Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain Living in the Years 1807-8
William Walker, Jr.
56 chapters · 9 h · English
Read by Lynne T, Phil Schempf, Drew Brentson, Alan Mapstone, Dick Bourgeois-Doyle, Julie Burks and others
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The early nineteenth century was a period of great discovery and advancements in science. Here we have a snapshot of some of those whose names have gone down in history, such as Brunel, Congreve, Davy, Telford and Jenner, along with some of those who made less of an indelible mark, but who were, nonetheless, pioneers of their time. - Summary by Lynne Thompson
Chapters
1 Preface and Introduction 6 min 2 William Allen 4 min 3 Francis Baily 7 min 4 Sir Joseph Banks 11 min 5 Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Bentham 15 min 6 Matthew Boulton 7 min 7 Joseph Bramah 10 min 8 Robert Brown 11 min 9 Sir Mark Isambard Brunel 9 min 10 Rev. Dr. Edmund Cartwright 8 min 11 Hon. Henry Cavendish 12 min 12 William Chapman 13 min 13 Sir William Congreve 4 min 14 Samuel Crompton 19 min 15 John Dalton 10 min 16 Sir Humphry Davy 18 min 17 Peter Dollond 5 min 18 Bryan Donkin 5 min 19 William James Frodsham 2 min 20 Davies Giddy Gilbert 7 min 21 Charles Hatchett 7 min 22 Dr. William Henry 11 min 23 Sir William Herschel 10 min 24 Edward Charles Howard 3 min 25 Captain Joseph Huddart 7 min 26 Dr. Edward Jenner 19 min 27 William Jessop 9 min 28 Capt. Henry Kater 7 min 29 Sir John Leslie 11 min 30 Dr. Nevil Maskelyne 8 min 31 Henry Maudslay 9 min 32 Patrick Miller 5 min 33 William Murdock 9 min 34 Robert Mylne 4 min 35 Alexander Nasmyth 4 min 36 John Playfair 13 min 37 John Rennie 14 min 38 Francis Ronalds 8 min 39 Count Rumford, Benjamin Thompson 18 min 40 Dr. Daniel Rutherford 2 min 41 William Smith 14 min 42 Charles, Earl Stanhope 7 min 43 William Symington 11 min 44 Thomas Telford 17 min 45 Charles Tennant 10 min 46 Dr. Thomas Thomson 5 min 47 Richard Trevithick 16 min 48 Edward Troughton 8 min 49 Richard Watson, Bishop of Llandaff 11 min 50 James Watt 14 min 51 Dr. William H. Wollaston 10 min 52 Dr. Thomas Young 15 min 53 Dr. Joseph Black 10 min 54 Henry Cort 10 min 55 James Ivory 8 min 56 Joseph Priestly 11 min
