u l o ~g way without iittciiipting to break iicw ground for the111sclves. llic prcseiit voluuie niay be rcgnrtlcd ns Lriiigiiig tlie render and prospective user just so fur, niid pcrlinps iiot iniicli further ; but i t comprehends so wide 11 ficld of obscrvatioii and docs so with siifliciciit, tlio
The collected scientific papers of John James Waterston. Edited by J. S. Haldane, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S. Pp. xi + 709. Edinburgh and London: Oliver & Boyd, 1928. 25s.
โ Scribed by Thomas, J. S. G.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1929
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- 147 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0368-4075
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โฆ Synopsis
Jolin Jnincs Watcrston \viw born n t lklinl~~irgli in 181 I, the sisth son of Gcorgc \rriterstoii, :I I-cll-kiiown innnufncturcr of scaling ~v i i s . 'lllic gcncrnl public owcs no little debt to thc Wtitcrston fiiinily, for Jolin Jamrs's graiidmothcr was Ciithcriuc Siin~lci~~iin, sister of t lie foiindcr of n well-knowu firm of port wine nicrcl~rrnts, nnd;.pov~ilily no lcss iniportnnt. n rclntivc of tlic founders of thc religious ordcr nf t,hc Ulrisitcs or Siindc~nnninns, wliicli nurnl)crcd Pnrritlriy :I niongst its lifelong nicrnbcrs. These rind othcr intcrcst.iiig facts iirc sct out in n biographical prcfacc contrihutcd I)>* .Dr. Ualtlnnc to the prcvcnt volume. \%it docs tlic scicntific world owe to \Vaterston ? Uiidoiibtctlly ~uucli, but, ccrtriinly not n s iiiucli ns lh. Anltliint! woiild linvc 11s bclicve.
Wntcrston wis certninly of ftir iiiorc tlinn ordinnry intcllcct~r~nl stiiturc : this collcctioii of his scicntific papers is siiliicicnt evitlcncc: of tlirit . Brit. in sngge~t~ing
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