The Calculating Boy, an Appreciation of Calculating Ability -by a Signed copy engineer and human calculator )
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George Parker Bidder. The calculating boy. With an appreciation of his calculating ability by Joyce Linfoot. (1983)
EN HC US FEISBN: 9780950854304 bzw. 0950854301, in Englisch, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht, Erstausgabe.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Krakus books [578795], Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Books shipped Tuesday Friday. DIGITAL PICTURES ON REQUEST. Aprox. Wgt. includes Packaging. CONDITION: JACKET BACK - Slight water damage back of jacket. Light water damage spine of jacket. Slight ripple on right hand side of jacket. Light rippling on spine of jacket. Overall not noticeable. REST - Front endpaper removed. WGT. to 4 lbs. BOOK Dimensions 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches. 518 Pages. Bibliography, Index. Illustrated throughout with black & white illustrations, Some black & white maps, photos. CLIP - The lives of Victorian engineers are a source of general and growing interest and inspiration. A handful are so well known as to be household names. It will probably surprise engineers and historians no less than the general reader to learn from this boo k that George Parker Bidder ought to be included in this illustrious band. Mathematical historians know of him as 'the calculating boy' of the early nineteenth century. Some students of industrial and engineering history know that he later became an engi neer and was associated with Robert Stephenson, but few know more about him than that. The truth is that his life and achievements have been neglected until now although he was a friend and colleague of most of his better known contemporaries and was und oubtedly considered by them to be fully their professional equal - sufficiently esteemed by them to be elected the tenth President of the Institution of Civil Engineers. This neglect of Bidder's extraordinary talents and fascinating career must be due largely to the fact that no biography of him has ever been published, the large collection of documents and other material relating to his life having remained in the posse ssion of the family. To this material - thus fortunately preserved - the author of this book, who is a direct descendant of Bidder, has had unrestricted access. Even the casual reader must agree that he has made good use of it. Moreover, Mr Clark is hims elf an engineer of considerable experience, with a real feeling for the period; he is thus able to place Bidder's life and work properly in the context of his times and to bring his subject to life in a way no 'outsider' biographer ever could. Yet this is more than just the biography of an eminent Victorian. It is clear that Bidder's later achievements rested largely upon his calculating ability. This gift was the key which opened the doors of higher education and professional advancement and the book would not be complete without some attempt to analyse it. This strange mental faculty is possessed by relatively few individuals but keeps recurring in the course of history. The happy chance which enabled Mr Clark to secure the collaboration of Mrs Joyce Linfoot for this task of appreciation is, in its way, as striking as anything else recounted in these pages. The three chapters of Part Four which she has contributed are among the most valuable and interesting parts of the whole book. In them she has analysed Bidder's remarkable capacity and has been able to lay bare his unconventional but highly effective methods, all of which he developed for himself - mostly before he was 13 years old.
Books shipped Tuesday Friday. DIGITAL PICTURES ON REQUEST. Aprox. Wgt. includes Packaging. CONDITION: JACKET BACK - Slight water damage back of jacket. Light water damage spine of jacket. Slight ripple on right hand side of jacket. Light rippling on spine of jacket. Overall not noticeable. REST - Front endpaper removed. WGT. to 4 lbs. BOOK Dimensions 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches. 518 Pages. Bibliography, Index. Illustrated throughout with black & white illustrations, Some black & white maps, photos. CLIP - The lives of Victorian engineers are a source of general and growing interest and inspiration. A handful are so well known as to be household names. It will probably surprise engineers and historians no less than the general reader to learn from this boo k that George Parker Bidder ought to be included in this illustrious band. Mathematical historians know of him as 'the calculating boy' of the early nineteenth century. Some students of industrial and engineering history know that he later became an engi neer and was associated with Robert Stephenson, but few know more about him than that. The truth is that his life and achievements have been neglected until now although he was a friend and colleague of most of his better known contemporaries and was und oubtedly considered by them to be fully their professional equal - sufficiently esteemed by them to be elected the tenth President of the Institution of Civil Engineers. This neglect of Bidder's extraordinary talents and fascinating career must be due largely to the fact that no biography of him has ever been published, the large collection of documents and other material relating to his life having remained in the posse ssion of the family. To this material - thus fortunately preserved - the author of this book, who is a direct descendant of Bidder, has had unrestricted access. Even the casual reader must agree that he has made good use of it. Moreover, Mr Clark is hims elf an engineer of considerable experience, with a real feeling for the period; he is thus able to place Bidder's life and work properly in the context of his times and to bring his subject to life in a way no 'outsider' biographer ever could. Yet this is more than just the biography of an eminent Victorian. It is clear that Bidder's later achievements rested largely upon his calculating ability. This gift was the key which opened the doors of higher education and professional advancement and the book would not be complete without some attempt to analyse it. This strange mental faculty is possessed by relatively few individuals but keeps recurring in the course of history. The happy chance which enabled Mr Clark to secure the collaboration of Mrs Joyce Linfoot for this task of appreciation is, in its way, as striking as anything else recounted in these pages. The three chapters of Part Four which she has contributed are among the most valuable and interesting parts of the whole book. In them she has analysed Bidder's remarkable capacity and has been able to lay bare his unconventional but highly effective methods, all of which he developed for himself - mostly before he was 13 years old.
