inadequate and a new dock named Empress Dock was opened by Queen Victoria in 1890. In 1892 the facilities were taken over by the London & South Western Railway Company and in 1923 the Southern Railway took over the management of the docks until nationalization in 1947. The British Transport Board assumed responsibility for Southampton docks in 1963 and in the 1980s they were privatized, becoming Associated British Ports (ABP), Southampton. The Port of Southampton is now the United Kingdom s premier passenger port and is the second largest container facility, handling more than 1.5 million containers each year.''-Provided by the publisher. 2019. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 387.10942276

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