John Weale (publisher) explained

John Weale (1791 – December 18, 1862, in Maida Vale[1]) was an English publisher of popular scientific, architectural, engineering and educational works.

Life

He went into the trade first with George Priestley in St Giles, London who died around 1812, and worked then with Priestley's widow. He took a particular interest in the study of architecture. In 1823 he issued a bibliographical Catalogue of Works on Architecture and the Fine Arts, of which a new edition appeared in 1854. He bought the architectural publishing business at 59 High Holborn built up by Isaac Taylor and his son Josiah Taylor as The Architectural Library,[2] after Josiah's death in 1834.

He followed the Catalogue in 1849–50 with a Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms used in Architecture, Building, and Engineering, a work which reached a fifth edition in 1876.

Weale died in London on 18 December 1862.

Works

Weale published also:

He edited Weale's Quarterly Papers on Engineering, London, 1843–6, 6 vols., and Weale's Quarterly Papers on Architecture, London, 1843–5, 4 vols.

Weale's Rudimentary Series

Weale was on good terms with many men of science, and published cheap literature for technical education. His Rudimentary Series (over 130 works, usually selling at one shilling) and other educational series comprised standard works, both in classics and science. They were suggested initially by William Reid,[3] and were continued after his death, first by James Sprent Virtue. The Rudimentary Series was later followed by the Weale's Scientific & Technical Series (1881-1923), published first by John Weale and then by Crosby, Lockwood and Son.[4]

Source: Lists at end of the publications.[5] The series was later taken on by the publisher Crosby Lockwood, who added volumes while retaining the system of reference numbers (across editions).[6]

Series numberFirst publishedAuthorTitleComments
11849?George FownesRudimentary ChemistryWorldCat editions
archive.org Read Online (1853).
21848Charles TomlinsonIntroduction to the Study of Natural PhilosophyWorldCat editions
31849Joseph Ellison PortlockRudimentary GeologyWorldCat editions
There was an 1871 rewrite as Rudimentary Treatise on Geology by Ralph Tate: WorldCat editions
4, 51848Delvalle VarleyRudimentary MineralogyWorldCat editions
Later editions with James Dwight Dana, as Rudimentary Treatise on Mineralogy. Delvalle Varley was the second wife of John Varley, and daughter of Wilson Lowry; her mother Rebekah Eliza Delvalle was a mineralogist.
61849Charles TomlinsonRudimentary MechanicsWorldCat editions
archive.org Read Online
71848William Snow HarrisRudimentary ElectricityWorldCat editions
Google Books, 1851 edition
8, 9, 101850William Snow HarrisRudimentary MagnetismWorldCat editions
111852Edward HightonThe Electric Telegraph: its history and progressEdward Highton was the brother of Henry Highton, and they both experimented with electricity, taking a particular interest in telegraphy.[7]
WorldCat editions
archive.org
12TomlinsonPneumatics[8]
13, 14, 15, 15*1848Henry LawRudiments of Civil EngineeringHenry Law (1824–1900) was a civil engineer, a pupil of Brunel much involved in the Thames Tunnel.[9]
WorldCat editions
archive.org Read Online, 1852 edition
161852William Henry LeedsRudimentary Architecture (Orders)Internet Archive
171849Thomas Talbot BuryRudimentary Architecture (Styles)WorldCat editions
Internet Archive (2nd edition)
18, 19Edward Lacy GarbettArchitecture (Principles of Design)Garbett (died 1900) was son of the architect Edward William Garbett.[10]
20, 21G. PynePerspective
22Edward DobsonArt of BuildingDobson emigrated to New Zealand where he had a successful career as an engineer.
23, 24Edward DobsonArt of Tile-making, Brick-making
25, 26Edward DobsonMasonry and Stone-cutting
27, 28George FieldArt of Painting
29G. R. DempseyArt of Draining Lands
30DempseyArt of Draining and Sewage of Towns and Buildings
31BurnellArt of Well-sinking and Boring
32J. F. HeatherArt of the Use of Instruments
331853Samuel HughesA treatise on gas worksSamuel Hughes (c. 1816–1870), son of the engineer Thomas Hughes,[11] was a civil engineer and Fellow of the Geological Society.[12]
WorldCat edition
45G. R. BurnellLimes, cements, mortars, concretes, mastics, plastering etc.George Rowdon Burnell (1814–1868) was a writer on architecture and engineering, "one of the very few who have united a Fellowship of the Royal Institution of British Architects with a Membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers".[13]
WorldCat edition
611850Thomas BakerRudimentary treatise on mensuration
63-651852-53G. H. AndrewsRudimentary treatise on agricultural engineeringGeorge Henry Andrews (1816–1898), though trained as an engineer, was better known as a marine watercolorist.[14]
WorldCat edition
661852John DonaldsonRudimentary treatise on clay lands and loamy soilsJohn Donaldson (1799–1876) described himself as a 'Professor of Botany'.[15] He taught at the Agricultural Training College at Hoddesdon, established in the 1840s under the headmastership of William Haselwood.
WorldCat edition
69-70Charles Child SpencerA rudimentary and practical treatise on musicCharles Child Spencer (1797–1869) was an organist and choirmaster of St. James's Chapel, Clapton, London.[16]
WorldCat edition
80Robert MurrayRudimentary treatise on marine engines and steam vesselsWorldCat edition
831853Editor Charles Tomlinson, materials by Alfred Charles Hobbs, compiler by George DoddRudimentary Treatise on the Construction of LocksBook: Alfred Charles Hobbs. George Dodd. Rudimentary Treatise on the Construction of Locks. 10 May 2013. 1853. J. Weale.
99–100John Radford YoungTables intended to facilitate the operations of navigation and nautical astronomyJohn Radford Young (1799–1885) was professor of mathematics at Belfast College from 1833 to 1849.[17]
WorldCat edition
1011852W. S. B. WoolhouseThe elements of differential calculusWorldCat edition
1021852Homersham CoxThe integral calculusAt archive.org
1852Robert MainRudimentary Astronomy[18]
132S. H. BrooksErection of Dwelling-housesWorldCat edition

