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- Frontmatter
- TO THE READER
- Contents
- CHAP. I BIRTH, EARLY LIFE, AND A TEACHER OF YOUTH
- CHAP. II CAREER AS A PUBLIC LECTURER ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY
- CHAP. III APPOINTMENT IN THE BRITISH EMBASSY TO CHINA—VOYAGE TO AND ARRIVAL AT PEKIN
- CHAP. IV RESIDENCE AT PEKIN
- CHAP. V DEPARTURE FROM PEKIN AND JOURNEY TO CANTON
- CHAP. VI RESIDENCE IN CANTON
- CHAP. VII TERMINATION OF THE EMBASSY—VOYAGE TO AND ARRIVAL IN INDIA
- CHAP. VIII RESIDENCE IN INDIA, AND APPOINTMENT AS PROFESSOR OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE COLLEGE OF FORT WILLIAM
- CHAP. IX RETURN TO ENGLAND—DEATH
- LETTERS
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2010
- Frontmatter
- TO THE READER
- Contents
- CHAP. I BIRTH, EARLY LIFE, AND A TEACHER OF YOUTH
- CHAP. II CAREER AS A PUBLIC LECTURER ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY
- CHAP. III APPOINTMENT IN THE BRITISH EMBASSY TO CHINA—VOYAGE TO AND ARRIVAL AT PEKIN
- CHAP. IV RESIDENCE AT PEKIN
- CHAP. V DEPARTURE FROM PEKIN AND JOURNEY TO CANTON
- CHAP. VI RESIDENCE IN CANTON
- CHAP. VII TERMINATION OF THE EMBASSY—VOYAGE TO AND ARRIVAL IN INDIA
- CHAP. VIII RESIDENCE IN INDIA, AND APPOINTMENT AS PROFESSOR OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE COLLEGE OF FORT WILLIAM
- CHAP. IX RETURN TO ENGLAND—DEATH
- LETTERS
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- Biographical Memoir of James Dinwiddie, L.L.D., Astronomer in the British Embassy to China, 1792, '3, '4,Afterwards Professor of Natural Philosophy in the College of Fort William, Bengal, pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1868