The scientific correspondence of Watt, Black, Robison and others, together with James Watt's notebook of experiments on heat, edited by Eric Robinson and Douglas McKie.  The close friendship that grew up between Dr. Joseph Black, the discoverer of specific and latent heats, and James Watt, the scientific instrument maker who was destined to become perhaps the greatest engineer of all time, is in itself a dramatic relationship, not before fully appreciated, Here for the first time is the full text of all their surviving correspondence, known only fragmentarily before in J. P. Muirhead's Life and Mechanical Inventions of James Watt, and there rather freely amended by the editor.  The amazing range of Watt's interests--in the firing of delft and stoneware, the manufacture of alkali from salt, the invention of scientific instruments as well as the copying press, and many other matters beside the steam-engine--is revealed here. Watt's own position as a scientist and the quality of his association with Black in further experiments on latent heat are fully documented. But the correspondence is also valuable for the light it sheds on many aspects of life in Britain in the later half of the eighteenth century.  In addition, Watt's notebook on his experiments on heat, known before only through quotation, is presented complete. This is a primary source of first-rate importance to the historian of science.

Partners in science;: Letters of James Watt and Joseph Black

ROBINSON, Eric

Science & Math

Constable

Revel for Visions of the West, Combined Volume -- Combo Access Card

Education & Teaching

Kishlansky, Mark

Spang, Rebecca

Halliday, Paul

Siljak, Ana

Schools & Teaching

Pearson

Spine of dust jacket faded. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.

John Clare's Birds

Oxford University Press

The poet, John Clare, who lived from 1793-1864, was the son of a Northamptonshire labourer and himself at various times a herd boy, militiaman, vagrant and unsuccessful farmer. He writes of the countryside and of village life with the special intensity of one who knows the land and its people intimately. "The Shepherd's Claendar", his most ambitious single poem, is both a classic of English poetry and a piece of social history, representing a statement about English country life from the point of view of its most silent representative - the agricultural labourer. To the modern reader "The Shepherd's Calendar" should be of interest because of the accuracy of its portrayal of natural life inthe different months of the year. It evokes natural life, using popular language, often derived from folk-songs and ballads. The book provides a sort of almanack of country life, detailing the tasks to be performed in each month of the year: ploughing in February, lambing in March, weeding in May, hay-making in June and so on. It also describes the flowers, the birds and the beasts to be found in hedgerow and field. It celebrates the festivals of the year - May Day games, shee-shearing feasts, Harvest Home and Christmas. As such, it will appeal to anyone who knows anything about nature in Britain or about farming life. This new edition of the text corrects numerous earlier misreadings as well as supplying substantial changes to "July" and "October". there is also a new introduction detailing the continuing importance of the poem to modern readers.

The Shepherd's Calendar

Literature & Fiction

Clare, John

Summerfield, Geoffrey

British & Irish

Oxford Univ. Pr.

Visions of the West, Volume 2

Visions of the West, Combined Volume

James Watt and the steam revolution: A documentary history

Adams & Dart

<p>A student projects book to be used as a complement to any calculus text. Contains activities that can be done in class or as homework and large projects for the students to work on (usually in groups) outside the classroom. Materials are excellent for cooperative learning. Most activities and projects require no technology and the few that do are not technology specific. Students actively participate in their learning. Emphasizes the role of calculus as a tool for understanding the world with modeling as a central theme.</p>

Calculus: An Active Approach with Projects

Hilbert, Steve

Maceli, John

Schwartz, Diane Driscoll

Seltzer, Stan

Mathematics

wiley

James Watt and the steam revolution;: A documentary history,

A.M. Kelley

London: Illustrated Geological Walks, Book One

Travel

Europe

Scottish Academic Pr

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