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EDMONDS, GEORGE. (Con.).

commences as follows: "The King against Edmonds and others; set down for trial at Warwick, 29th March, 1820. Brief Remarks tending to show," etc., etc.

"The Tuck Net" retucked, or Porpoises instead of Pilchards!!! ... Penzance, 1824, 12°. See Jeffery, John.

By His Majesty's Royal Letters Patent. The Philosophic Alphabet, with an explanation of its principles...To which is added a Philosophic System of Punctuation. By G. Edmonds. Lond., Simpkin; Birmingham, F. & J. Turner [printed]; 1832, 8°., pp. iv and 96.

George Edmonds' complete Ancient Classical Dictionary. [Stevens and Pardon, Printers, Bell Yard, London], n.d. [1837], 12°., pp. 16.

NOTE.-Without title-page.

George Edmonds' complete English Grammar, with a supplemental Grammar of Etiquette. 5th ed., Lond., published for G. Edmonds, Esq., 19, East Street, Lamb's Conduit Street...1837, 12°., pp. 16, 14d.

The Tri-National Grammar. By G. Edmonds. [Colophon, "Published by G. Edmonds, 12, Church Row, Old St. Pancras, and 25, Bow Street; Stevens and Pardon, Printers, etc."]; n.d. [1838], 12°., pp. 16.

A Universal Alphabet, Grammar, and Language; comprising a scientific classification of the radical elements of discourse, and illustrative translations from the Holy Scriptures and the Principal British Classics; to which is added a Dictionary of the Language. By G. Edmonds. London and Glasgow, R. Griffin and Co., n d. [1856], 4°. Preface, pp. vii; Contents, pp. vii; Introduction, pp. 34; Book I, Alphabet, pp. 152; Book II, Translation, pp. 44, Notes, pp. iii, Addenda and Corrigenda, pp. ix; Book III, Dictionary, unpaged.

EDMONDS, RICHARD, SEN. Town-Clerk of

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EDMONDS, RICHARD, JUN. (eldest son of the preceding). b. Penzance, 18th Sept. 1801.

Hymns for the Principal Festivals of the Church, and for other occasions. Two hundred copies are, by permission, offered to the Rev. Henry Batten, M.A., the Incumbent of Penzance, for the benefit of the Penzance Church School. By the Author of the Original Hymns [i.e., Richard Edmonds], a Member of his Flock. Lond., Longman; Penzance, T. Beare; 1857, 8°., pp. 206, 1/-.

NOTE.-185 Hymns, 44 of which are by R. Edmonds.

EDMONDS, RICHARD, JUN. (Con.).

The Land's End District; its Antiquities, Natural History, Natural Phenomena, & Scenery; also a brief Memoir of R. Trevithick, C.E. By R. Edmonds (late of Penzance), Secretary for Cornwall to the Cambrian Archæological Association. With map, 6 plates, and several woodcuts. Lond., J. R. Smith; Penzance, F. T. Vibert; 1862, 8o., pp. 270, 7/6.

A Statistical Account of the Parish of Madron, containing the Borough of Penzance. 1839, 8°.

NOTE. Reprinted from Journ. Statist. Soc. of Lond., ii, 198-233 (1839).

On the Phoenician Tin Trade of Cornwall. With Remarks on the Great Irruption of the Sea in the Eleventh Century, Sand Hillocks, Raised Beaches, the Causeway between Marazion and St. Michael's Mount; and on the origin of the names Marazion, Market Jew, Iktin, and Britain. By R. Edmonds. By R. Edmonds. Reprinted from the Annual Report and Transactions of the Plymouth Institution and Deron and Cornwall Natural History Society, 1867-8. Plymouth, Isaiah W. N. Keys and Sons, 52, Bedford Street, 1868, 8°., pp. 23.

Notice of an Extraordinary Literary Blunder. Signed R. E. N. & Q., 2 S., vi, 108 (1858).

Meteor of 29th June, 1832. Literary Gazette, 7th July, 1832, p. 430.

