See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

ROBERT See also:

• HUNT, ALFRED WILLIAM (183o-1896)
• HUNT, HENRY (1i73-1835)
• HUNT, HENRY JACKSON (1819-1889)
• HUNT, JAMES HENRY LEIGH (1784-1859)
• ROBERT HUNT (1807-1887)
• HUNT, THOMAS STERRY (1826-1892)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HENRY (1790—1864)
• HUNT, WILLIAM HOLMAN (1827-1910)
• HUNT, WILLIAM MORRIS (1824-1879)

HUNT (1807-1887)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English natural philosopher, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• DEVONPORT
• DEVONPORT, EAST

Devonport on the 6th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1807 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, a See also:

• NAVAL

naval officer, was drowned while See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert was a youth . He began to study in See also:

• LONDON

London for the medical profession, but See also:

• ILL

ill-See also:

• HEALTH

health caused him to return to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and in 184o he became secretary to the Royal See also:

• CORNWALL

Cornwall See also:

• POLYTECHNIC (Gr. aroWus, many, and rEXvn, an art)

Polytechnic Society at See also:

• FALMOUTH

Falmouth . Here he was brought into contact with Robert Were See also:

• FOX
• FOX, C
• FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806)
• FOX, EDWARD (c. 1496-1538)
• FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691)
• FOX, RICHARD (c. 1448-1528)
• FOX, ROBERT WERE (1789—1877)
• FOX, SIR STEPHEN (1627–1716)
• FOX, SIR WILLIAM (1812-1893)

Fox, and carried on some See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical and chemical investigations with him . He took up See also:

• PHOTOGRAPHY (Gr. bias, light, and ypa w, to write)
• PHOTOGRAPHY, CELESTIAL

photography with See also:

• GREAT

great zeal, following See also:

• DAGUERRE, LOUIS JACQUES MANDE (1789-1851)

Daguerre's See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery, and introducing new processes . His See also:

• MANUAL

Manual of Photography (1841, ed . 5, 1857) was the first English See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on the subject . He also experimented generally on the See also:

• ACTION

action of See also:

• LIGHT

light, and published Researches on Light (1844) . In 1845 he accepted the invitation of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry de la Beche to become keeper of See also:

• MINING

mining records at the Museum of Economic (afterwards " See also:

• PRACTICAL

Practical ") See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

Geology, and when the school of mines was established in 1851 he lectured for two years on See also:

• MECHANICAL

mechanical See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science, and afterwards for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time on experimental physics . His See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• WORK

work was the collection and editing of the See also:

• MINERAL

Mineral See also:

• STATISTICS

Statistics of the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom, and this he continued to the date of his retirement (1883), when the mining See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office was transferred to the See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

Home Office . He was elected F.R.S. in 1854 . In 1884 he published a large See also:

• VOLUME

volume on See also:

• BRITISH

British Mining, in which the subject was dealt with very fully from an See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical as well as a practical point of view .

He also edited the fifth and some later See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of Ure's See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary of Arts, Mines and Manufactures . He died in London on the 17th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1887 . A mineralogical museum at See also:

• REDRUTH

Redruth has been established in his memory .