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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
This collection reveals the history of English common law and Empire law in a vastly changing world of British expansion. Dominating the legal field is the Commentaries of the Law of England by Sir William Blackstone, which first appeared in 1765. Reference works such as almanacs and catalogues continue to educate us by revealing the day-to-day workings of society.
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Harvard University Houghton Library

N003972

Probably a reissue of the sheets of the 1715 edition with the first two preliminary leaves reset.With a final 'Corrigenda & addenda' leaf.

Londini : impensis Gulielmi Innys, 1717. [6],118,[2]p. : ill. ; 4° ... Read more

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The aim of this book is to make accessible the two important but rare works of Brook Taylor and to describe his role in the history of linear perspective. Taylor's works, Linear Perspective and New Principles on Linear Perspective, are among the most important sources in the history of the theory of perspective. This text focuses on two aspects of this history. The first is the development, starting in the beginning of the 17th century, of a mathematical theory of perspective where gifted mathematicians used their creativity to solve basic problems of perspective and simultaneously were inspired to consider more general problems in the projective geometry. Taylor was one of the key figures in this development. The second aspect concerns the problem of transmitting the knowledge gained by mathematicians to the practitioners. Although Taylor's books were mathematical rather than challenging, he was the first mathematician to succeed in making the practitioners interested in teaching the theoretical foundation of perspective. He became so important in the development that he was named "the father of modern perspective" in England. The English school of Taylor followers contained among others the painter John Kirby and Joseph Highmore and the scientist Joseph Priestley. After its translation to Italian and French in the 1750s, Taylor's work became popular on the continent. ... Read more

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Forgotten theory and practice of perspective
This is a solid treatise on how to construct perspective images of given objects, and there is also some discussion of inverse problems of perspective, notably to determine for a given painting where the artist would have wanted you to put your eye to best enjoy his perspective virtuosity. The modern mathematical reader may not be very interested in perfecting his skill in perspective drawing, but neglect of theory of perspective is unhealthy if only for the narrow reason that it creates a blind spot in our understanding of projective geometry (itself sadly neglected, but that's a different matter). For example, Desargues's theorem emerges from the construction of the perspective of a triangle (fig. 20 of the 1715 ed.) by means of one of Taylor's most elegant techniques, the "visual ray construction", where both the triangle and the eye-point are rotated into the picture plane (the triangle plane is rotated down about its intersection with the picture plane and the eye is rotated up about the horizon of the triangle plane). Taylor even manages to hint at the cross-ratio in the context of finding the perspective image of a line segment divided in a given ratio (p. 183; Andersen's commentary pp. 27-29). ... Read more

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Tired of paying hundreds of dollars for curriculum that goes unused or you find frustrating after a few short months? Is your budget tight, and you need creative solutions for learning programs? Are you looking for a way to find materials that fit your plans, instead of fitting your educational plans to existing materials? Then we have created the ultimate resource that you won't want to be without! Four authors scoured the Internet to find 501 places that have unit studies, lesson plans, printable, interactive areas, worksheets, free software and more waiting for you.

Each site was reviewed by at least two people to make sure it met our standards for comprehensive information, ease of use and graphic appeal. They were then categorized by grade level and subject. No more digging through educational mega-sites in search of nuggets of gold—we have done the digging for you! Simply look up the topic, choose a grade level and click! There are over 300 topics ranging from Phonics, to Aviation, from Ancient Greece to Designing a Cartoon Strip, from Self-Esteem to Rainbows—you name it, it's probably here! ... Read more

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What a super book for the homeschooler! Free educational sites to enter on your computer for help with your homeschooling. Not only educational but fun as well for your children.

Helpful listing of educational websites & free resources
As a single income, stay-at-home, homeschooling parent, I'm always on the look out for inexpensive educational resources to share with my kids.While this particular notebook isn't exactly cheap, the resources it directs you to are FREE!And that's pretty dang inexpensive to my way of thinking.Many of the resources would be helpful for anyone looking to supplement their child's education, and I've let my good friend (who's a public school teacher) borrow my copy a couple of times and she's raved about how helpful many of the recommended online resources have been for her and her class.My only real concern about the information in this resource is that with the way the Internet changes constantly, I'm not sure how valid these resources will be over the long haul years down the road. ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included.
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Harvard University Fine Arts Library

N008987

The second part has a sparate titlepage reading: 'The practice of perspective; being the second book of Dr. Brook Taylor's method of perspective made easy, &c.', with separate pagination and register.The plates are in two numbered sequences, occasionally found bound in a separate folio volume.

