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Roman Inscriptions in Northumberland [Vol. III, Plate XXXIII]
- 1806
Engraving depicting a variety of ancient Roman inscriptions found in buildings and altars located throughout the English county of Northumberland.
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Ruined buildings, England, Britannia (Camden, William), Inscriptions, England--Northumberland
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Roman Inscriptions in Northumberland [Vol. III, Plate XXXII]
- 1806
Engraving depicting a variety of ancient Roman inscriptions found in buildings and altars located throughout the English county of Northumberland.
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Ruined buildings, England, Britannia (Camden, William), England--Northumberland
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Roman Inscriptions in Northumberland [Vol. III, Plate XXXI]
- 1806
Engraving depicting a variety of ancient Roman inscriptions found in buildings and altars located throughout the English county of Northumberland.
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Ruined buildings, England, Britannia (Camden, William), England--Northumberland, Inscriptions
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Roman Inscriptions in Northumberland [Vol. III, Plate XXX]
- 1806
Engraving depicting a variety of ancient Roman inscriptions found in buildings and altars located throughout the English county of Northumberland.
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Ruined buildings, England, Britannia (Camden, William), Inscriptions, England--Northumberland
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Roman Inscriptions in Scotland [Vol. IV, Plate III]
- 1806
Engraving by Francis Cary (active 18th century) depicting a variety of ancient Roman inscriptions found in buildings and altars located throughout Scotland.
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Engraver Cary, Francis
- Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Ruined buildings, Scotland, Britannia (Camden, William), Inscriptions
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Roman Inscriptions in Scotland [Vol. IV, Plate I]
- 1806
Engraving by Francis Cary (active 18th century) depicting a variety of ancient Roman inscriptions found in buildings and altars located throughout Scotland.
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Engraver Cary, Francis
- Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Ruined buildings, Scotland, Britannia (Camden, William), Inscriptions
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Roman fort at Duntocher
- 1806
Series of engravings depicting remains and reconstructions of the Roman fort at Duntocher, a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Included are a sketch and profile of the ground where the fort stood (figures A and…
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Ruined buildings, Scotland, Britannia (Camden, William), Fortification, Roman
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Saxon Coins (Plate 1)
- 1806
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Subject Great Britain, Coins, Britannia (Camden, William), Numismatics, Coins, Anglo-Saxon
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Saxon England According to the Saxon Chronicle
- 1806
Map of Saxon England based upon descriptions in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, a collection of annals in Old English chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons.
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Subject Great Britain, Maps, Britannia (Camden, William), England, Islands, Anglo-Saxon chronicle
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Saxon inscriptions at Aldborough and Kirkdale
- 1806
Engraving by Francis Cary (active 18th century) depicting Saxon inscriptions located in the villages of Aldborough (top) and Kirkdale (bottom) in North Yorkshire, England. The Aldborough inscription, which appears on a…
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Engraver Cary, Francis
- Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, England, Britannia (Camden, William), England--Kirkdale, Inscriptions, English (Old), England--Aldborough (North Yorkshire), Church buildings
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The Charter Horn
- 1806
Engraving depicting the Kavanagh Charter Horn, a ceremonial drinking vessel associated with the Caomhnách kings who ruled the Irish kingdom of Leinster. Fashioned out of ivory and brass gilt, the horn dates from the…
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Subject Ireland, Britannia (Camden, William), Ireland--Leinster, Horns, Archaeology
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The Harp of Brien Boromh and the Irish Crown
- 1806
Engraving depicting the harp of Brien Boromh [Brian Boroimhe] and the Irish Crown. Also known as Brian Boru's harp or the Trinity College harp, the harp dates from the 14th or 15th century and, along with the Queen…
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The Isles of Zetland [Showing] its Extent and Division into Parishes
- 1806
Map of Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, a subarctic archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland situated in the Northern Atlantic between Great Britain, the Faroe Islands, and Norway.
