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Nicholas Culpeper

English Physician and Astrologer

By: Olav Thulesius

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Nicholas Culpeper

English Physician and Astrologer

By: Olav Thulesius

Olav Thulesius sets out to resurrect the sullied reputation of one of the most prolific writers of medical works during the Interregnum. - Thulesius has given us a welcome beginning of a study of a fascinating and neglected figure who made serious contributions to mid-seventeenth-century medicine while always living on the fringes of the established and licensed medical community.' - Martha Baldwin, Journal of the History or Medicine Was Nicholas Culpeper (1616-54) the father of English herbal medicine or a quacksalver and charlatan astrologer? This first modern biography shows a more complex picture. For example during the Civil War the Puritan Culpeper was wounded while fighting on the Parliamentarian side, as a physician of the poor, he had a burning desire to explain the secrets of medicine to ordinary people, He was not only the author of the famous herbal The English Physician but he also wrote the first book on midwifery and childcare and translated The London Pharmacopoeia.

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Springer

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0230371531

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9780230371538

The Man Who Made the Monitor

A Biography of John Ericsson, Naval Engineer

By: Olav Thulesius

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The Man Who Made the Monitor

A Biography of John Ericsson, Naval Engineer

By: Olav Thulesius

Mention Civil War naval confrontations and the Monitor instantly springs to mind. The first of the ironclads, the Monitor not only took part in a major battle, it forever changed the face of naval construction. But who was the man behind the ship? Born in Filipstad, Sweden, in 1803, the brilliant and somewhat eccentric engineer John Ericsson spent his childhood observing his father's work in mining and later learned his engineering skills at the North Atlantic-Baltic canal. As a young man Ericsson turned to a variety of projects. In England, he introduced the ship's propeller, built an Arctic expedition vessel and designed some of the first successful steam locomotives. Moving to New York in 1839, he soon teamed up with Harry Cornelius Delameter of the Phoenix foundry, a partnership which resulted in Ericsson's most famous work, the USS Monitor. Focusing on the man behind the inventions, this book tells the life story of John Ericsson. It details a number of Ericsson's inventions including a steam-powered fire engine, the first screw-propelled warship, a variety of "hot-air engines," and early experiments in solar power from the roof of his Manhattan home. The main focus is Ericsson's design and construction of the ironclad USS Monitor. One of the first viable armored warships, the Monitor revolutionized naval warfare the world over. The ship's battle with the CSS Virginia at Hampton Roads and its eventual fate off the coast of Cape Hatteras are covered. Ericsson's relationships with contemporaries such as Alfred Nobel and recent developments concerning the recovery of the wreck of the Monitor are also examined.

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McFarland

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0786427663

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9780786427666

The Man Who Made the Monitor

A Biography of John Ericsson, Naval Engineer

By: Olav Thulesius

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A Biography of John Ericsson, Naval Engineer

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Nicholas Culpeper

English Physician and Astrologer

By: Olav Thulesius

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English Physician and Astrologer

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Edison in Florida

The Green Laboratory

By: Olav Thulesius

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Edison in Florida

The Green Laboratory

By: Olav Thulesius

Provides a detailed account of Edison's life at his little-known retreat in Fort Meyers, Florida, focusing on his views on conservation and his religious convictions

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0813015219

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9780813015217

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