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101. Science and opportunity in London, 1871-85: the diary of Herbert McLeod

Author

Gay, Hannah

Subjects
College teachers -- Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Science teachers -- Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Science teachers -- Criticism and interpretation, History, Science and technology
Abstract

Herbert McLeod was appointed Professor of Experimental Science at the Royal Indian Engineering College (RIEC) in 1871. Some of his experience collected from his diary writings, with the scientific and social world during his fifteen years as a professor is outlined.

Published
2003

109. Nightingale and Seacole

Author

Gay, Hannah

Subjects
Literature/writing
Abstract

Sir,--Lynn McDonald (Commentary, December 6,2013) shows why 2013 was a banner year for Mary Seacole. It was, however, one among many. Stories of Seacole's 'nursing' prowess have been circulating for [...]

Published
2014

110. Life's Splendid Drama: Evolutionary Biology and the Reconstruction of Life's Ancestry, 1860-1940

Author

Gay, Hannah

Subjects
Life's Splendid Drama: Evolutionary Biology and the Reconstruction of Life's Ancestry, 1860-1940 (Book), Books -- Book reviews, History, Regional focus/area studies
Abstract

In his 1983 book, The Eclipse of Darwin, Peter Bowler discussed the Lamarckian climate of much late nineteenth-century thinking on evolution. Departing from a whiggish historiography which portrayed (and by [...]

Published
1997

129. Review of Books

Author

Calder, William M., primary, Lazenby, J. F., additional, Rappaport, Uriel, additional, Cowdrey, H. E. J., additional, Steele, Ian K., additional, Bushnell, Amy Turner, additional, Wink, André, additional, Russell, Conrad, additional, Scott, H. M., additional, Codignola, Luca, additional, Gentles, Ian, additional, Woodfine, Philip, additional, Carter, F. W., additional, Black, Jeremy, additional, Bohstedt, John, additional, Anderson, M. S., additional, Gay, Hannah, additional, Carnduff, Brendan, additional, Riall, Lucy, additional, Farrar, Marjorie M., additional, Bosworth, Richard, additional, Bushnell, John, additional, Lowe, Peter, additional, Conroy, Hilary, additional, Shin, Peter, additional, Ion, A. Hamish, additional, Kuitenbrouwer, Maarten, additional, Coogan, John W., additional, Cain, Peter J., additional, Carley, Michael Jabara, additional, Wilson, Trevor, additional, Biskupski, M. B., additional, Young, Robert J., additional, Taylor, Philip M., additional, Fink, Carole, additional, Zhai, Qiang, additional, Burridge, Trevor, additional, Irvine, William D., additional, Kovrig, Bennett, additional, Ruddy, T. Michael, additional, Mackenzie, S. P., additional, Kitchen, Martin, additional, Schoonover, Thomas, additional, Polk, William R., additional, Cuff, Robert D., additional, Leffler, Melvyn P., additional, Gann, L. H., additional, Ovendale, Ritchie, additional, Ferrell, Robert H., additional, Erickson, John, additional, Freedman, Lawrence, additional, Newton, Ronald C., additional, Halliday, Fred, additional, Cohen, Stuart A., additional, Ninkovich, Frank, additional, and Travers, T. H. E., additional

Published
1994
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131. A Questionable Project: Herbert McLeod and the Making of the Fourth series of the Royal Society Catalogue of Scientific Papers , 1901–25.

Author

Gay, Hannah

Subjects
*SCIENCE bibliographies, *HISTORY of the bibliography, *PIECEWORK, *BIBLIOGRAPHERS, *BIBLIOGRAPHY, *OFFICES, *PUBLISHING, *HISTORY, *CATALOGS, SOCIAL aspects
Abstract

Many people were involved in producing the seven volumes that make up the fourth series of the Royal Society catalogue of scientific papers. Included were about two hundred volunteers and about one hundred people working either on short-term contracts or carrying out piece work. At the Royal Society there was a small, largely female, secretariat working full-time. It included both clerical and bibliographic staff. Coordinating all the work was the chemist Herbert McLeod, appointed director of the catalogue in 1901. As is discussed, the position of director was created especially for him after his forced retirement from the Royal Indian Engineering College. The paper shows the complexity of the work involved in producing the catalogue, as well as something of the office culture at the Royal Society in the early twentieth century. The working conditions of the women employees, and prevailing attitudes toward the largely female clerical and bibliographic staff, are briefly discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2013
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132. Before and After Silent Spring: From Chemical Pesticides to Biological Control and Integrated Pest Management - Britain, 1945-1980.

