The Maclure Collection of French Revolutionary Materials

The Maclure Collection of French Revolutionary Materials
Author: James D. Hardy, Jr.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 488
Release: 2018-01-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1512819832

Complete catalogue and index of one of the largest collections of its kind of French Revolutionary and Napoleonic newspapers pamphlets and official publications covering the years 1789-1815. Over 20,000 listings are preceded by an introduction giving a history of the collection, a survey of other notable French Revolution collections, and a biographical essay on William S. Maclure. William S. Maclure (1763-1840) was a wealthy Philadelphia merchant, a radical social reformer, and our first scientific geologist. His huge collection of French Revolutionary publications is one of the greatest libraries of its kind to be formed during the period of the Revolution. Maclure bestowed the collection on the Philadelphia Academy of the Natural Sciences in 1821, and the Academy in turn gave the collection to the Historical Society of Philadelphia, In 1949 it was acquired by the University of Pennsylvania.

Cauchy and the Creation of Complex Function Theory

Cauchy and the Creation of Complex Function Theory
Author: Frank Smithies
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 242
Release: 1997-11-20
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780521592789

Dr Smithies' analysis of the process whereby Cauchy created the basic structure of complex analysis, begins by describing the 18th century background. He then proceeds to examine the stages of Cauchy's own work, culminating in the proof of the residue theorem. Controversies associated with the the birth of the subject are also considered in detail. Throughout, new light is thrown on Cauchy's thinking during this watershed period. This authoritative book is the first to make use of the whole spectrum of available original sources.

Catalogue of Printed Books

Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
Publisher: William Clowes & Sons, Limited
Total Pages: 652
Release: 1885
Genre: Reference
ISBN: