See also:

• DIONYSIUS
• DIONYSIUS (c. 432–367 B.C.)

DIONYSIUS See also:

• DIONYSIUS LARDNER (1793-1859)
• LARDNER, NATHANIEL (1684-1768)

LARDNER (1793-1859)  , Irish scientific writer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin on the 3rd of See also:

• APRIL

April 1793 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, a See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor, wished his son to follow the same calling . After some years of uncongenial See also:

• DESK (from Lat. discus, quoit, in med. sense of " table," cf. " dish " and Ger. Tisch, table, from same source)

desk See also:

• WORK

work, See also:

• LARDNER, DIONYSIUS (1793-1859)
• LARDNER, NATHANIEL (1684-1768)

Lardner entered Trinity See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, Dublin, and graduated B.A. in 1817 . In 1828 he became See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of natural See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy and See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy at University College, -See also:

• LONDON

London, a position he held till 184o, when he eloped with a married See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady, and had to leave the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . After a lecturing tour through the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal cities of the See also:

• UNITED

United States, which realized £40,000, he returned to See also:

• EUROPE

Europe in 1845 . He settled at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, and resided there till within a few months of his See also:

• DEATH

death, which took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place at See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples on the 29th of April 1859 . Though lacking in originality or brilliancy, Lardner showed himself to be a successful popularizer of See also:

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

science . He was the author of numerous mathematical and See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical See also:

• TREATISES

treatises on such subjects as algebraic See also:

• GEOMETRY

geometry (1823), the See also:

• DIFFERENTIAL

differential and integral calculus (1825), the See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam engind (1828), besides See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand-books on various departments of natural philosophy (1854–1856); but it is as the editor of Lardner's See also:

• CABINET

Cabinet Cyclopaedia (1830–1844) that he is best remembered . To this scientific library of 134 volumes many of the ablest savants of the See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day contributed, Lardner himself being the author of the treatises on See also:

• ARITHMETIC (Gr. apeOµ7run7, sc. TEXVn, the art of counting, from (ipLBµos, number)

arithmetic, geometry, See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat, See also:

• HYDROSTATICS (Gr. iibwp, water, and the root Ora-, to cause to stand)

hydrostatics and See also:

• PNEUMATICS (Gr. Irveiiµa, wind, air)

pneumatics, See also:

• MECHANICS

mechanics (in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with 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 See also:

• KATER, HENRY (1777-1835)

Kater) and See also:

• ELECTRICITY

electricity (in conjunction with C . V . See also:

• WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
• WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
• WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
• WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
• WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
• WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
• WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
• WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
• WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
• WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
• WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
• WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)

Walker) . The Cabinet Library (12 vols., 180–1832) and the Museum of Science and See also:

• ART

Art (12 vols., 1854–1856) are his other See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief undertakings .

A few See also:

• ORIGINAL

original papers appear in the Royal Irish See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy's Transactions (1824), in the Royal Society's Proceedings (1831–1836) and in the Astronomical Society's Monthly Notices (1852-1853); and two Reports to the See also:

• BRITISH

British Association on railway constants (1838, 1841) are from his See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen .