Record Number: 13374
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Soon after my arrival here, I fell to Wallace's fluxions, with might and main. I would study, I thought, with great vehemence, every night - and the two hours at noon, which I have to dispose of, I would devote to the reading of history and other lighter matters - But alas! two hours I found to be insufficien[t] - by degrees poor Wallace was encroached upon - and is now all but finally discarded. His introduction, it must be confessed, is ponderous & repulsive. His horror of the binomial theorem leads him into strange bye-paths. But he demonstartes [sic] with great rigour.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Sep 1817 and 30 Sep 1817
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Kirkcaldy (probably)
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:4 Dec 1795
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer / Academic
Religion:Lapsed Calvinist
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:'Fluxions' in Encyclopedia Britannica
Genre:Mathematics, Reference / General works
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:13374
Source:Thomas Carlyle
Editor:n/a
Title:The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Carlyle
Place of Publication:Durham
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:1
Page:111
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Carlyle, The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Carlyle (Durham, 1970), 1, p. 111, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=13374, accessed: 28 March 2023
Additional Comments:
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