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"Provincial Dialects of the North of England" Appendix VI. "Further Remarks upon the Dialects of the Northern Dales." Appendix VII.
No full textGlosario. -- Varia. -- Yorkshire. -- Inglés del Norte de Inglaterra. -- Pertenece a la Colección Varia 1800-1950 de The Salamanca Corpus. -- Adam Sedgwick, 1785-1873. -- "Provincial Dialects of the North of England" Appendix VI. "Further Remarks upon the Dialects of the Northern Dales." Appendix VII. in A Memorial by the Trustees of Cowgill. -- 1868.[ES]Descripción de la fonología de los dialectos del Norte de Inglaterra y de Dent, en Yorkshire, y breve glosario.
[EN]Description of the phonology of the Northern dialects and of the Dent dialect, in Yorkshire, and short glossary
Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873)
No full textThis history of Adam Sedgwick, one of several great figures in what has been called the Heroic Age of geology (the time when the great geological time periods were defined and when much exploration and fundamental research was carried out) contains information about his early years, education, and time as Woodwardian Professor of Geology at Cambridge. The site also covers his fieldwork in the Lakes District, his work with and disagreement with Roderick Impley Murchison over Silurian and Cambrian strata, and his association with Charles Darwin. The site also explains that although he was converted from the catastrophic explanation for Pleistocene deposits, he could not divorce himself from creationism enough to accept natural selection. Educational levels: High school, Informal education, Undergraduate lower division
A Discourse on the Studies of the University of Cambridge
No full textAdam Sedgwick (1785–1873) was Professor of Geology at Cambridge from 1818, and in 1819 helped to found the Cambridge Philosophical Society. The 'Discourse' at the heart of this book first appeared in 1833. In it he urged students to develop their characters in this 'place of sound learning and Christian education'. He describes the subjects studied in the university - the 'laws of nature', ancient literature and language, and ethics and metaphysics - and their purpose in the service of God. By the time this fifth edition was published in 1850, however, the book had (as Charles Darwin put it in a letter to the author) 'wonderfully grown', with a Preface of 422 pages and an appendix, ranging very widely over the scientific and philosophical debates of the day, as well as ethics and religion. It provides a fascinating overview of a period of scientific revolution for historians of science and education.</jats:p
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Science, methodology and religion in the work of Adam Sedgwick.
No full textAdam Sedgwick (1705-1873) was one of the leading geologists in the second quarter of the nineteenth century, and played a major part in establishing the geological column and applying it in the U.K. This thesis examines the metaphysical, religious and methodological presuppositions implicit in his approach to science.
A prevailing view amongst historians (e.g. Cannon and Morrell) has seen Sedgwick as a 'liberal Anglican' and 'Broad Churchman'. This has been linked with a view connecting the vanguard of science in the period with liberal Anglicanism (e.g. in the BAAS), and seeing both Tractarians and to a large extent Evangelicals as a ' threat ' to it. This thesis presents evidence showing the inadequacy of the 'Broad Church' concept, and that Sedgwick is himself closer to an Evangelical position than has been imagined. It shows that his presuppositions about the nature of science and its relationship with religion were close to those of Scottish Evangelicals like Chalmers and Miller, and not dissimilar from the leading moderate Anglican Evangelicals who would have associated with the Christian Observer. The influence of Coleridgesm liberalism was small.
Sedgwick also contributed to the development of Natural Theology in a time when it was in ascent. Evidence shows that criticisms of Sedgwick for semi-deism (e.g. by Hooykaas) are unfounded, and that his natural theology was consistent with a full Christian theism.
Finally, the thesis examines Sedgwick's participation in the nineteenth century debates about scientific methodology. It shows that, having taken as his mentors on the issue Bacon and Newton, Sedgwick's thinking evidences a certain tension as he tries to interpret what he is actually doing in science in these terms
Dr Livingstone\u27s Cambridge lectures : together with a prefatory letter by the Rev. Professor Sedgwick
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Discourses on the objects and uses of science and literature,
No full textIn six parts, each part has half-title included in paging.[Potter, Alonzo] Preliminary observations, on reading.--Brougham, Henry. A discourse on the objects, advantages, and pleasures of science.--Potter, Alonzo. The pleasures and advantages of literature and moral science.--Sedgwick, Adam. A discourse on classical metaphysical, moral and natural studies.--Verplanck, G.C. On the importance of scientific knowledge to the manufacturer and practical mechanic.--Verplanck, G.C. The influence of moral causes upon opinion, science and literature.Mode of access: Internet
A synopsis of the classification of the British Pal\ue6ozoic rocks / by the Rev. Adam Sedgwick ; With a systematic description of the British Pal\ue6ozoic fossils in the Geological museum of the University of Cambridge, by Frederick McCoy
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