An Ancient Church [Perranzabuloe] restored to light. Letter dated Redruth, 24th Sept., 1835. ib., 3rd Oct., 1835, p. 634.

Remarkable Appearance of the Sun. Letter dated Penzance, 20th May, 1842. ib., 28th May, 1842, p. 364.

Extraordinary Movement of the Sea in Mount's Bay, 5th July, 1843. ib., 15th July, 1843, p. 464. cf. West Briton, 28th July, 1843; Trans. Roy. Soc. of Edinb., xv, 610, 615, 623 (1843).

Notice of the Great Meteor, June 29, 1832. Lond. and Edinb. Philos. Mag., i, 306–7 (1832). The Visibility of the Stars by day. ib., iii, 238-9 (1833).

The Mirage as seen in Cornwall. 169-70 (1836).

ib., viii,

On Earthquakes and Extraordinary Agitations of the Sea. ib., xxxi, 45-52 (1866).

On Extraordinary Agitations of the Sea not produced by Winds or Tides. ib., xxxvii, 35– 40 (1869).

On Lunar Periodicities in Earthquakes, &c. Edinb. New Philos. Journ., xxxviii, 271-79 (1845). Great Thunder-Storms, etc., on 5th July and 1st Aug., 1846. ib., xli, 412-14 (1846).

On the Origin of the Sand-hillocks of St.

EDMONDS, RICHARD, JUN. (Con.).

Ives Bay, etc. ib., xliii, 181-84 (1847).

Oscillation of the Waters in Lake Ontario. ib., xlv, 107-109 (1848).

Extraordinary Agitation of the Sea, 23rd May, 1847. ib., xlv, 109-110.

On the Rapid Diminution of the Sand-banks in Mount's Bay. ib., xlv, 113–15.

EDMONDS, RICHARD, JUN. (Con.).

Barrows, Urns, and other Sepulchral Remains, found near Penzance. ib., i, 229-36.

On Ancient Mill-stones and British Villages near Penzance. ib., i, 245–50.

The Tolmen of Constantine. ib., i, 309 (1849). Ancient Cave near Penzance compared with Caves in Scilly and Sepulchres in Sardinia. ib.,

Land Shells found beneath Sand-hillocks in i, 310–13. Cornwall. ib., xlvii, 263-65 (1848).

On the Fragment of a Bronze Furnace, etc. ib., 1, 58-61 (1851).

The apparent Visibility of Stars through the Moon immediately before their occultation. ib., lvi, 137-39 (1854).

Account of an Earthquake, etc. ib., iii, 280285 (1856).

Contributions to the Biography of Richard Trevithick, C.E. ib., x, 327-336 (1859).

Extraordinary Agitations of the Sea in the West of England, and Earthquake Shocks in Cornwall in 1858 and 1859. ib., xii, 1-14 (1860).

Earthquakes in Cornwall & Yorkshire, Whirlwind near Penzance. ib., xii, 203-206 (1860). Earthquakes in Cornwall on 13th Jan., 1860. ib., xiii, 100–105 (1861).

Ancient British Caves, etc. ib., xiv, 201-202. Notes on Earthquakes and Agitations of the Sea. ib., xiv, 203-206.

The Buried Church in the sands of Gwithian. ib., xvii, 14-16 (1863).

St. Michael's Mount and the Phoenicians. ib., xviii, 173-81.

Bee-hive British Dwellings at Bosphrennis and Chapel Euny, near Penzance. ib., xviii,

187-190.

The Calling of the Sea. Rep. R.C.P. Soc., 1843, p. 47.

Sepulchral Monument discovered on Carnsew Cliff, in Hayle, in Dec., 1843. Plate. ib., 1844, p. 69.

NOTE. The above two papers are reprinted in Courtney's "Guide to Penzance,” App., pp. 53—58.

Ancient Customs in Cornwall. Trans. P.N.H. & A. Soc., i, 69-82 (1846).

Thunder Storms and Agitations of the Sea in 1846. ib., i, 102–6.

The Effects of Lightning at Polmenna in 1846. ib., i, 155–6.

