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Sir Kenelm Digby's Collection (v. 0.2)

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This book contain collection of 2 books

The Private Memoirs of Sir Kenelm Digby
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Opened

About the Author
Sir Kenelm Digby, 1603-1665

English courtier and diplomat. He was also a highly reputed natural philosopher. Digby was regarded as an eccentric by contemporaries, partly because of his effusive personality, and partly because of his interests in scientific matters. He spent enormous time and effort in the pursuits of astrology, and alchemy which he studied in the 1630s. In 1644 he published together two major philosophical treatises, The Nature of Bodies and On the Immortality of Reasonable Souls. These Two Treatises were his major natural-philosophical works, and showed a combination of Aristotelianism and atomism.

He was in touch with the leading intellectuals of the time, and was highly regarded by them; he was a founding member of the Royal Society and a member of its governing council from 1662 to 1663. His Discourse Concerning the Vegetation of Plants (1661) proved controversial among the Royal Society's members. He is credited with being the first person to note the importance of "vital air," or oxygen, to the sustenance of plants.

Digby is known for the publication of a cookbook, The Closet of the Eminently Learned Sir Kenelme Digbie Knight Opened, but it was actually published by a close servant, from his notes, in 1669, several years after his death. It is currently considered an excellent source of period recipes, particularly for beverages such as mead.

Digby is also considered the father of the modern wine bottle. During the 1630s, Digby owned a glassworks and manufactured wine bottles which were globular in shape with a high, tapered neck, a collar, and a punt. His manufacturing technique involved a coal furnace, made hotter than usual by the inclusion of a wind tunnel, and a higher ratio of sand to potash and lime than was customary. Digby's technique produced wine bottles which were stronger and more stable than most of their day, and which, due to their dark color protected the contents from light.

Emily Dickinson's Collection (v. 0.2)

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This book contain collection of 3 Books

1. Poems / Emily Dickinson
2. Poems, Second Series / Emily Dickinson
3. Poems, Third Series / Emily Dickinson

About the Author
Emily Dickinson, 1830–1886

American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room. Most of her friendships were therefore carried out by correspondence.

Although Dickinson was a prolific private poet, fewer than a dozen of her nearly eighteen hundred poems were published during her lifetime. The work that was published during her lifetime was usually altered significantly by the publishers to fit the conventional poetic rules of the time. Dickinson's poems are unique for the era in which she wrote; they contain short lines, typically lack titles, and often use slant rhyme as well as unconventional capitalization and punctuation. Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality, two recurring topics in letters to her friends.

Telescope Calculator Lite (v. 1.2)

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Charles Dickens's Collection (v. 0.2)

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This Book contain collection of 60 Books

1. Sketches by Boz [1836-40]
2. The Pickwick Papers [1836-37]
3. Oliver Twist [1837-39]
4. Nicholas Nickleby [1838-39]
5. The Old Curiosity Shop [1840-41]
6. Barnaby Rudge [1841]
7. Martin Chuzzlewit [1843]
8. Dombey and Son [1846-48]
9. David Copperfield [1849-50]
10. Bleak House [1851-53]
11. Hard Times [1854]
12. Little Dorrit [1855-57]
13. A Tale of Two Cities [1859]
14. Great Expectations [1860-61]
15. Our Mutual Friend [1864-65]
16. The Mystery of Edwin Drood [1869-70, unfinished]
17. A Christmas Carol [1843]
18. The Chimes [1844]
19. The Cricket on the Hearth [1845]
20. The Battle of Life [1846]
21. The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain [1848]
22. A Christmas Tree [1850]
23. What Christmas is as we Grow Older [1851]
24. The Poor Relation's Story [1852]
25. The Child's Story [1852]
26. The Schoolboy's Story [1853]
27. Nobody's Story [18—]
28. The Seven Poor Travellers [1854]
29. The Holly-Tree [1855]
30. Wreck of the Golden Mary [1856]
31. The Perils of Certain English Prisoners [1857]
32. Going into Society [1858]
33. A Message From the Sea [1860]
34. Tom Tiddler's Ground [1861]
35. Somebody's Luggage [1862]
36. Mrs. Lirriper's Lodgings [1863]
37. Mrs. Lirriper's Legacy [1864]
38. Doctor Marigold [1865]
39. Mugby Junction [1866]
40. No Thoroughfare (with Wilkie Collins) [1867]
41. Master Humphrey's Clock [1840-1]
42. The Lamplighter's Story [1841]
43. A House to Let (with others) [1858]
44. The Signal-Man
45. The Haunted House [1859]
46. The Trial For Murder
47. To Be Read At Dusk [1852]
48. Hunted Down [1860]
49. A Holiday Romance [1868]
50. George Silverman's Explanation [1868]
51. American Notes [1842]
52. Pictures From Italy [1846]
53. The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices [1857]
54. Sunday Under Three Heads [1836]
55. Reprinted Pieces [1850-59]
56. The Uncommercial Traveller [1860-9]
57. A Child's History of England [1852-4]
58. Contributions to: All The Year Round
59. Miscellaneous Papers: essays from The Examiner
60. Speeches: Literary & Social

