If we scratch beneath the surface of the Suffolk we know today, there are numerous surprising, touching and alarming tales which bring to life the rich history of this county. The Little History of Suffolk reveals the devastating effect of the dissolution of the monasteries, the decline of the once-booming cloth trade, drastic erosion of the coastline, and the disappearance of large country houses and estates. Here you will also find the rise of the chic Victorian seaside resorts, the captains of the brewing and iron industries who put Suffolk firmly on the post-industrial revolution map, and the key wartime role the county played over many centuries. No corner of Suffolk is left unturned in this small book with a huge punch.
The Little Book of Suffolk is a repository of intriguing, fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts and trivia about one of England's most colourful counties. It is an essential to the born and bred Suffolk folk or anyone who knows and loves the county. Armed with this fascinating tome the reader will have such knowledge of the county, its landscape, people, places, pleasures and pursuits they will be entertained and enthralled and never short of some frivolous fact to enhance conversation or quiz! A reference book and a quirky guide, this can be dipped in to time and time again to reveal something new about the people, the heritage, the secrets and the enduring fascination of the county. A remarkably engaging little book, this is essential reading for visitors and locals alike.
Science is fantastic. It tells us about the infinite reaches of space, the tiniest living organism, the human body, the history of Earth. People have always been doing science because they have always wanted to make sense of the world and harness its power. From ancient Greek philosophers through Einstein and Watson and Crick to the computer-assisted scientists of today, men and women have wondered, examined, experimented, calculated, and sometimes made discoveries so earthshaking that people understood the world—or themselves—in an entirely new way. This inviting book tells a great adventure story: the history of science. It takes readers to the stars through the telescope, as the sun replaces the earth at the center of our universe. It delves beneath the surface of the planet, charts the evolution of chemistry's periodic table, introduces the physics that explain electricity, gravity, and the structure of atoms. It recounts the scientific quest that revealed the DNA molecule and opened unimagined new vistas for exploration. Emphasizing surprising and personal stories of scientists both famous and unsung, A Little History of Science traces the march of science through the centuries. The book opens a window on the exciting and unpredictable nature of scientific activity and describes the uproar that may ensue when scientific findings challenge established ideas. With delightful illustrations and a warm, accessible style, this is a volume for young and old to treasure together.
Hardcover reprint of the original 1882 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: W.W. Munsell & Co., Pub. History Of Suffolk County, New York. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: W.W. Munsell & Co., Pub. History Of Suffolk County, New York, . New York: W.W. Munsell & Co., 1882.
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: HISTORY OF BANKING INSTITUTIONS. As early as 168O a bank was established in Boston. No account of its operations, however, has survived. It had an ephemeral existence, not probably extending beyond 1689. In 1714 a project for the establishment of a bank was presented to the Legislature, but a charter was refused. Notwithstanding this official negative, a meeting was held and notice was given that '' there will be attendance at the Sun Tavern of Boston weekly to complete the subscriptions for entering into partnership. Within two months from the publication of this notice, directors of the bank were chosen and circulating bills issued to the amount of 100,000. Almost as little is known of this bank as of its predecessor, but during its brief existence it was the source of considerable embarrassment and trouble to the colony. In 1733 sundry merchants and others of Boston, in order to supply the deficiency of a circulating medium, and to counteract the circulation of a large issue of Rhode Island colonial bills in Boston, formed a private bank and issued paper to the nominal value of 110,000, redeemable in ten years with silver at nineteen shillings an ounce. A committee of the Legislature reported that the merchants' notes emitted by Boston gentlemen should be backed with greater security. The notes, however, continued to circulate, and were rated at thirty-three and one-third per cent. higher than the currency issued by the Province. Still another attempt at banking was made in 1739-40. There were then outstanding bills of credit to the amount of over 200,000, which were under royal instructions to be redeemed during the year 1741, The treasury being empty, there was no way of effecting the redemption of the notes except by a direct tax, which was not expected to yiel...
Excerpt from Early History of Suffolk County, L. I Having been invited by the Agricultural Society of Suffolk County to deliver the customary address at their recent Fair, I deemed the occasion not an improper one for an inquiry into the causes which have operated in impeding the development of the resources of the eastern part of Long Island and in giving to its people a distinctive character from the rest of our State. These causes are, in my Opinion, to be found in the politi cal history of two centuries ago the events of that day when Long Island became a part of the royal province of New York have exercised a marked in uence in keeping the people of Suffolk county in a condition of comparative isolation which is far from yet having ended. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
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