Author

Gay, Hannah

Subjects
*PESTICIDE pollution, *HISTORY of environmentalism, *ECOLOGICAL assessment, *PEST control equipment, *PEST control
Abstract

The use of chemical pesticides increased considerably after World War II, and ecological damage was noticeable by the late 1940s. This paper outlines some ecological problems experienced during the post-war period in the UK, and in parts of what is now Malaysia. Also discussed is the government's response. Although Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring (1962), was important in bringing the problems to a wider public, she was not alone in sounding the alarm. Pressure from the public and from British scientists led, among other things, to the founding of the Natural Environment Research Council in 1965. By the 1970s, environmentalism was an important movement, and funding for ecological and environmental research was forthcoming even during the economic recession. Some of the recipients were ecologists working at Imperial College London. Moved by the political climate, and by the evidence of ecological damage, they carried out research on the biological control of insect pests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2012
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136. No `heathen's corner' here: The failed campaign to memorialize Herbert Spencer in Westminster Abbey.

Author

Gay, Hannah

Subjects
*ABBEYS
Abstract

Comments on the failed efforts of chemist Raphael Meldola to memorialize the role of Herbert Spencer in Westminister Abbey. Where the names of persons who signed Meldola's petition can be found; Contents of letters; Information on `Synthetic Philosophy,' final volume of Herbert Spencer; What the Meldola letters indicated.

Published
1998
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143. Book Reviews

Author

Starr, Chester G., primary, Starr, Chester G., additional, Humphreys, R. Stephen, additional, Cowdrey, H.E.J., additional, Wilson, Hugh, additional, Scott, H.M., additional, Woodfine, Philip, additional, Wells, Robert V., additional, Sahlins, Peter, additional, Gay, Hannah, additional, Schoonover, Thomas, additional, Maberry, Robert, additional, Klein, Martin A., additional, Lee, Yur-Bok, additional, Leier, Mark, additional, White, John A., additional, Bishku, Michael B., additional, Roy, R.H., additional, MacDonald, Callum, additional, Caplan, Neil, additional, Cohen, Michael J., additional, Rea, Kenneth, additional, Beaumont, Joan, additional, Reynolds, David, additional, Dyck, Ian, additional, Heinrichs, Waldo, additional, Bothwell, Robert, additional, Bond, Brian, additional, Brown, Susan E., additional, Lafeber, Walter, additional, Dingman, Roger, additional, Malcolmson, Robert, additional, Mazarr, Michael, additional, Watt, D. Cameron, additional, Nakhleh, Emile A., additional, and Prescott, J.R.V., additional

Published
1989
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144. Book Reviews

Author

Henneman, John Bell, primary, Allsen, Thomas T., additional, Bassford, Christopher, additional, Gay, Hannah, additional, Fedorak, Charles John, additional, O'Farrell, Patrick, additional, Munholland, J. Kim, additional, Eley, Geoff, additional, Trumpener, Ulrich, additional, Austen, Ralph A., additional, Moos, Felix, additional, Hazlehurst, Cameron, additional, Seidel, Robert N., additional, Wade, Rex A., additional, Martin, Ged, additional, Caplan, Neil, additional, Brownlee, W. Elliot, additional, Welch, Richard E., additional, and Young, Ernest P., additional

Published
1988
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146. Reviews.

Author

Gay, Hannah

Subjects
SCIENCE & the Canadian Arctic (Book), SCIENCE in the Subarctic (Book), ARCHAEOLOGY of the Frobisher Voyages (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the books `Science and the Canadian Arctic: A Century of Exploration, 1818-1918,' by Trevor H. Levere, `Science in the Subarctic: Trappers, Traders, and the Smithsonian Institution,' by Debra Lindsay and `Archaeology of the Frobisher Voyages,' edited by William W. Fitzhugh and Jacqueline S. Olin.

Published
1995

148. Book Reviews.

Author

Gay, Hannah

Subjects
JUSTUS von Liebig: The Chemical Gatekeeper (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `Justus von Liebig: The Chemical Gatekeeper,' by William H. Brock.

Published
1998

149. Modern Britain/La Grande-Bretagne moderne.

Author

Gay, Hannah

Subjects
CHEMISTRY & the Chemical Industry in the 19th Century (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `Chemistry and the Chemical Industry in the Nineteenth Century: The Henrys of Manchester and Other Studies,' by Wilfred Farrar, edited by Richard L. Hills and W.H. Brock.

Published
1998

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