Author:Davies Gilbert

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Davies Gilbert
(1767–1839)

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English engineer, author and politician. President of the Royal Society and of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall.

Works

A plain statement of the bullion question (1811)
Some ancient Christmas Carols (1822)
Evidence in "Report from the Select Committee on Steam Carriages" (1834)
- Gilbert also chaired the session of 12 August 1831; see Trevithick's evidence
The Parochial History of Cornwall (1838) (transcription project)
On the vibrations of heavy bodies in cycloidal and in circular arches

Works about Gilbert

"Gilbert, Davies," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
"Gilbert, Davies," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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