John Woodward

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The study of the solid part of the earth on which structures are built is an essential part of the training of a civil engineer. Geotechnical processes such as drilling, pumping and injection techniques enhance the viability of many construction processes by improving ground conditions. Meer

What part did the British voluntary hospital system play in the health of the community in the 18th and 19th centuries? Originally published in 1974, this study investigates this question through a pioneering examination of the extant hospital records, and by an analysis of the contemporary literature. Meer

For the physician and natural historian John Woodward (c.1655–1728), fossils were the key to unlocking the mystery of the Earth's past, which he attempted to do in this controversial work, first published in 1695 and here reissued in the 1723 third edition. Meer