Warum Lebensbeschreibungen von Ingenieuren Beachtung beanspruchen diirfen. - Das Interesse solcher Beschreibungen liegt nicht nur in del' Art und Weise, wie ein Mann sein Werk vel'richtet hat, sondern VOl' AHem anch in del' Natur der Arbeit selbst.  Meer

The physics, or natural philosophy, of music has fascinated scholars and scientists since ancient times: from Pythagoras' concept of celestial harmony, to the work of Galileo, Mersenne, Euler and Ohm, culminating in the nineteenth century with Helmholtz's definitive work On the Sensations of Tone.  Meer

Having joined the Royal Navy at the age of ten, Frederick William Beechey (1796–1856) had risen to the rank of lieutenant when he served under John Franklin on the 1818 British expedition to the Arctic in search of a possible route from the Atlantic to the Pacific.  Meer

One of the leading Arctic navigators of his age, William Edward Parry (1790–1855) led three expeditions in search of the North-West Passage (accounts of which are also reissued in this series).  Meer

William D. Barker untersucht ein weites Feld möglicher antiker nahöstlicher Hintergründe zu Jesaja 24-27. Er analysiert Jesaja 24-27 im Licht des ugaritischen Stoffs und trägt damit zur Lösung einiger historischer Rätsel über die Interpretation, das Genre, die Datierung und Funktion von Jesaja 24-27 bei.  Meer

An exploration of the evolution of history writing in León-Castile during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.  Meer