Leighton Library has 1768 edition of "Oeuvres de Maupertuis" by Pierre Louis Maupertuis

Added by Leighton Library at 06:18 on 27 July 2024

Leighton Library has a 1768 edition of "Oeuvres de Maupertuis" by French mathematician and philosopher Pierre Louis Maupertuis who died #OnThisDay 27 July 1759. He made an expedition to Lapland to determine the shape of the Earth. He is often credited with having invented the principle of least acti...

Leighton Library has a first edition of 1680 of "Some passages of the life and death of the Right Honourable John Earl of Rochester" by Gilbert Burnet

Added by Leighton Library at 06:22 on 26 July 2024

The Leighton Library has a first edition of 1680 of "Some passages of the life and death of the Right Honourable John Earl of Rochester" by Scottish cleric Gilbert Burnet, who later became Bishop of Salisbury. This biography of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, who died #OnThisDay 26 July 1680, ga...

Leighton Library has a 1564 edition of "De imitando Christo" by Thomas à Kempis

Added by Leighton Library at 06:26 on 25 July 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1564 edition of "De imitando Christo" (The Imitation of Christ) by German priest & mystic Thomas à Kempis who died #OnThisDay 25 July 1471. This is regarded as the best known Christian book on devotion which, apart from the Bible, has been translated into more languages th...

Leighton Library has a 1813 edition of "An authentic narrative of some remarkable and interesting particulars in the life of John Newton" by John Newton

Added by Leighton Library at 05:57 on 24 July 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1813 edition of "An authentic narrative of some remarkable and interesting particulars in the life of John Newton" - the autobiography of John Newton, born #OnThisDay 24 July 1725. This was originally published anonymously under the signatures of Omicron and Vigil in 1764 ...

Leighton Library has a 1801 edition of "Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans" by Sir Alexander Mackenzie

Added by Leighton Library at 08:51 on 22 July 2024

The Leighton Library has a 1801 edition of "Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans" by Scottish Explorer Sir Alexander Mackenzie who #OnThisDay 22 July 1793 reached the Pacific Ocean becoming the first recorded human...