Record Number: 16581
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Have you seen Dr Ures notice of Leslie's Meteorology, in Brande's Journal? Some one shewed it to me and it seemed a very unpalatable morsel: I know not whether you will care for i[t].'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Oct 1822 and 6 Nov 1822
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Edinburgh
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:4 Dec 1795
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer / Academic
Religion:Lapsed Calvinist
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Review of 'Description of Instruments, Designed for Extending and Improving Meteorological Observations' (1820)
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Science
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodicalManuscript: Letter
Publication DetailsQuarterly Journal of Science and the Arts, XXVII (October 1822), 172 - 85
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:16581
Source:Thomas Carlyle
Editor:C R Sanders
Title:The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle
Place of Publication:Durham, North Carolina
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:2
Page:195
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle, (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 2, p. 195, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=16581, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from Thomas Carlyle to Alexander Galloway dated 6th November 1822, written at 3 Moray Street. Pages 193 - 196 in this edition. Dates of reading experience are estimate based on date of this letter and the date of the periodical's publication.