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Maps, Scotland, Britannia (Camden, William), Islands, Scotland--Shetland
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View and Plan of an Ancient Monument on the Top of Sliabh Guth Commonly Called Church Mountain near Donard in the County of Wicklow
- 1806
Engraving by Francis Cary (active 18th century) depicting a view and plan of Church Mountain, also called Sliabh Guth or Slieve Gad, meaning "mountain of the covenant." The westernmost of the Wicklow Mountains in…
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Engraver Cary, Francis
- Subject Travel, Voyages and travels, Natural history, Maps, Ireland, Britannia (Camden, William), Ireland--Wicklow Mountains, Cairns
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View of Stonehenge and ground plans by Wood, Jones, Smith, and Stukeley
- 1806
Engraving by Francis Cary (active 18th century) depicting a view of Stonehenge and several ground plans meant to convey speculative representations of the original arrangement of Stonehenge as it once was, rather than…
- Author Camden, William, 1551-1623
- Publisher Stockdale, John, 1749?-1814
- Printer J. Nichols and Son
- Engraver Cary, Francis
- Subject Great Britain, Travel, Voyages and travels, Maps, Britannia (Camden, William), England, England--Stonehenge
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A New System of Chemical Philosophy
- 1808 – 1827
First edition of a milestone work in the history of chemistry, in which Dalton announced his revolutionary atomic theory and laws of definite and multiple proportions. As outlined by Dalton, these fundamental laws…
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Plate 1: Capacities of bodies for heat; views of mercurial and water thermometer divisions
- 1808
Fig. 1 is intended to illustrate Dalton's ideas on the subject of the capacities of bodies for heat.
Fig. 2 is a comparative view of the old and new divisions of the scale of the mercurial thermometer.
FIg. 3 is a…
- Author Dalton, John, 1766-1844
- Engraver Slack
- Printer Russell, S.
- Subject Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Chemistry, Inorganic, Thermometers, Atomic theory, Temperature measurements
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Plate 2: The expansion of air by heat
- 1808
Fig. 1 represents an air thermometer, or the expansion of air by heat.
Fig. 2 is the logarithmic curve.
Fig. 3 is a device suggested by "Mr. Ewart," to illustrate Dalton's idea on the temperature of the atmosphere.
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Plate 3: Representations of water particles in water and ice
- 1808
Fig. 1 represents particles (balls) of water, the square form denoting the arrangement in water.
Fig, 2 represents particles (balls) of water, the rhomboidal form denoting the arrangement in ice.
Fig. 3 represents the…
- Author Dalton, John, 1766-1844
- Engraver Slack
- Printer Russell, S.
- Subject Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Chemistry, Inorganic, Atomic theory, Water, Ice, Molecular structure
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Plate 4: Elements
- 1808
This plate contains the arbitrary marks or signs chosen to represent several chemical elements, from simple elements such as hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen, to septenary elements such as an atom of sugar.
- Author Dalton, John, 1766-1844
- Engraver Slack
- Printer Russell, S.
- Subject Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Chemistry, Inorganic, Chemical elements, Atomic theory
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Prospectus for Part 1 of "A New System of Chemical Philosophy" with letter to Dr. Bostock from John Dalton, June 11, 1808
- 1808-Jun-11
Prospectus announcing the publication of part I of John Dalton’s (1766-1844) immortal New System of Chemical Philosophy (Manchester, 1808). This copy contains an accompanying letter to Dr. John Bostock (1773-1846) from…
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Letter to Dr. Bostock from John Dalton, June 21, 1808
- 1808-Jun-21
A letter from John Dalton (1766-1844) to Dr. John Bostock (1773-1846) following Dalton's letter of June 11, 1808. Dalton writes he has sent Bostock four copies of his "Chemistry," referring to his work, A New System of…
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A Peep at the Gas Lights in Pall Mall
- 1809
This hand-colored etching by Thomas Rowlandson was produced based on a drawing by G. M. Woodward. It portrays a London street scene of citizens commenting on, and in some instances complaining about, the wonders of new…
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An Elementary Treatise on Chemistry, Comprising the Most Important Facts of the Science with Tables of Decomposition, on a New Plan; To Which is Added an Appendix Giving an Account of the Latest Discoveries
- 1809
The first and only edition of a textbook written by Charles Sylvester (1774–1828), an English chemist and civil engineer who specialized in the study of galvanization. The work contains a system of chemical symbolism…
- Contributor Dalton, John, 1766-1844
- Author Sylvester, Charles
- Printer E. and W. Smith
- Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme
- Subject Dalton, John, 1766-1844, Chemistry--Nomenclature, Signs and symbols, Chemical elements, Sylvester, Charles