About the Author
Charles Dickens, 1812-1870

Novelist, born at Landport, near Portsmouth, where his father was a clerk in the Navy Pay–Office. The hardships and mortifications of his early life, his want of regular schooling, and his miserable time in the blacking factory, which form the basis of the early chapters of David Copperfield, are largely accounted for by the fact that his father was to a considerable extent the prototype of the immortal Mr. Micawber; but partly by his being a delicate and sensitive child, unusually susceptible to suffering both in body and mind. He had, however, much time for reading, and had access to the older novelists, Fielding, Smollett, and others. A kindly relation also took him frequently to the theatre, where he acquired his life-long interest in, and love of, the stage.

After a few years’ residence in Chatham, the family removed to London, and soon thereafter his father became an inmate of the Marshalsea, in which by-and-by the whole family joined him, a passage in his life which furnishes the material for parts of Little Dorrit. This period of family obscuration happily lasted but a short time: the elder Dickens managed to satisfy his creditors, and soon after retired from his official duties on a pension. About the same time Dickens had two years of continuous schooling, and shortly afterwards he entered a law office. His leisure he devoted to reading and learning shorthand, in which he became very expert. He then acted as parliamentary reporter, first for The True Sun, and from 1835 for the Morning Chronicle. Meanwhile he had been contributing to the Monthly Magazine and the Evening Chronicle the papers which, in 1836, appeared in a collected form as Sketches by Boz; and he had also produced one or two comic burlettas.

Telescope Calculator (v. 1.2)

Skywonders Software опубликовал приложение 2011-05-19
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Telescope Calculator is a handy astronomy calculator for the amateur astronomer and telescope user for Android.

Enter basic information about your telescope objective (diameter and focal length), and eyepiece (focal length and apparent field angle) and key viewing information is reported:
- Resulting Magnification
- True Field, angle of sky seen through the eyepiece
- Field Transit Time, time for object to cross field in eyepiece
- Exit Pupil, size of virtual aperture that must be smaller than your own eye’s pupil
- Resolving Power, angular resolution
- Power Per Inch of Aperture

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Method Of Rightly Conducting (v. 0.2)

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About the Book
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason, and Seeking the Truth in the Sciences [1637]

Good sense is of all things in the world the most equally distributed, for everybody thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that even those most difficult to please in all other matters do not commonly desire more of it than they already possess. It is unlikely that this is an error on their part; it seems rather to be evidence in support of the view that the power of forming a good judgment and of distinguishing the true from the false, which is properly speaking what is called Good sense or Reason, is by nature equal in all men. Hence too it will show that the diversity of our opinions does not proceed from some men being more rational than others, but solely from the fact that our thoughts pass through diverse channels and the same objects are not considered by all. For to be possessed of good mental powers is not sufficient; the principal matter is to apply them well. The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues and those who proceed very slowly may, provided they always follow the straight road, really advance much faster than those who, though they run, forsake it.

For myself I have never ventured to presume that my mind was in any way more perfect than that of the ordinary man; I have even longed to possess thought as quick;, or an imagination as accurate and distinct, or a memory as comprehensive or ready, as some others. And besides these I do not know any other qualities that make for the perfection of the human mind. For as to reason or sense, inasmuch as it is the only thing that constitutes us men and distinguishes us from the brutes, I would fain believe that it is to be found complete in each individual, and in this I follow the common opinion of the philosophers, Who say that the question of more or less occurs only in the sphere of the accidents and does not affect the forms or natures of the individuals in the same species.

About the Auhtor
René Descartes, 1596-1650

Noted French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. Dubbed the "Founder of Modern Philosophy" and the "Father of Modern Mathematics," he ranks as one of the most important and influential thinkers of modern times. For good or ill, much of subsequent western philosophy is a reaction to his writings, which have been closely studied from his time down to the present day.

Descartes founded 17th century continental rationalism, later advocated by Baruch Spinoza and Gottfried Leibniz, and opposed by the empiricist school of thought, consisting of Hobbes, Locke, Berkeley & Hume. Leibniz, Spinoza and Descartes were all versed in mathematics as well as philosophy, and Descartes and Leibniz contributed significantly to science as well. As the inventor of the Cartesian coordinate system, Descartes founded analytic geometry, that bridge between algebra and geometry crucial to the invention of the calculus and analysis.

Daniel Defoe's Collection (v. 0.2)

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THis book contain collection of 19 books

1. The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner ; illustrated by N.C. Wyeth [1719]
2. The Life, Adventures and Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton [1720]
3. A Journal of the Plague Year [1722]
4. The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders [1722]
5. Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress [1724]
6. Memoirs of a Cavalier : A Military Journal of the Wars in Germany, and the Wars in England. : From the Year 1632 to the Year 1648. [1724]
7. A General History of the Pyrates, From their First Rise and Settlement in the Island of Providence, to the Present Time (second edition; London: T. Warner, 1724)
8. The History of the Pyrates [1728]
9. Of Captain Misson and his Crew [1728]
10. An essay upon projects [1697]
11. The True-Born Englishman [1701]
12. The Shortest Way with the Dissenters [1702]
13. The Storm [1704]
14. The Consolidator; or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the Moon [1704]
15. A True Relation of the Apparition of Mrs. Veal [1706]
16. Atalantis Major [1711]
17. A tour through the whole island of Great Britain [1724-26]
18. Everybody's business is nobody's business [1725]
19. The History of the Devil [1726]

About the Author
Daniel Defoe

ournalist and novelist, son of a butcher in St. Giles, where he was born His father being a Dissenter, he was educated at a Dissenting college at Newington with the view of becoming a Presbyterian minister. He joined the army of Monmouth, and on its defeat was fortunate enough to escape punishment. In 1688 he joined William III. Before settling down to his career as a political writer, Defoe had been engaged in various enterprises as a hosier, a merchant-adventurer to Spain and Portugal, and a brickmaker, all of which proved so unsuccessful that he had to fly from his creditors. Having become known to the government as an effective writer, and employed by them, he was appointed Accountant in the Glass–Duty Office, 1659–1699.

Among his more important political writings are an Essay on Projects [1698], and The True-born Englishman [1701], which had a remarkable success. In 1702 appeared The Shortest Way with the Dissenters, written in a strain of grave irony which was, unfortunately for the author, misunderstood, and led to his being fined, imprisoned, and put in the pillory, which suggested his Hymns to the Pillory [1704]. Notwithstanding the disfavour with the government which these disasters implied, Defoe’s knowledge of commercial affairs and practical ability were recognised by his being sent in 1706 to Scotland to aid in the Union negotiations. In the same year Jure Divino, a satire, followed by a History of the Union [1709], and The Wars of Charles XII. [1715]. Further misunderstandings and disappointments in connection with political matters led to his giving up this line of activity, and, fortunately for posterity, taking to fiction.

Songs Of A Sentimental Bloke (v. 0.2)

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About the Book
The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke

The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke was the first of CJ Dennis's "verse novels" and introduced the Sentimental Bloke, Doreen and Ginger Mick. Lavishly illustrated by Hal Gye (whose larrikin cherubs will be forever linked with The Bloke) it was first published in 1915 by Angus & Robertson of Sydney, with an introduction from Henry Lawson. A Pocket edition for the Trenches was issued in 1916, and an American edition titled Doreen and the Sentimental Bloke was published in the same year. Many further impressions of the book were printed over the years. The cover illustration above is from the 1985 printing of the 1981 edition.

