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The Yorkshireman : A Religious and Literary Journal. Edited by Luke Howard. . 5 Volumes. PONTEFRACT : 1835-1837.

1833 · rif. 052981 — Pontefract - Ackworth: C. Elcock & J. Lucas. 1833. First Edition . Hardcover. Average. 8vo. Engraved Title-page and Plates. FIRST EDITION. PONTEFRACT : 1833-1837. Edited by Luke Howard. Hardback. 5 bound volumes of the entire periodical - ceased publication in 1837. Engraved title-page opposite printed title-page to volume one. One fold-out plate facsimile of a letter in 1660 and eight other facsimiles as plates. Contemporary brown calf-leather; spine and corners. Marbled boards. Indexed. Spines worn with loss; main labels present volume numbers missing; strong and sound. Lacks one title-page. Text complete. Average. Very scarce as a complete set. Referenced by: Smith I 983. LUKE HOWARD FRS 1772-1864 was a British manufacturing chemist and an amateur meteorologist with broad interests in science. His lasting contribution to science is a nomenclature system for clouds which he proposed in an 1802 presentation to the Askesian Society. He was born in London the son of Robert Howard a lamp manufacturer and educated at the Quaker school in Burford Oxfordshire. He was a Quaker later converting to the Plymouth Brethren and became a pharmacist by profession. After serving an apprenticeship with a pharmacist in Stockport Cheshire he set up his own pharmacy in Fleet Street in 1793. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1821. He spent the years 1824 to 1852 in Ackworth Yorkshire West Riding . He died in Tottenham London. He had married Mariabella Eliott 1769-1852; they had several children including John Eliot Howard FRS chemist and botanist. 8vo. Heavy set; extra postage will be requiredWill be well-packed for posting/shipping. Rosley Books for Antiquarian books CHS Cumberland Everyman GKC Inklings Keswick Literature MacDonald Rarities Theology and History. . C. Elcock & J. Lucas. hardcover