London : printed for the author, by Mess. Francklin and Bunce: and sold by T. Payne; J. Dodsley; T. Longman; R. Horsefield; T. Davies; and J. Robson, 1765. xvi,104;xii,95,[3]p.,plates ; 4° ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This text shows students how to translate geometry concepts into computer code so that they can generate pictures representing the relevant concepts.Chapter 1 and Chapters 4 through 5 present the fundamental mathematical concepts needed for two- and three-dimensional computer graphics, including matrices, vector spaces, transformations, and homogeneous coordinates.Chapter 2 presents the various languages in which these ideas are communicated, such as programming languages and page description language. Chapters 3 and 6 present many different ways of describing pictures mathematically.These two chapters also contain many examples of mathematical theories that the student can illustrate using the methods of the book. ... Read more

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During the nineteenth-century, the writing of history in English-speaking Canada changed from promotional efforts by amateurs to an academically-based discipline. Professor Taylor charts this transition in a comprehensivehistory.

The early historians - the promoters of the title - sought to further their own interests through exxagerated accounts of a particular colony to which they had developed a transient attachment. Eventually this group was replaced by patriots, whose writing was influenced by loyalty to the land of their brith and residence. This second generation of historians attempted both to defend their respective colonies by explaining away past disappointments and to fit events into a predicitve pattern of progress and development. In the process, they established distinctive identities for each of the British North American colonies.

Eventually a confrontation occurred between those who saw Canada as a nation and those whose traditions and vistas were provincial in emphasis. Ultimately the former prevailed, only to find the present and future too complex and too ominous to understand. Historians ssubsequently lost their sense of purpose and direction and fell into partisan disagreement or pessimistic nostalgia. This abandonment of their role paved the way for the new, professional breed of historian as the twentieth century opened.

In the course of his analysis, Taylor considers a number of key issues abotu the writing of history: the kind of people who undertake it and their motivation for doing so, the intended and actual effects of their work, its influence on subsequent historical writing, and the development of uniform and accepted standards of professional practice. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Science and Its Times, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 542 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The histories of science, technology, and mathematics merge with the study of humanities and social science in this interdisciplinary reference work. Essays on people, theories, discoveries, and concepts are combined with overviews, bibliographies of primary documents, and chronological elements to offer students a fascinating way to understand the impact of science on the course of human history and how science affects everyday life. Entries represent people and developments throughout the world, from about 2000 B.C. through the end of the twentieth century. ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century.
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British Library

T134032

Titlepage headed: Not published.

London : printed by W. Bulmer and Co., 1793. iv,150p.,plate : port. ; 8° ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included.
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British Library

T133414

With a list of subscribers.The second part has a separate titlepage, pagination and register.The plates are in two, numbered sequences.With an appendix and directions to the binder.The titlepage to part 2 bears the imprint: printed by W. Craighton

Ipswich : printed by W. Craighton, for the author. Sold by the author, London; and also by J. and P. Knapton; T. Osborn and Co; T. and T. Longman [and 6 others in London] At Cambridge, by W. Thurlbourn; at Oxford, by J. Green; at Norwich, by J. Gleed; and [4],iv,xvi,78;[2],84,[18]p.,plates ; 4° ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included.
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British Library

T133417

With a list of subscribers.The second part has a separate titlepage, pagination and register.The plates are in two, numbered sequences.With an errata leaf.

Ipswich : printed by W. Craighton, for the author; and sold by him in Ipswich: and in London, by J. Swan; F. Noble; and J. Noble, 1754. [6],iv,xvi,78;[2],84p.,plates ; 4° ... Read more

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Subtitle: On the Principles of Dr. Brook Taylor: in a Series of Examples, ... Written Many Years Since, but Now First Published, by Joseph HighmorePublisher: printed for A. Millar, and J. NoursePublication date: 1763Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Subtitle: As They Appear to the EyePublisher: M. TaylorPublication date: 1835Subjects: PerspectiveArchitecture / Design, Drafting, Drawing ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included.
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Harvard University Houghton Library

T149795

With a half-title.

London : printed for A. Millar, and J. Nourse, 1763. xvi,129,[1]p.,plates ; 4° ... Read more