The Art And Practice Of Hawking (1900) - Hardcover

Michell, Edward Blair

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1165211971 ISBN 13: 9781165211975

Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

About this title

About the Author

Edward Blair Michell (1843-1926) was born in Oxford, son of the principal of Hertford College Oxford. An English barrister and rower and was also a boxer, a linguist, an authority on falconry and the author of books on a variety of subjects. He was also a French advocate and highly fluent in French. He was in Paris during the time of the Paris Commune. He published a view of life under the commune in Fraser's Magazine. Michell was later legal adviser to Chulalongkorn, King Rama V of Siam and fluent in Siamese wrote a Siamese-English dictionary. Michell was expert on hawking and was considered possibly the greatest authority on merlins. He wrote on the art and practice of hawking.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1165211971
• ISBN 13: 9781165211975
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 314