Four Whirlwinds at St. Just in 1846. ib., i, 157-8 (1847).

The Oscillation of the Waters in Lake Ontario in 1845. ib., i, 169–70.

The Agitation of the Sea on the 23rd May, 1847. ib., i, 171–2.

The Cromlechs near Penzance. ib., i, 195202 (1848).

Hill Castles, Cliff Castles, and other supposed British Dwellings, near Penzance. ib., i, 341-6. Also found as a Pamph., with a title page, 1849, 8°.

Fragment of a Bronze Furnace discovered near St. Michael's Mount. ib., i, 347-51. Also found as a Pamph., with a title page, 1849, 8°. Druidical Temples near Penzance. ib., i, 3816 (1850).

The Wind and the Lightning of 14th Dec., 1850. ib., ii, 19–20.

Crucifix found at Penzance. (1851).

ib., ii, 46–7

The Calling of the Sea and the Wind. ib., ii, 103-5.

Ancient Mill-stone found at St. Just. 106-7 (1852).

Extraordinary Vegetable Productions.

238.

ib., ii,

ib., ii,

Inscribed Stone found in St. Hilary. ib., ii, 290-94 (1853).

On Sand-banks in Mount's Bay. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. of Lond., iv, p. lxxviii (1848).

On Land Shells below Sand-hillocks on the Coast of Cornwall. ib., v, p. xcii (1849).

On Extraordinary Agitations of the Sea, with a refutation of the new theory thereon. Trans. Devonshire Assoc. of Science, etc. (1869).

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Extraordinary Movement of the Sea, July, 1843, with notice...of Earthquakes which have occurred in Cornwall. Trans. R.G.S.C., vi, 111– 121 (1843).

Lunar Periodicities in Earthquakes, Atmospherical Changes, and Hygrometrical Facts. ib., vi, 196-210, 259-264 (1845). Also found as Pamphlets, with title-pages, 1844 and 1845, 8°. The Origin of the Sand-hillocks of St. Ives Bay, Whitesand Bay, and Mount's Bay. ib., vi, 301-304. Also found as a Pamph., with a title-page, 1846, 8°.

The Rapid Diminution of the Sand-banks in Mount's Bay. ib., vii, 31-33 (1847).

Land Shells found beneath the surface of sand-hillocks on the coasts of Cornwall. ib., vii, 70-71 (1848).

On Earthquakes, &c. ib., vii, 164-67. Also found as a Pamph., with a title-page, 1850, 8°. Earthquake, 30th May, 1855, and Agitation of the Sea, 6th June, 1855. ib., vii, 279-84 (1855).

Agitations of the Sea and Earthquakes. ib., vii, 355-68 (1858-59).

Earthquake, 13th Jan., 1860. ib., vii, 38187 (1860).

On Earthquakes, &c. ib. (1865).

On Extraordinary Agitations of the Sea not produced by winds or tides. ib. (1868).

On the Earthquake Sea-waves in Peru, New Zealand, etc., on the 13th and 14th Aug., 1868, and in the West of England, on Michaelmas Day, 1869; also on the Earthquake Shock felt at Sea, near Peru, on the 24th Aug., 1869, and on the great Sea Waves near the Land's End, in 1809. ib. (1869).

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Optical Phænomena. Rep. R.I.C., 1841, p. 28. Periodicities in Atmospherical and other Phonomena. ib., 1844, p. 41. Also found as a Pamph., with a title-page, 1845, 8o.

Lunar Periodicities. ib., 1848, p. 46. The Climate of Australia. ib., 1850, p. 25. The Tolmen of Constantine. ib., 1857, p. 30. Earthquakes in Cornwall. ib., 1859, p. 28. Earthquakes in Cornwall and Yorkshire, and Whirlwinds near Penzance. ib., 1860, p. 51.

Description of Cornish Antiquities for the guidance of the Camb. Archæol. Soc. ib., 1861, pp. 12-14.

Bee-hive Cave at Chapel Euny, and Longitudinal Cave at Chyoyster. ib., 1861, p. 48–50. Notes on Earthquakes, etc. ib., 1861, p. 5660.

