Author: CLARKE, HEWSON (1787-1832) / DOUGALL, JOHN (1760-1822) .
Title: The Cabinet Of Arts, Or, General Instructor In Arts, Science, Trade, Practical Machinery, The Means Of Preserving Human Life, And Political Economy, Embracing A Variety Of Important Subjects. By Hewson Clarke, Esq. ... and John Dougall ...
Description: London : Published by T. Kinnersley, Acton Place, Kingsland Road: Stereotyped and printed by J. Mc'Gowan, 16, GreatWindmill Street, 1817 . 0. A very good full leather binding, with an interesting provenance. Thick 8vo. [4pp.]/pp. 859/ [1p.] + 11 plates (One Folding) . 8.5" x 5.5" x 2.0" . Flame calf over thin boards. Flat spine with rubbed gilt decoration and gilt titles. Previous ownership signature to the verso of the front board and page 1: "J. Fred Castle, Cavan". Also, a small purple library stamp to a few leaves: "Castle Cavan". Clear text throughout on toned paper, most engravings toned and foxed. Contents include: Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Acoustics, Optics, Electricity, Chemistry, Agriculture, Architecture, Painting, Engraving, Drawing of Maps, letter-Press Printing, Galvanism, Dyeing, Varnishes, Cements, Tanning, Japaniing, Gilding, Silvering, Moulding and casting, Calico printing, Bleaching, Ink Making, Removing Stains, Staining Wood, Pyrotechny, Aerostation and Air Balloons, Preservation of Life, Brewing and Distilling, Miscellaneous, Farriery, Political Economy. ** Cavan is a sheep and cattle grazing district 30 km south of Yass, New South Wales, Australia. *** "Joseph Frederick Castle (1811 - 1883) was a well-educated man who migrated to Sydney in 1838, aged about 28. He took up a teaching position in Sydney, waiting for his fiancée, Eliza Goulstone, who followed him out from England. However, only a month after they married in Sydney, Eliza died. Castle then moved to the Hunter region where he entered into a farming partnership with an Irish immigrant, Frederic Roche..Castle was able to convert his leasing of Cavan into ownership when the station came up for auction in July 1862; his winning bid being £1,425. As advertised, it was a property of 1,920 acres with 'a brick-built barn, large woolshed, four dwelling huts, two sheds, two stockyards and the remains of Cavan Cottage, of which the walls are standing'.. The first requests to have a public school at Cavan were led by Frederick Castle from the time he became a resident on the property. On 26th November 1877 he submitted a formal application for the 'Establishment of a Public School', nominating four residents and himself as a local school committee should the application succeed..Mr Castle for many years kept a school in the vicinity of Sydney, and very many of the most prominent men of the present day in Parliament, in the learned professions and in mercantile circles owe much of their subsequent success in life to his teaching. Mr Castle was a man of great intelligence and genial disposition, and his memory will long be cherished by his friends and former pupils'. (Sydney Morning Herald, 14 June 1883)" - See Hall Heritage Centre.

Keywords: 52903 Joseph Frederick Castle Larke, Hewson Dougall, John the Cabinet of Arts, or, General Instructor in Arts, Science, Trade, Practical Machinery T. Kinnersley, Science: : 19th Century


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