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Uber den cometen von Pons / von J. F. Encke Encke, Johann Franz, 1844-1860 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 523.64:094

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)

A cycle of celestial objects, for the use of naval, military and private astronomers Smyth, William Henry 1844 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 52.092:094

A history of the Joint Steamer Companies This book tells the story of how two companies, the India General Steam Navigation Company (the IG) and the Rivers Steam Navigation Company (the RSN) joined forces in 1844 to become the Joint Steamer Companies and proceeded to create one of the largest ventures of its kind in the world. The company operated steamer services on the rivers of India and later in Pakistan. The IG and the RSN were the oldest companies constituting the Inchcape Group. The book contains maps of steamer and rail routes and numerous illustrations and black-and-white photographs. Appendix I lists the services operated in 1900; Appendix II lists services operated in 1947. 1979 • BOOK • 2 copies available. 629.122.12/.13(54)

Business and financial papers, 1780-1939: Series 1, Part 1: Colonial Gazette, • MICROFILM • 8 copies available.

Voyages dans les Alpes de la Savoie et les autres parties de la chaãine Pennine, avec des observations sur les phâenomáenes que prâesentent les glaciers / [Alfred Gautier] ; ist Recension des Werkes par James-D. Forbes, Professeur de Physique a l'Universite d'Edimbourg, etc. etc. Gautier, Alfred, 1844. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(234.312.3):094

Catalogue of the manuscript maps, charts, and plans, and of the topographical drawings in the British Museum British Museum (London) 1962. • BOOK • 3 copies available. 912.4:017.1(421)BL

Account of the Northumberland equatoreal and dome : attached to the Cambridge Observatory/by G B Airy Airy, George Biddell,-Sir, 1844 • RARE-FOLIO • 2 copies available. 520.17(425.9)

Contemplations on the solar system / J.P. Nichol, LL.D., Professor of Practical Astronomy in the University of Glasgow Nichol, J. P.-(John Pringle), 1844. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 523:094

Narrative of the voyages and services of the Nemesis from 1840 to 1843 and of the combined naval and military operations in China ... Hall, W W 1844 • RARE-BOOK • 3 copies available. 094:355.48"1839/1842"(51)

An historical, geological and descriptive view of the coal trade of the north of England : comprehending its rise, progresss, present state and future prospects ; to which are appended a concise notice of the peculiarities of certain coal fields in Great Britain and Ireland, and also a general description of the coal mines of Belgium drawn up from actual inspection /by Matthias Dunn. Dunn, Matthias. 1844. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available.

The monster telescopes, erected by the Earl of Rosse, Parsonstown : with an account of the manufacture of the specula, and full descriptions of all the machinery connected with these instruments Woods, Thomas 1844 • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 92Rosse

Experimental researches on the strength and other properties of cast iron : with the development of new principles; calculations deduced from them; and inquiries applicable to rigid and tenacious bodies generally /by Eaton Hodgkinson, F.R.S. Hodgkinson, Eaton, 1846. • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 669.1:094

Britannia's navy on the west coast of north america 1812-1914. / Barry Gough "The influence of the Royal Navy on the development of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest was both extensive and effective. Yet all too frequently, its impact has been ignored by historians, who instead focus on the influence of explorers, fur traders, settlers, and railway builders. In this thoroughly revised and expanded edition of his classic 1972 work, naval historian Barry Gough examines the contest for the Columbia country during the War of 1812, the 1844 British response to the aggressive American agenda of President Polk?s Manifest Destiny and cries of 'Fifty-four forty or fight', the gold-rush invasion of 30,000 outsiders, and the jurisdictional dispute in the San Juan Islands that spawned the so-called Pig War. The author also looks at the Esquimalt-based fleet in the decade before British Columbia joined Canada and the Navy's relationship with coastal indigenous peoples over the five decades that preceded the Great War."--Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353(42+7)"1812/1914"

The old sailor's jolly boat : laden with tales, yarns, scraps, fragments, etc., etc. to please all hands ; pulled by wit, fun, humor, and pathos /and steered by M.H. Barker. Old Sailor, 1844. • RARE-BOOK • 2 copies available. 820-3

Shipbuilding and ships on the Thames : proceedings of the fourth symposium, held on 28 February 2009 at the Museum of London Docklands /ed. by Roger Owen. 2012. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 629.12(282.242.1)

The storied ice : exploration, discovery, and adventure in Antarctica's Peninsula region /Joan N. Boothe. Recounts mankind's dramatic history from Magellan through the first years of the twenty-first century in the part of the Antarctic regions below South America and the Atlantic Ocean. This part of the world, by far the most visited portion of the south polar regions, is not only a place of staggering scenic beauty and amazing wildlife, but also a locale with a long and fascinating human history. 2011. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 910.4(99)".../1959"

Britannia's Navy : on the West Coast of North America, 1812-1914 /Barry Gough ; foreword by Admiral (ret'd) John Anderson. "The influence of the Royal Navy on the development of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest was both effective and extensive. Yet all too frequently, its impact has been ignored by historians, who instead focus on the influence of explorers, fur traders, settlers, and railway builders. In this thoroughly revised and expanded edition of his classic 1972 work, naval historian Barry Gough examines the contest for the Columbia country during the War of 1812, the 1844 British response to President Polk's manifest destiny and cries of "Fifty-four forty or fight," the gold-rush invasion of 30,000 outsiders, and the jurisdictional dispute in the San Juan Islands that spawned the Pig War. The author looks at the Esquimalt-based fleet in the decade before British Columbia joined Canada and the Navy's relationship with coastal First Nations over the five decades that preceded the Great War."-- [2016] • BOOK • 1 copy available. 355.353(42+7)"1812/1914"

Ruskin, Turner, and the pre-Raphaelites / Robert Hewison, Ian Warrell, and Stephen Wildman. "John Ruskin was the first critic to make his reputation by championing contemporary art: first by defending Turner, in his book Modern Painters, and then by giving his decisive support to the avant-garde, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. He bacame one of the defining voices of the nineteenth century, engaging not only in the discussion of art and architecture, but in the social issues of his age. Ruskin, Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites, which marks the centenary of Ruskin's death, recovers his role as a contemporary critic by bringing together many of the masterpieces that he wrote about, and exploring his personal links with some of the greatest painters of the Victorian period. He was also an artist in his own right, and Ruskin's finest drawings are used to demonstrate the arguments of a critic for whom 'All great art is praise.' Also featured are many works that were in Ruskin's own art collection"--Provided by the publisher. 2000. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 7RUSKIN

DP&L : A history of the Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Company Ltd and associated shipping companies /by Graeme Somner. A history of the Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Company Ltd which dates its history back to 1798 with the formation of the Dundee Shipping Company to provide a service to London. The company acquired a number of other businesses through the years and survived the transition from sail to steam. The company sold its last ship, the Kingennie in 1967 but continues to operate in other business areas including travel and leisure. The Appendices include fleet lists of sailing vessels, steamships and motor vessels owned or managed by the Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Company Ltd (1826-1967), the Dundee Shipping Co (1798-1806), Dundee & Perth Shipping Co (1806-1826), Dundee & Perth Union Shipping Co (1819-1826), Dundee & Hull Shipping Co (1824-1857), Dundee & Newcastle Steam Ship Co Ltd (1861-1891), Dundee & Newcastle Shipping Co Ltd (1891-1917), Kirkaldy Steamship Co Ltd, Thomas Cowan, Aberdeen, Newcastle & Hull Steam Co Ltd, Aberdeen & Newcastle Steam Navigation Co (1844-1866), Aberdeen, Grimsby & Hull Steam Packet Co (1855-1863), Aberdeen & Hull Steam Navigation Co (1863-1866), Aberdeen, Newcastle & Hull Steam Co Ltd (1866-1940), VA Cappon Tugs Ltd (1913-1946), Coquet Shipping Co Ltd (1946-1956), John Wilson (1949-1951), Lockett Wilson Ltd (1951-1954), Lockett Wilson Line Ltd (1954-1968), Channel Shipping Ltd (1955-1968), Western Shipping Ltd (1962-1969), David C Thomas (1873-1885), David C Thomas & Son (1885-1913) and the Brussels Steam Ship Co Ltd (1913-1967). A further appendix lists company managers and managing directors from 1826 to the date of publication. 1995. • BOOK • 3 copies available. 347.792Dundee, Perth & London

Britain's war against the slave trade : the operations of the Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron, 1807-1867 /Anthony Sullivan. "Long before recorded history, men, women and children had been seized by conquering tribes and nations to be employed or traded as slaves. Greeks, Romans, Vikings and Arabs were among the earliest of many peoples involved in the slave trade, and across Africa the buying and selling of slaves was widespread. There was, at the time, nothing unusual in Britain's somewhat belated entry into the slave trade, transporting natives from Africa's west coast to the plantations of the New World. What was unusual was Britain's decision, in 1807, to ban the slave trade throughout the British Empire. Britain later persuaded other countries to follow suit, but this did not stop this lucrative business. So the Royal Navy went to war against the slavers, in due course establishing the West Africa Squadron which was based at Freetown in Sierra Leone. This force grew throughout the nineteenth century until a sixth of the Royal Navy's ships and marines was employed in the battle against the slave trade. Between 1808 and 1860, the West Africa Squadron captured 1,600 slave ships and freed 150,000 Africans. The slavers tried every tactic to evade the Royal Navy enforcers. Over the years that followed more than 1,500 naval personnel died of disease or were killed in action, in what was difficult and dangerous, and at times saddening, work. In Britain's War Against the Slave Trade, naval historian Anthony Sullivan reveals the story behind this little-known campaign by Britain to end the slave trade. Whereas Britain is usually, and justifiably, condemned for its earlier involvement in the slave trade, the truth is that in time the Royal Navy undertook a major and expensive operation to end what was, and is, an evil business."--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 306.362