St. Michael's Mount and the Phoenicians. ib., 1863, pp. 63-70.

Bee-hive British Dwellings. ib., 1863.

EDMONDS, RICHARD, JUN. (Con.).

The Death-watch; the ticking of Anobium. Mag. Nat. Hist., vi, 468–69 (1834).

Extraordinary Oscillation of the Sea... in Mount's Bay. Proc. Roy. Soc., v, 962 (1850). The Calling of the Sea. ib., v, 968.

Mr. Peel's Act. By Epsilon [i.e., R. Edmonds]. Cornish Mag., iii, 115 (1828).

Cornish Customs on Midsummer Eve. ib., iii, 137.

Proposed Reformation of the Laws of England. By E., Redruth [i.e., R. Edmonds]. ib., iii, 153. Penzance and Mount's Bay. ib., iii, 158.

Trial by Jury. ib., iii, 183.

Puns and Punning. By Redruth [i.e., R. Edmonds]. ib., iii, 86-92.

Insulation of St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall. Nature, iii, 309 (1871).

EDMONDS, THOMAS ROWE, B.A. (2nd son of Rich. Edmonds, Sen.). b. Penzance, 20th June, 1803.

Practical, Moral, and Political Economy; or the Government, Religion, and Institutions, most conducive to individual happiness and to national power. By T. R. Edmonds, A.B., Trinity Coll., Camb. Lond., Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1828, 8°., pp. viii and 304, 9/-.

Lite Tables, founded on the discovery of a Numerical Law regulating the existence of every human being. Illustrated by a new theory of the causes producing health and longevity. By T. R. Edmonds. Lond., Duncan, 1832, imp. 8°.

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An Enquiry into the Laws which govern the Mortality of the People of England; founded upon official records of births, deaths, and population, for the last 70 years. By T. R. Edmonds, Actuary to the Legal and General Life Assurance Soc., London. The Lancet, pp. 297-301, March 9, 1850.

An Enquiry into the Law which governs the Mortality of the Population of England, in various localities of Town and Country; founded upon Official Records of the Registrar-General. ib., pp. 328-29, March 16, 1850.

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On Mr. Gompertz's law of human mortality, and Mr. Edmonds' claims to its independent discovery and extension. By T. B. Sprague. ib., ix, 288–95.

Letter from Benjamin Gompertz. 296-8.

ib., ix,

On the law of human mortality, and on Mr. Gompertz's new exposition of his laws of mortality. By T. R. Edmonds. ib., ix, 327-41. [Also found as a Pamph., printed by E. & C. Layton, 150, Fleet Street, n.d., 8°., pp. 15].

Mr. Edmonds; College Life. By Professor De Morgan. ib., x, 29-30 (1862).

On the recent imputations made as to Mr. Gompertz's accuracy. By T. B. Sprague. ib., X, 32-44.

On the value of Mr. Gompertz's Formula for the number living, in terms of the mortality according to age, compared with the value of a similar Formula published in 1832. By T. R. Edmonds. ib., x, 104–113.

On the Elastic Force of Steam of Maximum Density; with a new Formula for the expression of such force in terms of the Temperature. Lond., Edinb., and Dub. Philos. Mag. and Journ. of Science, xxix, 169-87 (1865).

On the Laws of Density of Saturated Steam, expressed by a new Formula. ib., xxx, 1-11 (1865).

On the Laws of Human Mortality, expressed by a new Formula. ib., xxxi, 1-16, (1866).

NOTE. The Penzance Public Library have [reprinted] copies of the three preceding papers, bound in one volume, with the following printed title: "On the Laws governing Human Mortality, Pressure of Saturated Steam, and Density of Saturated Steam. By T. R. Edmonds. London, 1866," 8°.

On Vital Force according to Age and the “English Life Table." ib., xxxviii, 18-33 (1869).

EDMONDS, THOMAS ROWE. (Con.).

On the Laws of Density of Steam, etc. The Artizan, pp. 175-79, Aug. 1, 1865; The Engineer, 28th July, 1865.

