W. Metcalfe and Son

W. Metcalfe and Son

W. Metcalfe and Son was a printer and publisher in Cambridge during the 1800s and early 1900s. Its office has been located on Green Street, [cite book | title = A handy-book about books, for book-lovers, book-buyers, and book-sellers | author = John Power | pages = p.73 | location = London | publisher = J. Wilson | year = 1870 | id = OCLC|3382019 ] Trinity Street [cite book | title = Sagittulae, Random Verses | author = E. W. Bowling | year = 1885 | location = Cambridge | publisher = W. Metcalfe & Son | url = http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18009/18009-8.txt | id = OCLC|25002058 ] and St. Mary's Street. A large number of books about Cambridge were published by W. Metcalfe and Sons during that era.cite book | title = Cambridge in Books | author = Pierre Gorman | edition = 5th Edition | url = http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/bibhome/cam5c.pdf | format = PDF | publisher = The University of Melbourne | location = Melbourne | year = 1998 ] In 1836, William Metcalfe was a contender for the printer of Cambridge University Press, but was defeated by John Parker.cite book | title = A History of Cambridge University Press, Volume Two: Scholarship and Commerce (1698 — 1872) | author = McKitterick, David | year = 2004 | publisher = Cambridge University Press | isbn = 052130802X | volume = 2 | pages = pp.329,337]

The "Cambridge General Advertiser", first issued in 1839, was printed by William Metcalfe and Jonathan Palmer. Metcalfe continued as printer until 1846, after which it changed hands a number of times before closing in 1850. [cite journal | author = Michael Joseph Murphy | title = Newspapers and Opinions in Cambridge, 1780-1850 | journal = Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society | volume = VI | issue = I | year = 1972 | pages = pp.35–50 | issn = 0068-6611 | id = ISBN 0900891157 ]

Books

The Railway traveller's walk through Cambridge

;Editions:
# 186- - OCLC|40830392
# 1862 - OCLC|43521601, Microfilm: OCLC|17937041
# 1864 - OCLC|27707061
# 1867 - OCLC|61598542, Microfilm: OCLC|17944554
# 1873 - OCLC|47804365
# 1880 - OCLC|12366631, Microfilm: OCLC|16317048
# 1882? - OCLC|47804371
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* 1897 - OCLC|57685445 (reprint of eight edition)
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Others

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* [cite web | url = http://www.ilab.org/db/book796_F22198.html | title = COOPER, Charles Henry. Memorials of Cambridge. A New Edition | work = ILAB | accessdate = 2007-06-12 ] [cite web | url = http://www.stmatthews-cambridge.org.uk/frames/content/social.html | title = Social History of the Parish | work = St. Matthews Church, Cambridge | accessdate = 2007-06-12 ]

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* [arxiv|archive = math | id = 9903037: Hessian Quartic surfaces that are kummer] Reprinted in 2002 by Adamant Media. ISBN 1402100183

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Periodicals

* The Cambridge University Magazine (1839-1842) [cite journal | title = Cambridge Periodicals: I. University | author = GJ Gray | journal = Notes and Queries | date = January 3, 1885 | volume = s6-XI | issue = 265 | pages = Pp. 61–62 | quote = 1839-42: The Cambridge University Magazine, — Twelve numbers issued, No. 1 March, 1839, published once a term; 12, October, 1842. Camb., printed by Metcalfe & Palmer for W. P. Grant | doi = 10.1093/nq/s6-XI.265.61 ]
* Cambridge General Advertiser (1839-1846)
* Messenger of Mathematics [cite journal | title = Notes | journal = Messenger of Mathematics | volume = XXXV | date = May 1905 - April 1906 | pages = 1600 | quote = Papers for insertion should be sent to Dr. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge, or to Messrs. Metcalfe and Co. Limited, Printing Office, Trinity Street, Cambridge. ]
* The Eagle (1859-1935). OCLC|17524145

Annuals

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** cite book | title = Various papers and notes, chiefly relating to elliptic functions, that have appeared in the Quarterly Journal of Mathematics and the Messenger of Mathematics, during the year 1881 and 1882 | author = J W L Glaisher | location = Cambridge | publisher = Metcalfe | year = 1882 | id = OCLC|56863068
** cite book | title = Mathematical papers, chiefly connected with the q-series in elliptic functions, l883-1885 | author = J W L Glaisher | location = Cambridge | publisher = W. Metcalfe and Son | year = 1855 | id = OCLC|6362309

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