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'Beyond, both the Old World, and the New': Authority and Knowledge in the works of Francis Bacon, with special reference to the New Atlantis
No full textPhDThis study investigates the role of authority in the works of Francis Bacon,
arguing that the issue of authority provides not only an interpretation of New
Atlantis, but an important structural component of his body of works. From
the first manifestation of his philosophical project to his last works of natural
history, authority is an all-pervasive issue - the authority of nature, of
scripture, of the named author, and how authority functions in the
dissemination of natural knowledge. Chapter one argues that the publication
of New Atlantis alongside Sylva sylvarum in 1626/7 was more the result of
William Rawley's need to assert his own authority as the protector and
disseminator of Bacon's textual legacy than an appreciation of the work's own
qualities. Chapter two considers Bacon's views of history and time,
suggesting that Bacon not only conceived of a new, progressive mode of
historical time which would allow for the assertion of a textual authority based
on the records of a civilisation unbroken by the vicissitudes of time, but that
he figured these theories in New Atlantis. Chapter three argues that Bacon
used theology both as defence and imperative to his intellectual programme,
while his attempt to move beyond the deterministic, Calvinist world-view to
allow for multiple possible futures, or `chance': Bacon could then present
experiment as the way of eliminating chance, in order to accelerate the rate of
new discovery. Chapter four investigates Bacon's manipulations of textual
authority, from the early rehearsals of the Instauratio magna to the
performance of reliability in print in Sylva sylvarum. Finally, the afterword
seeks to suggest that the New Atlantis hinges on the issues of authority with
which Bacon engaged throughout his career and writings: in the issue of
authority, Francis Bacon found the beginning and the end of his philosophy
Bacon's new map of Afghanistan, Beloochistan &c. [cartographic material].
No full textMap of Afghanistan, Baloochistan (Baluchistan) and east Persia (Iran) with relief shown by hachures.; Prime meridian: Greenwich.; Probably from: New complete atlas of the world / George Washington Bacon. London, [1887?]; NUC, pre 1956, v. 29, p. 481.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm227
Letter from Bacon, W. H. to Oblinger, Laura I.
No full textLetter from Bacon, W. H. (William Henry), 1837- to Lumbar, Laura I. (Laura Iona Bacon Oblinger), 1863-193
C. Everett Bacon, circa 1955
No full textA portrait of Everett C. Bacon. Written on verso: Bacon, C. Everet
Cecelia McKie Scrapbook Collection
No full textCopy of letter sent from Cecelia McKie to Mrs. F. C. Bacon regarding Santo Tomas Internment Camp internee Frank Bacon, recorded in the letter as 'Frank Orville (?) Bacon (?) Daton (?), Jr.'. Letter contains transcribed message broadcast to mother from internee on Radio Tokyo
Bacon's new map of the seat of war in Virginia and Maryland. Showing the interesting localities around Richmond, Washington, Baltimore &c.
