William Hewson was a celebrated 18th-century anatomist and physiologist, known for his groundbreaking research on blood transfusion and respiration. This comprehensive collection brings together all of Hewson's surviving works, including…

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

Principles and practice of embanking lands from river-floods, as applied to levees of the Mississippi This book, Principles and practice of embanking lands from river-floods , by William Hewson, is…

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

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…

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public…