I must admit to a bit of confusion with this book's title. My second edition of the book (which has no dustjacket unfortunately) list the title as The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke on the title page but as The Sentimental Bloke on the spine. I don't get too pedantic about this and feel that either title will suffice. Most people would refer to the book as The Sentimental Bloke anyway.

About the Author
C. J. Dennis, 1876-1938

Australian poet famous for his humorous poems, especially "The Sentimental Bloke".

The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke tells the story of Bill, a larrikin of the Little Lonsdale Street Push, who is introduced to a young woman by the name of Doreen. The book chronicles their courtship and marriage, detailing Bill's transformation from a violence-prone gang member to a contented husband and father.

Charles Darwin's Collection (v. 0.2)

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This book contain collection of 3 books

1. Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the countries visited during the voyage round the world of H.M.S. Beagle (The Voyage of the Beagle) [1840]
2. The Origin of Species [1859]
3. The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants [1882]
4. The Descent of Man [1871]

About the Author
Charles Darwin

Naturalist, son of a physician, and grandson of Dr. Erasmus Darwin, and of Josiah Wedgwood, the famous potter, was born and was at school at Shrewsbury. In 1825 he went to Edinburgh to study medicine, but was more taken up with marine zoology than with the regular curriculum. After two years he proceeded to Cambridge, where he graduated in 1831, continuing, however, his independent studies in natural history. In the same year came the opportunity of his life, his appointment to accompany the Beagle as naturalist on a survey of South America. To this voyage, which extended over nearly five years, he attributed the first real training of his mind, and after his return published an account of it, Zoology of the Voyage of the Beagle [1840]. After spending a few years in London arranging his collections and writing his Journal, he removed to Down, a retired village near the Weald of Kent, where, in a house surrounded by a large garden, his whole remaining life was passed in the patient building up, from accurate observations, of his theory of Evolution, which created a new epoch in science and in thought generally. His industry was marvellous, especially when it is remembered that he suffered from chronic bad health. After devoting some time to geology, specially to coral reefs, and exhausting the subject of barnacles, he took up the development of his favourite question, the transformation of species. In these earlier years of residence at Down he published The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs [1842], and two works on the geology of volcanic islands, and of South America. After he had given much time and profound thought to the question of evolution by natural selection, and had written out his notes on the subject, he received in 1858 from Alfred Russel Wallace) a manuscript showing that he also had reached independently a theory of the origin of species similar to his own. This circumstance created a situation of considerable delicacy and difficulty, which was ultimately got over by the two discoverers presenting a joint paper, On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties, and On the Perpetuation of Varieties and Species by Natural Means of Selection. The publication in 1859 of The Origin of Species gave Darwin an acknowledged place among the greatest men of science, and the controversies which, along with other of his works, it raised, helped to carry his name all over the civilised world. Among his numerous subsequent writings may be mentioned The Fertilisation of Orchids [1862], Variation of Plants and Animals under Domestication [1868], The Descent of Man, and Selection in relation to Sex [1871], The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals [1872], Insectivorous Plants [1875], Climbing Plants [1875], Different Forms of Flowers [1877], The Power of Movement in Plants [1880], and The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms [1881].

Dante Alighieri's Collection (v. 0.2)

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This book contain collection of 3 books

1. Hell
2. Purgatory
3. Paradise

About the Author
Dante Alighieri

Italian poet from Florence. His greatest work, the Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy), is considered one of the greatest masterpieces of world literature.

The Divine Comedy describes Dante's journey through Hell (Inferno), Purgatory (Purgatorio), and Paradise (Paradiso), guided first by the Roman epic poet Virgil and then by Beatrice, the subject of his love and another of his works, "La Vita Nuova." While the vision of Hell, the Inferno, is vivid for modern readers, the theological niceties presented in the other books require a certain amount of patience and scholarship to understand. Purgatorio, the most lyrical and human of the three, also has the most poets in it; Paradiso, the most heavily theological, has the most beautiful and ecstatic mystic passages in which Dante tries to describe what he confesses he is unable to convey (e.g., when Dante looks into the face of God: "all'alta fantasia qui mancò possa" - "at this high moment, ability failed my capacity to describe," Paradiso, XXXIII, 142).