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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
In 1889, British wine merchant Thomas Mackay published The English
Poor, which espoused the ideas of Darwin and applied them to
British social and economic history. An acolyte of social Darwinist
Herbert Spencer, Mackay writes that human history has been a
struggle between individualism and socialism, and argues that only
through individual competition (not state social support) will
poverty be eradicated. The opening chapters discuss the human
instinct for property accumulation, primitive forms of society,
elite control of workers during the plague years, and the growth of
the proletariat. Later chapters discuss social legislation, the
evolution of England's poor laws, and the Industrial Revolution.
Finally, Mackay debates the scholarship of socialist Ernest Belfort
Bax, bemoans the misguided ideas of Christian charity, and argues
that the lives of 'lower types' of people have been prolonged by
the poor laws. This is a fascinating document of late-Victorian
economic thought.
Plural predication is a pervasive part of ordinary language. We can
say that some people are fifty in number, are surrounding a
building, come from many countries, and are classmates. These
predicates can be true of some people without being true of any one
of them; they are non-distributive predications. Yet the apparatus
of predication and quantification in standard modern logic does not
allow a place for such non-distributive predicates. Thomas McKay's
book explores the enrichment of modern logic with plural
predication and quantification. We can have genuinely
non-distributive predication without relying on singularizing
procedures from set theory and mereology. The fundamental 'among'
relation can be understood in a way that does not generate any
hierarchy of plurals analogous to a hierarchy of types or a
hierarchy of higher-order logics. Singular quantification can be
understood as a special case, with the general type being
quantifiers that allow both singular and plural quantification. The
'among' relation is formally similar to a 'part of' relation, but
the relations are distinct, so that mass quantification and plural
quantification cannot be united in the same way that plural and
singular are united. Analysis of singular and plural definite
descriptions follows, with a defense of a fundamentally Russellian
analysis, but coupled with some new ideas about how to be sensitive
to the role of context. This facilitates an analysis of some
central features of the use of pronouns, both singular and plural.
One of the most popular Victorian writers, Samuel Smiles (1812
1904) made his name in 1859 with the original self-improvement
manual Self-Help. His highly successful multi-volume Lives of the
Engineers (also reissued in this series) contained biographies of
men who had, like him, achieved greatness not through privilege but
through hard work. Left incomplete at his death, edited by the
social theorist Thomas Mackay (1849 1912) and first published in
1905, his autobiography opens with a vivid description of the
Scottish garrison town of his birth during the Napoleonic wars. In
his later years he was a vocal supporter of state education, and
the value of education was a constant theme throughout his life. He
remembers his schooldays here with clarity, writing that 'a good
education is equivalent to a good fortune'. Straightforward and
unpretentious, this book will be of interest to historians and
readers fascinated by the Victorian drive for self-improvement.
As a civil engineer, Sir John Fowler (1817-98) devoted his life to
the railways. His best-known achievements include the first railway
bridge across the Thames in London, Manchester Central Station, the
development of the London Underground and (with Sir Benjamin Baker)
the Forth Bridge - arguably the most remarkable feat of engineering
of the nineteenth century. Given access to friends and family
papers, the author and social theorist Thomas Mackay (1849-1912)
portrays a man who was fascinated by engineering as a child, and
who continued to work up until his death. As a portrait of one of
the architects of Victorian Britain, this biography, first
published in 1900, will be of great interest to historians of the
period as well as readers wishing to know more about the
development of iconic infrastructure.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
"In a half-century of reviewing, I have never encountered a more
sobering book than A Plea for Liberty."-- John Chamberlain,
"Reason"This collection of essays was originally published in 1891,
at a time when the modern welfare state was first taking shape. The
theoretical and empirical contributions are fine examples of the
classical liberal tradition in British thought.
Industry Standard FDSOI Compact Model BSIM-IMG for IC Design helps
readers develop an understanding of a FDSOI device and its
simulation model. It covers the physics and operation of the FDSOI
device, explaining not only how FDSOI enables further scaling, but
also how it offers unique possibilities in circuits. Following
chapters cover the industry standard compact model BSIM-IMG for
FDSOI devices. The book addresses core surface-potential
calculations and the plethora of real devices and potential
effects. Written by the original developers of the industrial
standard model, this book is an excellent reference for the new
BSIM-IMG compact model for emerging FDSOI technology. The authors
include chapters on step-by-step parameters extraction procedure
for BSIM-IMG model and rigorous industry grade tests that the
BSIM-IMG model has undergone. There is also a chapter on analog and
RF circuit design in FDSOI technology using the BSIM-IMG model.
"In a half-century of reviewing, I have never encountered a more
sobering book than A Plea for Liberty."-- John Chamberlain,
"Reason"This collection of essays was originally published in 1891,
at a time when the modern welfare state was first taking shape. The
theoretical and empirical contributions are fine examples of the
classical liberal tradition in British thought.
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