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George Parker Bidder the Calculating Boy (1983)
EN HC US FEISBN: 9780950854304 bzw. 0950854301, in Englisch, K S L Publications, Bedford, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht, Erstausgabe, mit Einband.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Red Murdoch Books [50276109], Port Alberni, BC, Canada.
The lives of Victorian engineers are a source of general and growing interest and inspiration. A handful are so well known as to be household names. It will probably surprise engineers and historians no less than the general reader to learn from this book that George Parker Bidder ought to be included in this illustrious band. Mathematical historians know of his as the claculating boy of the early nineteenth century. Near fine in vg dj.
The lives of Victorian engineers are a source of general and growing interest and inspiration. A handful are so well known as to be household names. It will probably surprise engineers and historians no less than the general reader to learn from this book that George Parker Bidder ought to be included in this illustrious band. Mathematical historians know of his as the claculating boy of the early nineteenth century. Near fine in vg dj.
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The Calculating Boy, an Appreciation of Calculating Ability -by a Signed copy engineer and human calculator ) (1983)
EN HC US FEISBN: 9780950854304 bzw. 0950854301, in Englisch, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht, Erstausgabe.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Leonard Shoup (Member of IOBA) [31200], Burlington, ON, Canada.
----------hard cover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, siged and inscribed by Clark on the front blank endpaper, 518 pages, b&w illustrations, ---"The lives of Victorian engineers are a source of general and growing interest and inspiration. A handful are so well known as to be household names. It will probably surprise engineers and historians no less than the general reader to learn from this book that George Parker Bidder ought to be included in this illustrious group. Mathematical historians know of him as "the calculating boy" of the early 19th century. Some students of industrial and engineering history know that he later became an engineer and was associated with Robert Stephenson, but few know more about him than that. The truth is that his life and achievements have been neglected until now although he was a friend and colleague of most of his better known contemporaries and was undoubtedly considered by them to be fully their professional equal - sufficiently esteemed by them to be elected the 10th President of the Institution of Civil Engineers. This neglect of Bidder's extraordinary talents and fascinating career must be due largely to the fact that no biography of him has ever been published, the large collection of documents and other material relating to his life having remained in the possession of the family. To this material, thus fortunately preserved - the author, a direct descendant of Bidder, has had unrestricted access. Even the casual reader must agree that he has made good use of it. Moreover, Mr Clark is himself an engineer of considerable experience, with a real feeling for the period; he is thus able to place Bidder's life and work properly in the context of his times and to bring his subject to life in a way no 'outsider' biographer ever could. Yet this is more than just the biography of an eminent Victorian. It is clear that Bidder's later achievements rested largely upon his calculating ability. This gift was the key which opened the doors of higher education and professional advancement and the book would not be complete without some attempt to analyse it. This strange mental faculty is possessed by relatively few individuals but keeps recurring in the course of history. The happy chance which enabled Mr Clark to secure the collaboration of Mrs Joyce Linfoot for this task of appreciation is, in its way, as striking as anything else recounted in these pages. The three chapters of Part Four which she has contributed are among the most valuable and interesting parts of the whole book. In them she has analysed Bidder's remarkable capacity and has been able to lay bare his unconventional but highly effective methods, all of which he developed for himself - mostly before he was 13 years old."---, contents include: Preface; Names, Spelling and Punctuation; Sources; PART ONE - A LONG LEASE: The Calculating Boy; Edinburgh; 1824 - May; "Not Articled in the Ordinary Way - 1824 - 1835"; The Beginning of a Long and Satisfactory Friendship, 1835; 1835 to 1839 - First years of the Partnership; 1840 to 1845 - Up to the Railway mania; 1846 to 1850 - Growing Prosperity; 1851 to 1859 - Years of Achievement; 1860 to 1872 - President and Past president ---PART TWO - PARTICULAR PROJECTS: London and Birmingham Railway; London and Brighton Railway; English Railways ( Blisworth Peterborough Line; in East Anglia; Great Eastern; North Staffordshire; London Tilbury and Southend ); Docks ( Early Dock Work; Victoria Docks; Victoria Graving Dock; Others ); Ships ( The Yacht MAY FLY; Ship Design; Steamship Operation; Steam Trawlers ); River and Coastal Work; Sanitary Engineering; Norway; Denmark ( King Frederik VII's South Slesvig railway; The danish Gas Company ); The Electric Telegraph --- PART THREE - SUNSET and EPILOGUE: 1873 to 1878 -The Sunset years; Epilogue --- PART FOUR - The CALCULATING PHENOMENON: Calculating prodigy; Bidder on Mental calculation, The 1856 Lecture; The Professional man ---PART FIVE - APPE.
