On Some Old Maps of Africa, in Which the Central Equatorial Lakes Are Laid Down Nearly in Their True Positions ... from the Transactions of the Royal

Publisher Marketing: Title: On some old Maps of Africa, in which the central equatorial lakes are laid down nearly in their true positions ... From the Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Hogg, John; 1864. 8 . 10096.bbb.7. Contributor Bio:  Hogg, John John L. Hogg is Professor of Chemistry and Thamann Professor of Undergraduate Teaching Excellence at Texas A&M University. He received his B. S. degree in chemistry at Southwestern State College in Oklahoma and his Ph. D. from the University of Kansas and joined the faculty at Texas A&M University in 1975. He has about 40 publications in the general areas of physical organic and bioorganic chemistry. He has received numerous teaching awards, including the Texas A&M University Association of Former Students Faculty Distinguished Achievement Awards in Teaching, College of Science teaching award (2002) and the Mervin and Annette Peters Advising Award as the outstanding undergraduate faculty advisor at Texas A&M in 2004. Dr. Hogg was one of the first four faculty members at Texas A&M to receive the title of University Professor of Undergraduate Teaching Excellence (1996), and he was honored with the named professorship he now holds in 2002. He has performed an estimated 250 chemistry demonstration shows for over 40,000 people.