No full textScale ca. 1:804,000.LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 484.2At top of map: Bacon's new shilling war map."No. 4" is printed in the lower margin.General map.Cover title: Shilling series-no. 4. Bacon's seat of war in Virginia designating minutely over 3,000 names of towns, streams &c., around Richmond and Washington. The most elaborate ever issued. London, Bacon & Co.Covers include advertisements for "Bacon's shilling war maps" and "Colton's [i,e., J. H. Colton] maps of America, and complete series of war maps."Description derived from published bibliography
Bacon Shops Ltd Christmas 1936
No full textThis pamphlet contains information about the Bacon Shops and their voucher policy. It has a number of Christmas type recipes. It carries advertisements for Fruitfield and Lamb Bros. Products, Stork Margarines, Wood worm eradicator, Golden Vale, Cherry and Smalldridge Ltd., The National Ice and Cold Storage Co., Choice Cakes, MacGrath Bros. (Blinds) Ltd., C.& B. Soups, Jacob\u27s, Berkel Scales, Dublin Pure Ice & Cold Storage Co. Ltd, , Morris Commercial, Monopoly, Bacon Shops Camden Street Store, Chef Sauce, Patrick Lynch, Cantwells,O\u27Mara\u27s, Holloway\u27s Jams and Marmalades, Liberty Custard and Jellies, M. Ridge, Crean\u27s Soap, Science Polish Factory, Kelly\u27s for Bikes, Crosbie Bros., McQuillans, Bird\u27s, Dowdall O\u27Mahony & Co. Ltd.Includes a general groceries price list
Endogenous N-nitroso compounds, and their precursors, present in bacon, do not initiate or promote aberrant crypt foci in the colon of rats
No full textProcessed meat intake is associated with increased risk of colorectal cancer. This association may be explained by the endogenous formation of N-nitroso compounds (NOC). The hypothesis that meat intake can increase fecal NOC levels and colon carcinogenesis was tested in 175 Fischer 344 rats. Initiation was assessed by the number of aberrant crypt foci (ACF) in the colon of rats 45 days after the start of a high-fat bacon-based diet. Promotion was assessed by the multiplicity of ACF (crypts per ACF) in rats given experimental diets for 100 days starting 7 days after an azoxymethane injection. Three promotion studies were done, each in 5 groups of 10 rats, whose diets contained 7%, 14%, or 28% fat. Tested meats were bacon, pork, chicken, and beef. Fecal and dietary NOC were assayed by thermal energy analysis. Results show that feces from rats fed bacon-based diets contained 10-20 times more NOC than feces from control rats fed a casein-based diet (all p < 0.0001 in 4 studies). In bacon-fed rats, the amount of NOC input (diet) and output (feces) was similar. Rats fed a diet based on beef, pork, or chicken meat had less fecal NOC than controls (most p < 0.01). No ACF were detected in the colon of bacon-fed uninitiated rats. After azoxymethane injection, unprocessed but cooked meat-based diets did not change the number of ACF or the ACF multiplicity compared with control rats. In contrast, the bacon-based diet consistently reduced the number of large ACF per rat and the ACF multiplicity in the three promotion studies by 12%, 17%, and 20% (all p < 0.01). Results suggest that NOC from dietary bacon would not enhance colon carcinogenesis in rats
Roger Bacon on Chance in Natural Generation in the Questiones super octo libros Physicorum Aristotelis
No full textThis study focuses on Roger Bacon’s thought on chance in nature according to his early Questiones supra libros octo Physicorum Aristotelis. On the basis of Aristotle’s Physics book 2 chapters 4-6 and its interpretation by Avicenna and Averroes, Bacon considers the impediments to the natural course of events in biological generation as a result of the inherent abundance or imperfection of matter. However, under the input of Boethius, Avicenna, and, perhaps, also Robert Grosseteste, Bacon relates the issue of chance to the notion of the divine providence ordering everything for the best and the good. Bacon’s solution for avoiding determinism develops the Avicennian idea of a “universal nature” (natura universalis) which operates as a repairing virtue when an anomalous event occurs. This restorative act is specifically assigned to a “second intention” (secunda intentio) of nature, which is accidental for the proximate causes of the output. The notion of the secondary intention of nature takes inspiration from Averroes, particularly as regards its link with chance in natural generation, and will not appear in Bacon’s later major work on natural philosophy, specifically the Communia naturalium. Here, on the basis of the theories of the multiplication of species and the astrological account of civilizations, Bacon extends the heavenly curative action to the entire universe, which is aimed at realizing happiness for the humankind. This final conception contributed to determine Bacon’s decisive founding of a natural science able to include individuality and singularity as proper objects of scientific knowledge
Origins of the John C. Campbell Folk School
No full textThis statement was written by Lois Bacon on the occasion of the John C. Campbell Folk School's 50th anniversary in 1975. Bacon was the niece of Olive Dame Campbell. She recalls how John C. Campbell was drawn to the Appalachian region and the dream he shared of establishing folk schools in the mountains. After his death in 1919, Olive Campbell and Marguerite Butler went to Scandinavia and learned first-hand what was involved in running a folk school
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