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− | * A book on mineralogy, which speaks about gemstones and their mining (Book 1 Chapter 3). | + | * A book on mineralogy, which speaks about gemstones and their mining (Book 1 Chapter 3) |
− | * The Naval Trident by Duncan (Book 1 Chapter 4) - Possibly <i>The British Trident, or, Register of Naval Actions</i> by Archibald Duncan, first published in 1804? | + | * The Naval Trident by Duncan (Book 1 Chapter 4) |
− | * An English translation of the <i>Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica</i> by Isaac Newton, 1687. The translation may have been the one done by Andrew Motte in 1729. [[Laurence]] was prepared to bring his Latin up to snuff to read the book to [[Temeraire]] in the original, but he was probably just as happy to find a translation. This becomes Temeraire's favourite book, almost sort of a bedtime story for him.
| + | * A book by Gibbon, the second volume (Book 2 Chapter 3) |
− | * A book by (Pierre-Simon) Laplace, possibly one of the first four volumes of the <i>Mécanique céleste</i> published 1799-1805. Laurence finds this book to be somewhat heavy going.
| + | * A French translation of the Arabian Nights (Book 2 Chapter 10) |
− | * A book of Oriental tales about dragons, translated and annotated by Sir [[Edward Howe]].
| + | * Die Leiden des jungen Werther (Book 3 Chapter 11) |
− | * A book by Gibbon, the second volume (Book 2 Chapter 3) - Probably <i>The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire</i>, Edward Gibbon's best known work. It was published in six volumes 1776-1789. | |
− | * A French translation of the Arabian Nights (Book 2 Chapter 10) - Possibly the translation by Antoine Galland published in 1704, which was the first European version of the tales. Temeraire's reference to Ali Baba's cave (in a discussion of [[Requiescat]]'s attempt to take over Temeraire's own cave) comes from the Arabian Nights. | |
− | * Classical Chinese works, including the <i>Analects</i> of Confucius, which Temeraire refers to in a discussion with [[Majestatis]]. | |
− | * <i>Die Leiden des jungen Werther</i> (Book 3 Chapter 11) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, first published in 1774 and published in a revised edition in 1787.
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− | * Possibly <i>On the Predestination of the Saints (De praedestinatione sanctorum)</i> by St. Augustine of Hippo - Temeraire refers to Augustine's explanation of predestination in his brief discussion with Rev. Daniel [[Salcombe]].
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