Author: James Anderson
Title: A Practical Treatise on Chimneys, Containing Full Directions for Preventing or Removing Smoke in Houses.
Description: London, G Robinson, 1783. Leather. The third edition of James Anderson's scarce A Practical Treatise on Chimneys. Rebound in half leather with gilt lettering. Third Edition. Scarce. James Anderson, 1739 – 1808, was an agriculturist and political economist. He held the tenancy of a large farm at Hermiston, near Edinburgh and later took over the management of the farm of Monkshill in Aberdeenshire. Anderson was made an LLD from Aberdeen University in 1786. He was a friend and supporter of Jeremy Bentham, and corresponded with Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, Caithness. Anderson, after moving from Aberdeenshire to Edinburgh in 1783, began to publish a weekly paper, The Bee, which ran from 1790 to 1794. From 1797 Anderson lived in Middlesex, and "That he had become a man of some standing is shown by his publication in 1800 of a selection of his correspondence with George Washington. He continued to write, producing a monthly journal from 1797 to 1802 called Recreations in Agriculture, Natural History, Arts and Miscellaneous Subjects." (DNB) The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography states that "Anderson's most striking characteristic was the combination of an intense interest in the practical working of some machine or object with a strong grasp of theory. He was an early adherent of the principles of political economy, and is held to have been in the subject's mainstream of development. He also carried out various experiments and was noted for his use of the newly designed two-horse plough at Monkshill. His long-term reputation rests on a large body of publications; pamphlets, newspapers, and articles in other people's worksÂÂ- He produced many pamphlets, some of them important. Two of his earliest were A Practical Treatise on Chimneys (1776) and Observations on the Means of Exciting a Spirit of National Industry (1777)." Rebound in half leather with gilt lettering. There is slight wear to the extremities, including slight bumping and rubbing. The binding is tight and firm. Internally the pages are generally bright with the occasional spotting, most prominent to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: Chimneys Chimney Third Edition Architecture Chimney None
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Title: A Practical Treatise on Chimneys, Containing Full Directions for Preventing or Removing Smoke in Houses.
Description: London, G Robinson, 1783. Leather. The third edition of James Anderson's scarce A Practical Treatise on Chimneys. Rebound in half leather with gilt lettering. Third Edition. Scarce. James Anderson, 1739 – 1808, was an agriculturist and political economist. He held the tenancy of a large farm at Hermiston, near Edinburgh and later took over the management of the farm of Monkshill in Aberdeenshire. Anderson was made an LLD from Aberdeen University in 1786. He was a friend and supporter of Jeremy Bentham, and corresponded with Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster, Caithness. Anderson, after moving from Aberdeenshire to Edinburgh in 1783, began to publish a weekly paper, The Bee, which ran from 1790 to 1794. From 1797 Anderson lived in Middlesex, and "That he had become a man of some standing is shown by his publication in 1800 of a selection of his correspondence with George Washington. He continued to write, producing a monthly journal from 1797 to 1802 called Recreations in Agriculture, Natural History, Arts and Miscellaneous Subjects." (DNB) The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography states that "Anderson's most striking characteristic was the combination of an intense interest in the practical working of some machine or object with a strong grasp of theory. He was an early adherent of the principles of political economy, and is held to have been in the subject's mainstream of development. He also carried out various experiments and was noted for his use of the newly designed two-horse plough at Monkshill. His long-term reputation rests on a large body of publications; pamphlets, newspapers, and articles in other people's worksÂÂ- He produced many pamphlets, some of them important. Two of his earliest were A Practical Treatise on Chimneys (1776) and Observations on the Means of Exciting a Spirit of National Industry (1777)." Rebound in half leather with gilt lettering. There is slight wear to the extremities, including slight bumping and rubbing. The binding is tight and firm. Internally the pages are generally bright with the occasional spotting, most prominent to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .
Keywords: Chimneys Chimney Third Edition Architecture Chimney None
Price: GBP 445.00 = appr. US$ 635.45 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: LTH11-C-14
- Book number: LTH11-C-14
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