Britain, Canada and the North Pacific : maritime enterprise and dominion, 1778-1914 /Barry M. Gough. "From the time of Cook, the British and their Canadian successors were drawn to the Northwest coast of North America by possibilities of trade in sea otter and the wish to find a 'northwest passage'. The studies collected here trace how the British came to dominate the area, with expeditions sent from London, Bombay and Macau, and the Canadian quest from overland, and how commercial enterprise, the Royal Navy and British statecraft fended off American opposition and Russian and Spanish resistance to British aspirations. Elsewhere in the Americas, the British promoted trans-Pacific trade with China, conveyed specie from western Mexico, and established the South America naval station. The flag followed trade and vice versa; empire was both formal (at Vancouver Island) and informal (as in California or Mexico). This book features individuals such as James Cook, William Bolts, Peter Pond, and Sir Alexander Mackenzie. It is also an account of the pressure that corporations placed on the British state in shaping the emerging world of trade and colonization in that distant ocean and its shores, and of the importance of sea-power in the creation of modern Canada."--Provided by the publisher. c2004. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 656.61(218)"1778/1914"

Historical development of the date line (1522- 2012) : first comprehensive survey in 2022 ; 500 years date line /by H.-D. Woreschk. "The book falls into two parts. In the first part, the historical framework conditions that led to the formation of the political-economic dateline are presented. The second part deals with the formation of this variant of the dateline itself - a process which, with the help of the latest chart material from the Hydrographic Department of the British Navy (Royal Navy), also takes into account recent developments in the southern and central Pacific. The question of changing the dateline is also pursued from a legal point of view, since it is precisely in this area that one encounters misconceptions in many places. Focal points: impact of imperialist colonialism on the ownership structure in the Pacific Ocean with Hawaii, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa; influence of the novel means of transport railway, Steamship and electric telegraph on the formation of the date line; Breakdown of the longitude unification (striving to reduce the zero meridians in the meridian-dependent sciences of nautics, cartography, geography, and astronomy) and its influence on the orbit of the date line (Conference of Venice (1881), Rome (1883), Washington (1884); World and Zone Time); Difficulties due to initial meridian diversity in the meridian-dependent sciences with the emphasis on navigation and railway timetable design; beginning of the exploration of Oceania (scientific expeditions of the 'Novara', 'Challenger', 'Gazelle', 'Tuscarora' and 'Egeria'; deep-sea sounding, laying of submarine, continental telegraph cables and a.); first coordinates of the hydrographic divisions of the 'Royal Navy' and the 'US Navy' to the date line that is being formed; Clarification of the question 'Who determines the path of the date line?' Clarification of the multi-layered term 'dateline'; Summary of the 500-year developmental period of today's dateline in the form of a collection of maps and sketches covering three centuries; Detailed representation of the most recent change of the line by Kiribati, Samoa and Tokelau Outlook at possible further changes in the course of the date line; excursions to clarify the developmental background of the emerging political-economic line of the date change; Original sources from 1790 to 2017 from various countries numerous sketches, illustrations and graphics"--Provided by the publisher. 2020. • BOOK • 2 copies available.

Oxford : mapping the city /Daniel MacCannell. "Over the past four and a half centuries, the magnificent city of Oxford has been mapped for many reasons, few of which have involved the mere finding of one's way through the streets. Maps were produced as part of schemes to defend Oxford from rampaging Roundheads, raging floodwaters, and the ravages of cholera; to plan the new canals and bridges of the eighteenth century and the new railways, tramways and suburbs of the nineteenth; to determine and display changes in the city's political stature under the Reform Acts of 1832 and 1867; to aid police enforcement of the laws against homosexuality; and even to plan a Soviet ground assault on the heart of the British motor industry. Given its status as a world centre of drama, poetry, literature, music, architecture, and scientific experimentation, and sometime royal capital, it is unsurprising that Oxford was the first British town to be included in map form in a tourist guidebook, as early as 1762, and one of just two inland towns mapped by French invasion planners in the Seven Years' War.For the first time, this lavishly illustrated volume brings together sixty of the most remarkable maps and views of the area that have been made by friend and foe since 1575."--Provided by the publisher. 2016. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 911.425/74

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