----------hard cover, a Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dustjacket, siged and inscribed by Clark on the front blank endpaper, 518 pages, b&w illustrations, ---"The lives of Victorian engineers are a source of general and growing interest and inspiration. A handful are so well known as to be household names. It will probably surprise engineers and historians no less than the general reader to learn from this book that George Parker Bidder ought to be included in this illustrious group. Mathematical historians know of him as "the calculating boy" of the early 19th century. Some students of industrial and engineering history know that he later became an engineer and was associated with Robert Stephenson, but few know more about him than that. The truth is that his life and achievements have been neglected until now although he was a friend and colleague of most of his better known contemporaries and was undoubtedly considered by them to be fully their professional equal - sufficiently esteemed by them to be elected the 10th President of the Institution of Civil Engineers. This neglect of Bidder's extraordinary talents and fascinating career must be due largely to the fact that no biography of him has ever been published, the large collection of documents and other material relating to his life having remained in the possession of the family. To this material, thus fortunately preserved - the author, a direct descendant of Bidder, has had unrestricted access. Even the casual reader must agree that he has made good use of it. Moreover, Mr Clark is himself an engineer of considerable experience, with a real feeling for the period; he is thus able to place Bidder's life and work properly in the context of his times and to bring his subject to life in a way no 'outsider' biographer ever could. Yet this is more than just the biography of an eminent Victorian. It is clear that Bidder's later achievements rested largely upon his calculating ability. This gift was the key which opened the doors of higher education and professional advancement and the book would not be complete without some attempt to analyse it. This strange mental faculty is possessed by relatively few individuals but keeps recurring in the course of history. The happy chance which enabled Mr Clark to secure the collaboration of Mrs Joyce Linfoot for this task of appreciation is, in its way, as striking as anything else recounted in these pages. The three chapters of Part Four which she has contributed are among the most valuable and interesting parts of the whole book. In them she has analysed Bidder's remarkable capacity and has been able to lay bare his unconventional but highly effective methods, all of which he developed for himself - mostly before he was 13 years old."---, contents include: Preface; Names, Spelling and Punctuation; Sources; PART ONE - A LONG LEASE: The Calculating Boy; Edinburgh; 1824 - May; "Not Articled in the Ordinary Way - 1824 - 1835"; The Beginning of a Long and Satisfactory Friendship, 1835; 1835 to 1839 - First years of the Partnership; 1840 to 1845 - Up to the Railway mania; 1846 to 1850 - Growing Prosperity; 1851 to 1859 - Years of Achievement; 1860 to 1872 - President and Past president ---PART TWO - PARTICULAR PROJECTS: London and Birmingham Railway; London and Brighton Railway; English Railways ( Blisworth Peterborough Line; in East Anglia; Great Eastern; North Staffordshire; London Tilbury and Southend ); Docks ( Early Dock Work; Victoria Docks; Victoria Graving Dock; Others ); Ships ( The Yacht MAY FLY; Ship Design; Steamship Operation; Steam Trawlers ); River and Coastal Work; Sanitary Engineering; Norway; Denmark ( King Frederik VII's South Slesvig railway; The danish Gas Company ); The Electric Telegraph --- PART THREE - SUNSET and EPILOGUE: 1873 to 1878 -The Sunset years; Epilogue --- PART FOUR - The CALCULATING PHENOMENON: Calculating prodigy; Bidder on Mental calculation, The 1856 Lecture; The Professional man ---PART FIVE - APPE.
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George Parker Bidder: The Calculating Boy (1983)
EN HC USISBN: 9780950854304 bzw. 0950854301, in Englisch, 518 Seiten, KSL Publications, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht.
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