Bøger af Joseph Harris

Joseph Harris (1704-64) was equally distinguished as an astronomer and as an expert on coinage. He became the King's Assay Master in the Royal Mint, and this 1757 work argues that it is vital to a country's economy that the value of precious metal in its coinage remains constant.

Joseph Harris (c.1704-64) was an astronomer and teacher of navigation who published a number of books on scientific subjects. Reissued in its first edition, this 1731 popular introduction to the solar system and the use of astronomical apparatus, such as globes and orreries, went through fourteen printings by 1793.

Here, 16 scholars from Europe and the USA offer essays on topics such as the "Child ballads" in their British and American forms; aspects of the oral literatures of France, Ireland, Scandinavia, ancient Greece, modern Egypt and medieval England as well as recent literary ballads and popular songs.