24 research outputs found
Recueil de traités sur l'électricité
No full textPremière partie Essai sur la nature, les effets et les causes de l'électricité, avec une description de deux nouvelles machines à électricité. de M.F.H. WincklerSeconde partie Experiences et observations pour servir à l'explication de la nature et des proprietes de l'électricité proposées en trois lettres à la Societé Royale de Londres par M. Guill. Watson, membre de cette même SocietéTroisième partie Essai sur la cause de l'électricité, où l'on examine, pourquoi certaines choses ne peuvent pas être électrisées et quelle est l'influence de l'électricité dans les rhumatismes du corps humain, dans la nielle des arbres, dans les vapeurs des mines, dans la plante sensitive &c. adressé en forme de lettre à M. Guill. Watson, de la Soc. Roy. de Londres, seconde Edition, avec un supplément, traduit de l'anglois, de M. Jean Freke, membre de la même Société, & chirurgien de l'hôpital de S. Barthelemy à Londres[Quatrième partie] Essai sur l'électricité, contenant des recherches sur sa nature, ses causes et proprietes, fonde'es sur la theéorie du mouvement de vibration, de la lumière, et du feu de M. Newton, et sur les phénoménes exposés dans XLII expériences capitales, avec quelques observations, qui ont rapport à l'utilité de la vertu électrique traduit de l'anglois, de M. Benj. Martin, lecteur de physiquetraduits de l'allemand & de l'angloisKollation: T. 1: vii, [3], 156 S., 2 gef. Kupfertaf.; T. 2: xii, 141, [1] S., 4 gef. Kupfertaf.; T. 3: viii, 52 S.; T. 4: S. [53]-112, [1] gef. Kupfertaf.Tle. 3 und 4 durchgehend paginiert, Tl. 4 nur mit Zwischentitelbl., ohne Impressu
The history of insipids, [electronic resource] : a lampoon, by the Lord Roch-r. With his farewell. 1680. Together with Marvil's Ghost. By Mr. Ayloff.
No full textAnonymous. By John Freke, although Rochester is the author intended.In this edition there is a pattern of fourteen type-flowers on the titlepage.Foxon,Electronic reproduction.English Short Title Catalog,Reproduction of original from British Library
Church Organists:Analysing their Willingness to Play
No full textThere currently exists a scarcity of church organ players even though they have traditionally been well paid. This paper presents an empirical investigation into the factors that affect the church organ player’s willingness to play. Results suggest pay does not attract the organ player to the position but being paid in situ increases their willingness to play, as do larger choir sizes and a better instrument quality. We also identify that organ players should be taught when they are young, as the younger the church organ player started learning the instrument then the greater their willingness to play.Religious participation; Willingness to play; Church Organ player
Financial Market Analysis Can Go Mad (in the search for irrational behaviour during the South Sea Bubble)
No full textAn investigation into the legal and political history of South Sea Company subscription finance shows that the subscription contracts had default options built into them, as was typically the case in eighteenth-century subscription financing. Company records and contemporary pamphlet literature show that people understood the subscription finance mechanics that were stated in law. A fair presentation of South Sea share value data also supports this view. We thus conclude that the analyses published in this Review by Dale, Johnson and Tang were irretrievably flawed and present a substantially incorrect history of the markets for South Sea shares.South Sea Company, Royal African Company, Financial Revolution, Bubble Act, subscription shares, options markets.
Essai sur la cause de l\u27électricité, où l\u27on examine, pourquoi certaines choses ne peuvent pas être électrisées. et quelle est l\u27influence de l\u27électricité dans les rhumatismes du corps humain, dans la nielle des arbres, dans les vapeurs des mines, dans la plante sensitive, &c.
No full text1 vol. (VIII-112 p.-1 pl. dépl.) ; in-
Organists in the Church of England, 1950-1999 : an ethnographic and contextual study in relation to the dioceses of Bristol and Bath and Wells
No full textEThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo
Lingua tersancta, or, A most sure and compleat allegorick dictionary to the holy language of the spirit : carefully and faithfully expounding and illustrating all the several words or divine symbols in dream, vision, and apparition, & c. /
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Sarah Fielding: Satire and Subversion in the Eighteenth-Century Novel
No full textThis study of Sarah Fielding (1710―68) is an original contribution to Fielding scholarship that has a dual purpose: to support those who are striving to re-introduce her to the modern literary landscape in an effort to restore her eighteenth-century literary standing, and to firmly establish Fielding as an early feminist writer. It is argued here that throughout her oeuvre Fielding challenged prevailing traditions that denied women a choice, particularly in education, employment and marriage. These themes are also considered in the political treatises of Mary Astell (1666―1731) and Mary Wollstonecraft (1759―97), who are now widely recognised as feminist writers.
It is further argued that Fielding’s subversion in fiction of the English patriarchal system is underscored by her unorthodox performance in the literary arena. This is fully explored alongside her use of sentimentalism as a literary tool with which she challenges her seemingly inhumane society. Fielding’s interest in ‘the Labyrinths of the Mind’ (in modern terms, human psychology) will also be addressed as will her placement in the history of feminism and her placement in the sentimental novel tradition. Fielding’s performance as a literary critic will be compared with the few female authors who, like her, dared to publish literary criticism during her writing career. Accordingly, extracts from Fielding’s novels and her two critical pamphlets will be thoroughly examined.
An updated biography of Fielding that is also included here will provide evidence for a further claim, that her fiction is autobiographical in part. A comprehensive account of Fielding’s performance as a literary critic forms the final chapter of this work. It is the first full-length examination of her contribution to the genre and includes an appraisal of her recently unearthed critical pamphlet entitled A Comparison Between the Horace of Corneille and The Roman Father of Mr. Whitehead (1750) that is yet to be formerly attributed to her. Ultimately this study of Fielding will go far beyond what has previously been written about this remarkable eighteenth-century author, particularly regarding her feminist activity
