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Charles Darwinm, Francis Darwin (Editor)Biblio.com

Life and Letters of Charles Darwin In Two Volumes - Including an Autobiographical Chapter - 1893 Printing

[Charles Darwin] WELLS, William Charles (1757-1817)Biblio.com

Meteorology An Essay On Dew And Several Appearances Connected With It Presentation Copy

1815BB2499London: printed for Taylor and Hessey No. 93 Fleet Street 1815. Full Calf. Fine. Second Edition of this classic of meteorology first published in 1814 which revolutionized the understanding of ventilation in public places and for which Wells was awarded the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society. Demy 8vo 212 x 127mm: 4150pp. Beautifully bound in contemporary calf spine richly gilt in six compartments covers framed in blind and gilt red leather lettering piece gilt Prussian blue end papers. Manuscript presentation to title page: "To Dr. James Jackson from the Author" with Jackson's engraved armorial book plate to front paste-down. A gorgeous example tightly bound and generally clean throughout. Lowndes 2871 "A valuable little work". Garrison-Morton 1604. Norman 2199 and Christies 848. Blocker p. 416. Waller 12191. Knight p. 191 "Perhaps more important than any writings on induction by philosophers was the splendid example of inductive reasoning by William Charles Wells. . . . his Essay on Dew was rapidly recognized as a classic.". Wells was born in Charleston South Carolina but left America at the start of the Revolution for London where he became physician to St. Thomas's Hospital. In the autumn of 1811 he began a series of researches in the Surrey garden of his friend James Dunsmore comparing the formation of dew under varying conditions of temperature humidity weather cloud cover season and time of day. He concluded that dew results from the condensation of air in contact with objects cooled by radiating their heat into the cloudless night sky. "His researches . . . were of major importance in the development of the science of ventilation particularly in its relation to relative humidity and the influence of the latter on the comfort of the occupants of factories ships theatres etc." Garrison-Morton Wells's inquiry into the nature of dew was widely cited in the 1830s as an outstanding example of inductive scientific inquiry. Sir John Herschel used it as the primary illustration in his Discourse on the study of Natural Philosophy calling the theory "one of the most beautiful specimens we can call to mind of inductive experimental enquiry lying within a moderate compass." In 1836 the Encyclopedia Metropolitana reported "We know of no work in our day which has been more universally admired than the Treatise of Dr. Wells certainly none that practically exemplifies in a purer and better form the admirable inductive system which it was the object of Bacon to teach." John Tyndall and William Whewell also praised it. N. B. With few exceptions always identified we only stock books in exceptional condition carefully preserved in archival removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association and we subscribe to its codes of ethics. printed for Taylor and Hessey, No. 93, Fleet Street unknown

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Darwin, Charles; Fitzroy, Capt Robert; King, Capt Philip ParkerBiblio.com

Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle Between the Years 1826 and 1836

1839001512London: Henry Colburn 1839. First edition early issue 3 vols in 4 8vo ownership signature to half-title vol. I title vol. II half-title vol. III; 9 folding engraved maps by J. Gardner and J. & C. Walker; 47 etched plates after P. King A. Earle C. Martens R. Fitzroy and others original blue blind stamped cloth gilt glazed yellow endpapers vols I-III neatly recased preserving majority of original spines inner hinges of vols I-III neatly strengthened. This set with the following early issue points: the half-title to vol. III does not contain the initials F.R.S. after Darwin's name thus denoting an early printing of the preliminaries prior to Darwin becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society on 24th January 1839 all spines imprinted Colburn / London rather than London / Colburn each volume bears the author's name lacking from later issues this set without advertisements as sometimes and as noted by Freeman light foxing and stains to frontispiece and plates vol. II overall a good clean set with important Australian provenance. Darwin's first published and his most widely read book: the account of the most important 19th-century voyage. On this voyage Darwin prepare for his life's work ultimately leading to The Origin of the Species.From the library of Charles Joseph LaTrobe Superintendent of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales from 1839 to 1851 and from 1st July 1851 until his departure three years later the first Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of Victoria; with his distinctive signature to all three volumes. An evangelical Christian his father was a leader of the Moravian Church LaTrobe spent fifteen years in the Australian colonies leaving in 1854 a disillusioned and dispirited man. His time in office coincided with a period of tremendous expansion with major infrastructure projects roads and sanitation being a priority however much of central Melbourne's green landscape can be put down to LaTrobe's foresight in preserving this land as open space. On his arrival in Port Phillip LaTrobe's first speech put him at odds with the settlers of the District. These pioneers were looking to better their lot expecting grants of land which would lead to the dispossession of the aboriginal peoples yet LaTrobe spoke of different priorities: 'It is not by individual aggrandisement by the possession of numerous flocks or herds or by costly acres that the people shall secure for the country enduring prosperity and happiness but by the acquisition and maintenance of sound religious and moral institutions without which no country can become truly great'. This clash of ideas was highlighted by Darwin in his Journal of The Voyages of HMS Beagle published a few months before LaTrobe made his speech. In it Darwin observed that in 'the wide extent of the Americas Polynesia the Cape of Good Hope and Australia' the native populations were being suppressed. 'The varieties of man' he noted 'seem to act on each other in the same way as different species of animals the stronger always extirpating the weaker.' This theory of the survival of the fittest became the justification for many colonists in the removal of indigenous peoples from their native land. Darwin was given the third volume The Voyages of HMS Beagle writing 'I am to have the third volume in which I intend giving a kind of journal of a naturalist not following however always the order of time but rather the order of position' The first volume contains King's account of the expedition in the Adventure made between 1826 and 1830 which surveyed the coasts of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego; and the second and its appendix volume describes the narrative of the Beagle's second voyage under Capt. Fitzroy made between 1831 and 1836 to South America the Galapagos Islands Tahiti New Zealand Australia and other islands and countries. 'The five years of the voyage were the most important event in Darwin's intellectual life and in the history of biological science. Darwin sailed with no formal scientific training. He returned a hard-headed man of science knowing the importance of evidence almost convinced that species had not always been as they were since the creation but had undergone change . The experiences of his five years . and what they led to built up into a process of epoch-making importance in the history of thought' DSB. First Edition. Hardback. Good. 4to. Henry Colburn Hardcover

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