On the Reform of the Income and Property Tax. A Letter from Junius [i.e., T. R. Edmonds] to Joseph Hume/Esq., M.P. Daily News, 8th Jan., 1853.

Second Report from the Select Committee on the Income and Property Tax... Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 22nd June,

1852.

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The Temperance Tract Journal. J. P. Edwards]. Nos. 1 and 2, January and February, 1851, 8°., pp. 32, 1d each.

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NOTE.-During the years above-mentioned Mr. Edwards was proprietor of this Magazine. He succeeded Mr. E. J. Reed as Editor, upon that gentleman's appointment to the Controllership of the Navy.

The Building News and Engineering Journal. [Ed. by J. P. Edwards]. Printed and published for the proprietor [J. P. Edwards], by E. J. Kibblewhite, 31, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London. Plates. Weekly, fol., pp. 28, 3d.

NOTE.-In progress. Mr. Edwards has been the proprietor of this paper since 1861. The circulation is now (1871) 7,000 a week.

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English Mechanic and World of Science; with which are incorporated "The Mechanic," "Scientific Opinion,' and the "British and Foreign Mechanic." [Ed. by J. P. Edwards]. Woodcuts. Lond., printed and published (for the proprietor, J. P. Edwards) by E. J. Kibblewhite, 31, Tavistock Street, London. Weekly, fol., pp. 32, 2d.

NOTE.-In progress. Mr. Edwards has been the proprietor of this paper since 1869. The circulation is now (1871) 27,000 a week.

Banquet to J. Passmore Edwards, Esq. [Lond., W. H. Collingridge, Aldersgate Street, n.d., 29th Oct., 1866], 8°., pp. 8.

NOTE.-Without Title-page.

The Mission of Richard Cobden. Howitt's Journ., iii, 200-203 (1848).

The Peace Congress. People's Journ., vi, 197200, 225-28 (1848).

The Pleasures of Knowledge. ib., vi, 323–25.

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EDWARDS, RICHARD, M.A., M.D. (3rd son of John Edwards). b. Cornwall. d. Falmouth, 12th Sept., 1827. cf. Gent. Mag., xcvii, pt. 2, 471 (1827); Annual Biog. for 1828, p. 433; New Monthly Mag., xxi, 485 (1827).

A.D. 1813, No. 3667. Specification of R. Edwards, of the parish of Budock, Doctor of Physic, and William Williams, of the Borough of Penryn, Surgeon, for the invention of "A certain process for extracting arsenic from any of the ores or other substances in which it is contained, in a purer state than it is at present procured in this kingdom." 2 section plans. Lond., 1813, fol.-Reprinted, Lond., Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1856, fol., pp. 7, 9d.

MSS. additions to Pryce's Mineralogia. By Dr. Edwards. cf. Journ. R.I.C., Oct., 1864, p. ix.

EDWARDS, REV. WILLIAM. Wesleyan Minister in Cornwall 1824. d. Ipswich, 16th May, 1860, aged 70. cf. Wesleyan Methodist Mag., lxxxiii, 842 (1860).

Memoir of Mrs. Amey Brokenshire (daughter of Mr. Verco, of Rathern Bridge), who died at Brixham, 14th April, 1824, aged 71. Methodist Mag., xlvii, 716 (1824).

EDWARDS, ZACHARY.

Primitiæ. [In verse]. With eight photographs. By Z. Edwards. Lond., Provost & Co. (successors to A. W. Bennett), 5, Bishopsgate Without, 1869, 8°., pp. viii and 202, 7/6.

NOTE.-Contains views of Tintagel Castle, Tintagel Head, &c.

EFFINGAM, JOHN. d. near Penryn, circa 6th Feb., 1757, aged 144. cf. Public Advertiser, 18th Feb., 1757.

ELFIN.

A Cornish Ghost Story. A Night's Adventures at the Devil's Stile, or Jacky Trevose and Mary Trevean. By "Elfin." Truro, James R. Netherton, Lemon Street, 1862, 8°., pp. 19, 3d.

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