Record Number: 33398
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I commenced a work by Professor Nichol on Astronomy, for thou must know that we (A.M.B., Jane, and I), feeling the unutterable darkness which now reigns in our minds as to the most sublime of the sciences, have determined to delve into its treasures. I read more than half, in which I was deeply interested; when I was compelled to lay aside the book by the said influx of company, and content myself with the hope that brighter days were yet in store for my disappointed mind.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Aug 1847 and 31 Aug 1847
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Leicester
county: Leicestershire
specific address: Beaumont Leys
(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:Female
Date of Birth:3 Dec 1825
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Amateur geologist
Religion:Quaker
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[unknown]
Genre:Science, Mathematics, Astronomy
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33398
Source:Eliza Ellis
Editor:Margaret Ellis
Title:Letters and Memorials of Eliza Ellis: Compiled by Her Sister, Margaret Ellis
Place of Publication:Leicester
Date of Publication:1883
Vol:n/a
Page:36
Additional Comments:
Privately printed by Samuel Clarke, 5 Gallowtree Gate, Leicester, and 'for private circulation only'.
Citation:
Eliza Ellis, Margaret Ellis (ed.), Letters and Memorials of Eliza Ellis: Compiled by Her Sister, Margaret Ellis, (Leicester, 1883), p. 36, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33398, accessed: 27 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Letter from Eliza Ellis to Hannah Lucas. John Pringle Nichol (1804-1859) was a Scottish scientist who published extensively on astronomy in the 1830s and 1840s. From the information available, it is not possible to identify the exact Nichol work that Ellis read. George Eliot read Nichol's 'Architecture of the Heavens' in 1841.
