The Resource Great movements, and those who achieved them, by Henry J. Nicoll. With thirteen portraits
Great movements, and those who achieved them, by Henry J. Nicoll. With thirteen portraits
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The item Great movements, and those who achieved them, by Henry J. Nicoll. With thirteen portraits represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item Great movements, and those who achieved them, by Henry J. Nicoll. With thirteen portraits represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- This book catalogs the most influential movements up until the end of the19th century. The chapter on the steam-engine, beginning on page 390,focuses on Watt, Stephenson, Fulton and Bell. The rest of the chapters provide valuable insight into the context in which the steam-engine emerged, and why it was such an impressive and important feat. It is surrounded by a chapter on gas and a chapter on the electric telegraph, indicating the vital advances made in the interactive fields of transportation and communication during this era
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (487 pages)
- Contents
-
- Prison reform (John Howard)--The abolition of the slave-trade (William Wilberforce)--The amelioration of the criminal code (Sir Samuel Romilly)--Popular education (Lord Brougham)--Cheap literature (Constable, Chambers, Knight and Cassell)--Penny postage (Sir Rowland Hill)--The repeal of the corn-laws (Richard Cobden, John Bright, and C.P. Villiers)--The repeal of the fiscal restrictions upon literature and the press (Thomas Milner, Gibson and others)--The introduction of gas (Murdoch, Winsor, Clegg, and others)--The steam-engine, and its application to locomotion by land and water (Watt, Stephenson, Fulton and Bell)--The electric telegraph (Cooke, Wheatstone, and others)--Index
- Label
- Great movements, and those who achieved them
- Title
- Great movements, and those who achieved them
- Statement of responsibility
- by Henry J. Nicoll. With thirteen portraits
- Subject
-
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Civilisation anglo-saxonne
- Electronic books
- Grande-Bretagne -- Bibliographie
- Great Britain
- Inventeurs
- Inventors
- Inventors
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- GENERAL
- Reformers
- Réformateurs
- Slave trade
- Slave trade -- Great Britain
- Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833
- Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833
- États-Unis -- Bibliographie
- Reformers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This book catalogs the most influential movements up until the end of the19th century. The chapter on the steam-engine, beginning on page 390,focuses on Watt, Stephenson, Fulton and Bell. The rest of the chapters provide valuable insight into the context in which the steam-engine emerged, and why it was such an impressive and important feat. It is surrounded by a chapter on gas and a chapter on the electric telegraph, indicating the vital advances made in the interactive fields of transportation and communication during this era
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- OCLCE
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Nicoll, Henry James
- Dewey number
- 920
- Illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HN15
- LC item number
- .E82
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Wilberforce, William
- Reformers
- Inventors
- Slave trade
- Wilberforce, William
- Civilisation anglo-saxonne
- Réformateurs
- Inventeurs
- Grande-Bretagne
- États-Unis
- Inventors
- Reformers
- Slave trade
- Great Britain
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Label
- Great movements, and those who achieved them, by Henry J. Nicoll. With thirteen portraits
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- black and white
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prison reform (John Howard)--The abolition of the slave-trade (William Wilberforce)--The amelioration of the criminal code (Sir Samuel Romilly)--Popular education (Lord Brougham)--Cheap literature (Constable, Chambers, Knight and Cassell)--Penny postage (Sir Rowland Hill)--The repeal of the corn-laws (Richard Cobden, John Bright, and C.P. Villiers)--The repeal of the fiscal restrictions upon literature and the press (Thomas Milner, Gibson and others)--The introduction of gas (Murdoch, Winsor, Clegg, and others)--The steam-engine, and its application to locomotion by land and water (Watt, Stephenson, Fulton and Bell)--The electric telegraph (Cooke, Wheatstone, and others)--Index
- Control code
- 609196242
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (487 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Level of compression
-
- lossless
- lossy
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- including frontispiece, portraits
- Reformatting quality
-
- preservation
- access
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)609196242
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- Great movements, and those who achieved them, by Henry J. Nicoll. With thirteen portraits
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- black and white
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prison reform (John Howard)--The abolition of the slave-trade (William Wilberforce)--The amelioration of the criminal code (Sir Samuel Romilly)--Popular education (Lord Brougham)--Cheap literature (Constable, Chambers, Knight and Cassell)--Penny postage (Sir Rowland Hill)--The repeal of the corn-laws (Richard Cobden, John Bright, and C.P. Villiers)--The repeal of the fiscal restrictions upon literature and the press (Thomas Milner, Gibson and others)--The introduction of gas (Murdoch, Winsor, Clegg, and others)--The steam-engine, and its application to locomotion by land and water (Watt, Stephenson, Fulton and Bell)--The electric telegraph (Cooke, Wheatstone, and others)--Index
- Control code
- 609196242
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (487 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Level of compression
-
- lossless
- lossy
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- including frontispiece, portraits
- Reformatting quality
-
- preservation
- access
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)609196242
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- Biographies
- Biographies
- Civilisation anglo-saxonne
- Electronic books
- Grande-Bretagne -- Bibliographie
- Great Britain
- Inventeurs
- Inventors
- Inventors
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- GENERAL
- Reformers
- Réformateurs
- Slave trade
- Slave trade -- Great Britain
- Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833
- Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833
- États-Unis -- Bibliographie
- Reformers
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