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Mann, Robert James to Francis Galton
Date: Jun-Jul 1880Reference: GALTON/2/4/18/1/3Part of: Galton Papers- Books
The philosophy of reproduction / by Robert James Mann.
Mann, Robert James, 1817-1886Date: 1855- Books
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Domestic economy and household science : for home education: and for school mistresses and pupil teachers / by Robert James Mann.
Mann, Robert James, 1817-1886.Date: 1892- Books
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A sketch of the life and work of Robert James Mann, M.D., F.R.C.S. / by his wife.
Mann, Robert James (Mrs)Date: 1888- Books
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The Glasgow almanack for 1791. (The third after leap year.) is most respectfully inscribed to the Honourable James M'Dowall, Esq. lord provost, Richard Marshall, Esq; John Hamilton, Esq; Robert Mann, Esq; bailies, Gilbert Hamilton, Esq; dean of Guild, Mr John M'Ausland, deacon convener, William ..., Esq; treasurer; other very ... members of the Town Council of Glasgow, by their most obedient, and very humble servant, J. Mennons. The calculations by Mr Dinwiddie.
Date: [1791]- Books
Observations on the present epidemic fever, deduced from plain facts, confirmed by experience, and illustrated by suitable cases. With proper directions concerning the method of cure. The whole laid down in an easy and intelligible manner, without any abstruse or perplexed speculations. To which are added, some remarks concerning the use of the cortex in some dangerous circumstances of the disease.
Date: 1741- Books
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An essay on the composition and manner of writing of the antients, particularly Plato. By the late James Geddes, Esq; Advocate.
Geddes, James, 1710-1745.Date: MDCCXLVIII. [1748]- Ephemera
Robert Sparling, razor-maker, at the Case of Knives in St. James's Market : makes and sells all sorts of cutlers ware, as knives & forks both for table and dezert with hafts in ivory, wood or horn; silver and china, or any other curious handles mounted in the best blades &c. : makes & sells razors, scissars, fleams, sheers, pen knives... likewise surgeons instruments in ye neatest manner.
Sparling, Robert.Date: [1763?]- Books
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The Case of the condemn'd lords: Or, An account of the tryals and convictions of James Earl of Derwent-water, William Lord Widdrington, William Earl of Nithisdale, George Earl of Wintoun, Robert Earl of Carnwath, William Viscount Kenmure, and William Lord Nairn, on articles of impeachment for high treason, before the House of Lord's in Westminister-Hall; with the manner of their behaviour in prison after condemnation, and the speeches of two of them, viz. the Earl of Derwentwater, and Lord Kenmure, that suffer'd according to their sentence, at the place of execution on Tower-Hill, and several matters of fact (not till now made publick) at and after their deaths.
Date: [1716]- Books
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The art of painting in miniature, on ivory, in the manner at present practised by the most eminent artists in that profession; comprized under the following heads: Viz. The proper colours for painting in miniature, the nature and properties of each, and manner of preparing them. The mode of choosing camol hair pencils. Instructions relative to the choice of ivory, bleaching and polishing it preparatory to beginning a picture. Method of managing the colours at the different sittings in taking a picture from life, or in copying from another picture. An original work never before published by John Payne. To which is annexed, the art of burnished gilding on glass, in a variety of branches, a matter known by very few, and at present in high estimation.
Payne, John, active 18th century.Date: 1797- Books
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The art of painting in water colours: exemplified in landscapes, flowers, &c. Together with instructions for painting on glass and in crayons: Explained in a full and familiar Manner. With Particular Directions For Preparing The Colours, Agreeably To The Practice Of The Most Eminent Masters. By the author of The artist's assistant.
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793.Date: 1797- Books
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The plebeian prayer-book: Or, Devout exercises, adapted in a brief method for all sorts and conditions of men, especially those of the middle state. Containing I. A preface, shewing the reasonableness and necessity of frequent and serious (tho 'short) prayer, &c. II. An introduction, or help for conducting us to present our prayers in a reverent and mindful manner. III. A brief office or summary of prayer, collected from the liturgy of the Church of England, compos'd in verse, for the better help of memory; 2nd useful at any time of the day or night. IV. An emplanation, or a paraphrase upon the lord's prayer. V. Part of the late lord chief justice hale's letter to his children, concerning the lord's day. VI. A brith-Day prayer, proper to be said by andy Christian upon his or her birth-Day, &c.. By a Plebeian. Bless'd is the man who minds his worldly call, and his creator duly serves withal. Register'd according to act of Parliament.
