Original Papers By The Late John Hopkinson Technical Papers

Author : John Hopkinson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333217167
Total Pages : 372 pages
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Download or read book Original Papers by the Late John Hopkinson, D.Sc., F. R. S, Vol. 1 written by John Hopkinson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-13 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Original Papers by the Late John Hopkinson, D.Sc., F. R. S, Vol. 1: Technical Papers It is inevitable that in the first few years of childhood the mother's in uence should be the more potent; and this was doubtless the case with John Hopkinson, though less so than usual: Mr Hopkinson, more than most fathers, made companions of his children, and John, the eldest, was constantly with him from a very early age. He was a teacher of exceptional ability, and during the long rambles in the Lake District and Wales and the visits to the Works when he accompanied his father, John must have learnt something of his powers of observation and have acquired some of his bent towards engineering and scientific pursuits. A singularly complete education rather ef faced the surface effects of these early years, and it is perhaps difficult to find indications of their importance for those who have only known John Hopkinson as a man and have never known his parents. Others more fortunate, who have seen Mr Hopkinson with children even in his old age, will be able to form some idea of his relations with John at a time when the father was full of youthful vigour and the son a bright and healthy boy, eager for information on all going on around him. Though the first-born was naturally the most favoured one, all the family shared in the advantage of having such a father. Of the five sons, three, including John, became en gineers of distinction. A fourth, Albert, is a doctor of medicine in large practice in Manchester. Alfred, who was second in order of age, became Principal of Owens College in 1898 after a successful career at the Bar and in Parliament. Such diverse successes in one family must be largely due to home in uences; to the father is to be ascribed the aptitude for scientific and practical pursuits which has been so apparent in four of his sons and most of all in the eldest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."