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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
9780511709135 (ebook)
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b502762
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Biographical Memoir of James Dinwiddie, L.L.D., Astronomer in the British Embassy to China, 1792, '3, '4, :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
Afterwards Professor of Natural Philosophy in the College of Fort William, Bengal /
First Statement of Responsibility
William Jardine Proudfoot.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cambridge :
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Place of publication not identified :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press.
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
publisher not identified,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1868.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (152 pages) :
Other Physical Details
digital, PDF file(s)
SERIES
Series Title
Cambridge library collection. Physical Sciences.
GENERAL NOTES
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This is an account of the career of James Dinwiddie (1746-1815). First published in 1868 by Dinwiddie's grandson William Jardine Proudfoot, the work is based on Dinwiddie's own autobiographical notes, travel logbook and personal correspondence. The biography traces Dinwiddie's career from the scientific lectures he gave from 1781 and the journal series Queries and Hints, which he began in 1779, to his visit to the Chinese imperial court as official astronomer in Lord Macartney's mission (1792-1794); his residence in Beijing and Canton; and his move to India, where he was appointed Professor of Mathematics, Natural Philosophy and Chemistry at the College of Fort William, Bengal. Dinwiddie's career was marked by passionate commitment to the dissemination of scientific knowledge - his travels, lectures and publications were undertaken for this cause. His life is a fascinating account of a polymathic mind which will fascinate and entertain a modern-day readership.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Dinwiddie, James.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Astronomers-- Great Britain, Biography.
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Proudfoot, William Jardine
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20151005020621.0
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