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Treatises
 Websites presented in alphabetical order American Ballroom Companion: Dance Instruction Manuals, ca. 1490-1920 
 A collection of "materials relating to ballroom (also called social) dance," including over two hundred social dance manuals. Features antidance manuals, histories, treatises on etiquette, a bibliography, and the essay "How to Read a Dance Manual." Searchable and browsable. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dihtml/ Topics: Dance, Musical Genres, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jul 6, 2004 Euclid of Alexandria
Biography and contributions of "the most prominent mathematician of antiquity" and author of the classical treatise "The Elements." Includes a bibliography, cross-references to related topics, and a list of "Mathematicians born in the same country." http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Mathematicians/Euclid.html Topics: Mathematics, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People Last updated Mar 30, 2005 Euclid's "Elements"
An exploration and explanation of the 13-volume treatise "Elements," Euclid's contribution to geometry and "one of the most beautiful and influential works of science in the history of humankind. Its beauty lies in its logical development of geometry and other branches of mathematics." Created and maintained by a mathematics and computer science professor. http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/toc.html Topics: Literature & Books, Mathematics, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jun 26, 2005 Gold Rush City: San Francisco in the California Gold Rush
A few selective Web resources and an extensive print bibliography, browsable by source and alphabetically, about San Francisco in the late 1840s through the 1850s and beyond. Includes links to articles about ships buried in landfill, and a local history treatise about a "Californio" family: "To Have But Not to Hold: The Bernals of Early San Francisco and Their Lost Corner of the City." From Greg Pabst, an MA candidate in history and local history buff. http://gregnoevly.home.mindspring.com/welcome.html Topics: History, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History Last updated May 19, 2005 A Guide to the Orders of Trilobites
Information for these prehistoric animals includes their morphology, ecology, systematics, and development (ontogeny). Features an image gallery, a systematic listing of trilobite families from the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, a geologic timeline, fact sheets, A FAQ, a glossary, and more. Created and maintained by a biologist with The Nature Conservancy. http://www.trilobites.info/ Topics: Animals, Geology, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Aug 2, 2006 Hanover Historical Texts Project (HHTP)
This site's "principal aim is to make primary texts readily available." Texts are organized alphabetically by author within geographic regions and chronological eras. The texts are largely pre-twentieth century, starting with Ancient Greece and Rome . Find here English language originals and translations of diaries, letters, proclamations, declarations, political and philosophic treatises, constitutions, diplomatic telegrams, and more. http://history.hanover.edu/project.html Topics: History, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Feb 25, 2004 Infinite Secrets
This companion to a PBS NOVA program concerns a mathematical treatise by Archimedes thought to have been lost but now recently discovered as a palimpsest ("a manuscript with a layer of text written over an earlier scraped- or washed-off text"). Features a history of the manuscript, information about the technology used to read the erased text, and essays about great surviving manuscripts, contemplating infinity, and approximating Pi. Also includes library and teacher guides. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/archimedes/ Topics: Mathematics, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts
An online exhibition in honor of the 900th anniversary of the transcription of "an Arabic treatise by one of the most important medieval physicians and clinicians -- Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya' al-Razi, who worked in Baghdad in the previous century and was later known to Europe as Rhazes." This site traces the history and development of Islamic medicine. Included is a bibliography of additional readings. A transcribed interview about Islamic calligraphy is accompanied by several video clips. From the National Library of Medicine. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/islamic_medical/islamic_00.html Topics: Health, Holidays and Observances Individually, Language, Medical Treatments & Devices, Nonfiction by Genre, Writing Last updated Apr 7, 2004 The James Lind Library
Searchable and browsable database of full-texts and excerpts from materials relating to the "development of fair tests for assessing the effects of medical treatments." Includes background and information about fair testing, with explanations of the effects of chance and the types of biases that may occur in the testing process. Site is named for James Lind, the author of the 1753 text "Treatise on the Scurvy." From the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. http://www.jameslindlibrary.org/ Topics: Health, Health, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Jun 24, 2003 Niccolo Machiavelli — The Prince
This Web site, dedicated to Machiavelli's treatise "The Prince," includes a full English translation, an outline, a summary, and highlighted quotations as well as a brief biography of the author. http://www.the-prince-by-machiavelli.com/ Topics: Heads of State, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People: Government, Politics, Social Science Last updated Aug 27, 2003 The RJ&L Religious Liberty Archive
"An extensive repository of valuable information ... for anyone seeking information about state and federal laws pertaining to religious freedom in the United States." Browse Supreme Court cases, federal and state statutes, treatises, historical documents, and related links. Search or browse the archive of cases dating back to 1813. From Rothgerber Johnson & Lyons LLP, a Colorado law firm representing "a wide variety of religious institutions." http://www.churchstatelaw.com/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Government, Nonfiction by Genre, Religion, Social Issues Last updated Jun 17, 2004 |
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