Landmarks of science II
Description
There is no description yet, we will add it soon.
Books in this Series
Sidereus nuncius
Digitized facsimile of the 1610 Venice edition of Galileo's Sidereus nuncius from the copy in the Warnock Library; the English translation by Albert Van Helden (Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1989) and a commentary by Van Helden.
The history of physick from the time of Galen to the beginning of the sixteenth century
A Collection Of Examples Of The Applications Of The Differential And Integral Calculus
On the clasping-organs ancillary to generation in certain groups of the lepidoptera
Account of the ferry across the Tay at Dundee
Technical description of the earliest steam ferry across the River Tay at Dundee on the east coast of Scotland in 1821. Includes illustration of remote control gear which enabled the helmsman to operate the engine controls from the deck - probably a world first. His description concentrates on the second vessel built for the ferry, called the George lV, built 1824. These vessels were twin hulled (catamaran) types with a paddle wheel in the central well. Although not specified by Hall, the design concept may have been strongly influed by Robert Fulton's similar ferries in the Hudson River and also by the ferry Aetna across the Mersey at Liverpool.