Record Number: 4111

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

?I will tell you what is going on, that you may see whether you like your daily bill of fare. ? There is a balloon hanging up, and another going to be put on the stocks; there is soap made, and making from a recipe in Nicholson?s Chemistry; there is excellent ink made, and to be made by the same book.?

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

1794

Country:

Ireland

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Maria Edgeworth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1767

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Governess and writer

Religion:

Christian (Church of England)

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Ireland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Nicholson

Title:

The First Principles of Chemistry

Genre:

Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London, 1790

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4111

Source:

Print

Author:

Maria Edgeworth

Editor:

Augustus J C Hare

Title:

The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth

Place of Publication:

London (Edward Arnold)

Date of Publication:

1894

Vol:

1

Page:

34

Additional Comments:

Letter to Mrs Ruxton (2/7/1794).

Citation:

Maria Edgeworth, Augustus J C Hare (ed.), The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, (London (Edward Arnold), 1894), 1, p. 34, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4111, accessed: 28 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

William Nicholson is also the author of A Dictionary of Chemistry (1793). We presume the earlier book is the one referred to.