One of John Weale's earliest books published was Steam Navigation, Tredgold on the Steam Engine Appendix A which was edited and published under direction from Thomas Tredgold himself. Steam Navigation, Tredgold on the Steam Engine, Appendix A was printed by W. Hughes, King’s Head Court, Gough Square.

Its value in August 1839 was twelve shillings.

References

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Attribution

Notes and References

  1. Book: Appletons' annual cyclopaedia and register of important events of the year: 1862. 1863. D. Appleton & Company. New York. 695.
  2. Web site: Art and artists | Royal Academy of Arts. www.royalacademy.org.uk. 2 March 2023.
  3. Reid, William (1791-1858).
  4. https://www.publishinghistory.com/weales-scientific-and-technical-series-crosby-lockwood-and-son.html Weale's Scientific & Technical Series (Crosby, Lockwood and Son - Book Series List
  5. Web site: A treatise on gas works and the practice of manufacturing and distributing coal gas. 1871.
  6. Web site: Rudiments of the art of building : In five sections--general principles of construction; materials used in building; strength of materials; use of materials; working drawings, specifications, and estimates. 1890.
  7. Web site: A history of wireless telegraphy, 1838-1899: Including some bare-wire proposals for subaqueous telegraphs. 1899.
  8. Book: Robert Main. Rudimentary astronomy. 1852. John Weale. 157.
  9. Web site: Obituary (PDF). 2 March 2023.
  10. Book: Howard Colvin . Howard Colvin . A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects 1600–1840 . 1978 . John Murray . 0-7195-3328-7 . 331 . registration .
  11. A. W. Skempton, A biographical dictionary of civil engineers in Great Britain and Ireland, p. 378
  12. 'Obituary - Samuel Hughes', Geological Magazine, vol. 9 (1872)
  13. Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 31 (1871), pp. 211 –212
  14. Martin Hardie & Dudley Snelgrove, eds., Water-colour Painting in Britain: The Victorian period, 1966, p. 80
  15. ODNB
  16. Jamie Croy Kassler, The science of music in Britain, 1714–1830: a catalogue of writings, lectures, and inventions, Volume 2, 1979, p, 961
  17. Norman St. John Stevas, ed., The Collected Works of Walter Bagehot: Letters, Harvard University Press, 1986, p.
  18. Main, Robert. 35.
  19. Web site: A rudimentary treatise on clock and watch making: with a chapter on church clocks; and an account of the proceedings respecting the great Westminster clock. Edmund Beckett. Grimthorpe. 2 March 1850. London, J. Weale. 2 March 2023. Internet Archive.
  20. Web site: Rudimentary treatise on the construction of cranes and machinery for raising heavy bodies. Joseph. Glynn. 2 March 1849. J. Weale. 2 March 2023. Google Books.
  21. Web site: Rudimentary treatise on the power of water, as applied to drive flour mills, and to give motion to turbines and other hydrostatic engines. Joseph. Glynn. 2 March 1853. London, J. Weale. 2 March 2023. Internet Archive.
  22. Web site: A Rudimentary Treatise on the History, Construction, and Illumination of Lighthouses. Alan. Stevenson. 2 March 1850. J. Weale. 2 March 2023. Google Books.
  23. Web site: Rudimentary treatise on galvanism and the general principles of animal and voltaic electricity. W. Snow (William Snow). Harris. Robert. Sabine. 2 March 1869. London : Strahan & Co.. 2 March 2023. Internet Archive.
  24. Dictionary of National Biography, Smith, Thomas Roger (1830–1903), architect, by Paul Waterhouse. Published 1912.