Edited works
Partington edited The British Cyclopædia of Arts and Sciences, Literature, History, Geography, Law and Politics, Natural History and Biography, from 1835; the tenth and last volume appeared in 1837. [1] As a part publication, it appeared from May 1834 in monthly parts at a shilling. [7] The divisions were: [8]
- Arts and Sciences;
- Natural History;
- Biography; and
- Literature, History and Geography.
Partington wrote: division 1 parts i.–xxv., division 2 parts i.–xxiv., division 3 parts i.–xi. [1] Much of the natural history division was written by Robert Mudie. [9]
Other edited works were: [1]
- Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics and Hydrostatics, by J. Ferguson, F.R.S., adapted to the present state of science (1825)
- The Century of Inventions, by the Marquis of Worcester, with Notes and a Biographical Memoir (1825)
- The Mechanics' Gallery of Science and Art, 1825, vol. i.; no more printed.
Periodicals
Partington edited The Scientific Gazette, or Library of Mechanical Philosophy, Chemistry, and Discovery, which ran from July 1825 to 4 February 1826. With the civil engineer William Newton, he edited and partly wrote the second series of The London Journal of Arts and Sciences, containing descriptions of every new patent; also original communications on science and philosophy; this periodical went to nine volumes, 1834–42. [1]
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