Plebeian.Date: 1726- Books
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A dissertation upon earthquakes, their causes and consequences; comprehending an explanation of the nature and composition of subterraneous vapours, their amazing force, and the manner in which they operate; the sentiments, on this head, of the most learned philosophers ancient and modern; the different kinds of earthquakes, distinguished by their effects; a cupious collection of authentick relations digested under those titles, the greater part of which have happened in great britain. Together with a distinct account of, and some remarks upon, the shock of an earthquake, felt in the cities of London and Westminster, on Thursday, February 8, 1749-50.
Date: MDCCL. [1750]- Books
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The modern builder's assistant; or, a concise epitome of the whole system of architecture; In which The various Branches of that excellent Study are establish'd on the most familiar Principles, And rendered adequate to every Capacity; Being useful to the Proficient, and easy to the Learner. Divided into three parts. Containing I. A Correct View of the Five Orders, explained in several Sheets of Letter-Press. II. Consisting of Regular Plans, Elevations, and Sections of Houses, in the most elegant and convenient Manner, either for the Reception of Noblemen, Gentlemen or Tradesmen with large or small Families, adapted to the Taste of Town or Country. To which Part is added, A great Variety of other Plans for Offices or Out-Houses adjoining to them of different Dimensions for Domestic Uses; Such as Kitchens, Wash-Houses, Malt-Houses, Bake-Houses, Brew-Houses, Dairies, Vaults, Stables, Coach-Houses, Dog-Kennels, &c. &c. Together with the Estimates of each Design, and Proper Instructions to the Workmen how to execute the same. III. Exhibiting (ornamental as well as plain) a Variety of Chimney-Pieces, Windows, Doors, Sections of Stair-Cases, Rooms, Halls, Saloons, &c. Skreens for Rooms, also Cielings, Piers, and Gate-Roofs, &c. &c. The whole beautifully engraved on eighty five folio copper plates, from the designs of William and John Halfpenny, Architects and Carpenters, Robert Morris, Surveyor, and and T. Lightoler, Carver.
Halfpenny, William, -1755.Date: MDCCVLII [1757]- Archives and manuscripts
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Date: 1879-1880Reference: GALTON/2/7/2/6/13Part of: Galton Papers- Books
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The elements of Euclid, viz. the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth. The Errors, by which Theon, or others, have long ago Vitiated these Books, are Corrected, And some of Euclid's Demonstrations are Restored. Also, the book of Euclid's data, in like manner corrected. By Robert Simson, M. D. Emeritus Professor of Mathematics in the University of Glasgow. To this edition are also annexed, elements of plane and spherical trigonometry.
Euclid.Date: M.DCC.LXXXI. [1781]- Books
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A complete German grammar. In two parts. The first part containing the theory of the Language through all the Parts of Speech; the second part is the practice in as ample a Manner as can be desired. The third edition, greatly altered and improved. By John James Bachmair, M.A.
Bachmair, John James, -1778.Date: 1771- Books
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An essay on the simony and sacrilege of the bishops of Ireland. Together with some proposals for redress of the same, and some other ecclesiastical abuses. With a prefatory letter to the Lord Primate of Ireland. Offered in most humble manner to the consideration of the Honourable the House of Commons of Ireland by James Read, D.D.
Read, James, 1676 or 1677-Date: MDCCXXXVII. [1737]- Books
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A genuine narrative of all the street robberies committed since October last, by James Dalton, and his accomplices, who are now in Newgate, to be try'd next Sessions, and against whom, Dalton (call'd their Captain) is admitted an Evidence. Shewing I. The Manner of their snatching off Womens Pockets; with Directions for the Sex in general how to wear them, so that they cannot be taken by any Robber whatsoever. II. The Method they took to rob the Coaches, and the many diverting Scenes they met with while they follow'd those dangerous Enterprizes. III. Some merry Stories of Dalton's biting the Women of the Town, his detecting and exposing the Mollies, and a Song which is sung at the Molly-Clubs: With other very pleasant and remarkable Adventures. To which is added a key to the canting language, occasionally made Use of in this Narrative. Taken from the mouth of James Dalton.
Dalton, James, street-robber.Date: [1728]- Books
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A description of the venereal gonorrhoea; accounting for the symptoms and cure of that disorder, in a new, easy, and rational manner. With remarks on the present practice. Shewing the ill consequence of purging, mercurial preparations, injections, astringents, &c / by James Nevill, late surgeon to the Right Honourable Lord Robert Manner's Regiment, and surgeon's mate to his Majesty's Hospital all the last War.
