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Striving for the Comfort Zone
Julius Jeffreys (1800-1877), was a prominent Victorian era scientist and surgeon. One of 16 children, he was educated by his father, Richard Jeffreys, at Hall Place, Kent, from where he ran a private school. Julius was employed by the Honourable East India Company for 13 years. While in India he recommended the use of hill stations, developed air conditioning systems and reduced pollution from fireplaces. On returning to England in 1836, he designed the Respirator, a device for warming inhaled air, to ease the suffering of those afflicted with tuberculosis and other lung diseases. While not a familiar item now, the Respirator was mentioned in the works of Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell a...
A Confutative Biographical Notice of Julius Jeffreys, F.R.S., F.G.S. [electronic Resource]
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Our Heart Is the Land
This collection of Aboriginal life histories provides a glimpse of a world about which little has been published previously. Focusing on themes such as religious life, living off the land, Dreamings and missions and using the voices of men and women living in and around the Lake Eyre Basin today, Shaw recorded a history of oppression and deprivation, disease and exploitation, but also celebrates the survival of a rich culture, and the growth of political awareness and community self management.
