| Evidence: | 'A review for Brewster's philosophical journal of a German book on Magnetism, I must also write or say I cannot - the former alternative is better: and then (as our man of Law concludes in a few days) I am my own master to go whithersoever I list.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Mar 1820 and 28 Jun 1820 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Edinburgh | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Thomas Carlyle |
| 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, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Professor Hansteen |
| Title: | Inquiries Concerning the Magnetism of the Earth |
| Genre: | Science |
| Form of Text: | Print: BookManuscript: Letter |
| Publication details: | First pub 1819 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 10236 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Carlyle | |
| Editor: | C. R. Sanders | |
| Title: | The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle | |
| Place of Publication: | Durham, North Carolina | |
| Date of Publication: | 1970 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 236 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Carlyle, C. R. Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, North Carolina, 1970), 1, p. 236, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10236, accessed: 10 June 2023 | |
| Taken from letter from Thomas Carlyle to Alexander Carlyle dated 29th March 1820, written at Edinburgh. Pages 234 - 236 in this edition. Date range of reading experience is estimate based on date of Carlyle's letter here, and the date that the review was published (July 1820) in Edinburgh Philosophical Journal (as per Editor's note). |
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