Nevill, James.Date: 1754- Books
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The modern gardener: or, Universal kalendar. Containing monthly directions for all the operations of gardening, to be done either in the kitchen, fruit, flower, and pleasure gardens, as likewife in the greenhouse and stove, with the method of performing the different works, according to the best practice of the most eminent gardeners. Also an appendix, giving full and ample instructions for forcing grape vines, peach, nectarine trees, &c. in a new manner, never before published. Illustrated with thirteen plates, neatly engraved, of entire new plans for stoves, greenhouses, forcing frames, and designs for laying out kitchen, flower, and pleasure gardens, agreeable to the modern taste. To the whole is added, a catalogue of kitchen garden plants and herbs, with the parts made use of in cookery; fruit trees of the best sorts, bulbous-rooted flowers, annual, biennial, and perennial herbacenus flower plants, herbs for distilling and medicine, forest trees, flowering shrubs and evergreens, with great variety of curious greenhouse and stove plants, being a much more complete list than any hitherto published in works of this kind. Selected from the diary manuscripts of the late Mr. Hitt, formerly gardener to Lord Robert Manners, at Bloxholm, in Lincolnshire, and to Lord Robert Bertie, at Chislehurst in Kent. Revised, corrected, and very much improved, with many new additions, By James Meader, late gardener to the Earl of Chesterfield.
Hitt, Thomas, -1770?.Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]- Books
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The melancholy narrative of the distressful voyage and miraculous deliverance of Captain David Harrison, of the sloop, Peggy, of New York, on his voyage from Fyal, one of the western islands, to New-York, who Having lost all his Sails in a long Series of hard Weather, and entirely exhausted his Provisions, lived two and forty Days without receiving the least Food, till he was happily relieved by the Humanity of Capt. Evers of the Susanna, in the Virginia Trade. - In this Narrative the Expedients which Capt. Harrison and his Men made Use of for their Subsistence are particularly set forth, who twice cast Lots for their Lives, and were to have killed the second Man on the very Morning they were providentially taken up. - The Whole being authenticated in the strongest Manner, by repeated Depositions, Before the Right Hon. George Nelson, Esq. Lord-Mayor of the City of London, and Mr. Robert Shank, Notary Public. Written by himself.
Harrison, David, Captain.Date: MDCCLXVI. [1766]- Books
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The first book of architecture: by Andrea Palladio. Translated out of Italian, with an appendix touching doors and windows, by Pr. Le Muet Architect to the French King. Translated into English by Godfrey Richards. The whole illustrated with above seventy copper cuts. Also rules and demonstrations with several designs, for the Framing of any manner of Roofs, either Above Pitch, or Under Pitch, whether Square, or Bevel, never before Publish'd: by that Ingenious Architect Mr. William Pope of London. With designs of floors of Variety of Small Pieces of Wood Inlaid lately made in the Palace at Somerset-House; a Curiosity never practised before in England. With a new Model of the Cathedral of St. Paul, London, as it is now Rebuilt.
Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580.Date: 1724- Books
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The first book of architecture: by Andrea Palladio. Translated out of Italian, with an appendix touching doors and windows, by Pr. Le Muet Architect to the French King. Translated into English by Godfrey Richards. The whole illustrated with above seventy copper cuts. Also rules and demonstrations with several designs for framing of any manner of roofs, either Above Pitch, or Under Pitch, whether Square, or Bevel, never before Publish'd: By that Ingenious Architect Mr. William Pope of London. With designs of floors, of a variety of small pieces of wood inlaid, lately made in the Palace at Somerset-House; a Curiosity never practised before in England. With a new Model of the Cathedral of St. Paul, London, as it is now Rebuilt.
Palladio, Andrea, 1508-1580.Date: 1721- Books
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The compleat farmer: or, the whole art of husbandry. Containing, I. Instructions for stocking a farm to advantage. II. Of the breeding and management of horses, Mares, Colts, &c. and the most approved Receipts in Fariery for all Manner of Diseases they are subject to. III. Of Bulls, Cows, Calves, Oxen: How to make the greatest Advantage of them, how to know when they are ill, and Receipts to cure all their Disorders. IV. Of breeding Sheep, and Receipts for their Diseases. V. Of Goats. VI. Of Swine, and how to make them turn out very advantageous. Of feeding them and fattening them for Bacon, Receipts to cure the Gargut, Measles, and all their other Disorders. VII. Of wild and tame Rabbits. Of Dogs. VIII. Of Fowls. Of curing their Maladies. To fatten Chickens. IX. The best Method of managing Geese, Ducks, Turkies, Pigeons, Bees, &c. X. Of making Hay. XI. Of the several Sorts of Grass, Seeds, &c. By Mr. Robert Brown, Of Hill-Farm, in Somersetshire.
Brown, Robert, of Hill Farm, Somersetshire.Date: MDCCLIX. [1759]