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Henry Dircks
Dircks, Henry; Hoblyn, Thomas (1843). "No. III ON THE SMOKELESS ARGAND FURNACE OF CHARLES WYE WILLIAMS, ESQ". Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce.

Under Books Section


 * 1852. Jordantype, otherwise called Electrotype.
 * 1863. Perpetuum mobile.
 * 1863. Joseph Anstey.
 * 1863. The ghost as produced in the spectre drama.
 * 1863. Contribution towards a history of electro-metallurgy.
 * 1867. Inventors and inventions.
 * 1870.

Possible Additions

 * adding descriptions to books with no additional info.
 * Reformatting books section where front, main line of info is just dates and titles of his works and second, tabbed line is the descriptions of each.
 * Early life (not likely, limited sources)
 * Impact on the scientific community, public view (included with death section of life and career)
 * Differences between the 1870 book Perpetuum mobile and the 1863 edition
 * Perpetual motion opinions: sources found in his two books on the efforts to achieve the subject newspaper archives
 * Dircks believed the chase to achive perpetual motion was delusional and an "infallible snare."
 * Picture of Dircks?
 * Dirck's first book on perpetuum mobile was published in 1861, not 1863.

Article Drafting (underlined - to be moved to article)
Life and Career: Dircks died in Brighton on 17 September 1873. His 1875 obituary gave insight into how he was perceived by the public and the scientific community, stating that he will remembered for his friendly demeanor, contributions to science, and literary reviews on important scientific inventions.

New books found:


 * 1840. Account of a patent improved metallic roadway wheel with wood-faced tyre. Dircks read this before the Polytechnic Society and the mechanical section of the British Association. (add to books section)
 * 1869. Statistics of invention, Illustrating the policy of a patent law. Part II of a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, M.P.

Books:

Most of Dirck's literary work involved conducting critical reviews of emerging technologies as well as biographies of scientific figures. The major exception is Joseph Anstey, a fictional novel written by Dircks under the pseudonym D.S. Henry.


 * 1852: Jordantype, otherwise called Electrotype. A review of electrometallurgy and an attempt to absolve C.J. Jordan from rumors that he was not the inventor of this technology.
 * 1861: Perpetuum mobile; or, Search for Self-Motive Power, During the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries. This book includes opinions from himself and other scientists on the likelihood of achieving perpetual motion. Dircks also lists encyclopedic definitions of perpetual motion, as well as new scientific journals and recent patents.
 * 1863: Joseph Anstey, or: The patron and the protégé. A Story of Chequered Experiences in Life. Dircks' only fictional novel.
 * 1863: The ghost as produced in the spectre drama.
 * 1863: Contribution towards a history of electro-metallurgy.
 * 1867: Inventors and inventions.
 * 1870: A History of the Search for Self-Motive Power from the 13th to The 19th Century. Dircks' second book on perpetual motion.

Plans for draft, future changes
There was not a review of my work, but my future plans and changes include:


 * Further expansion and detailing of Dircks' literary works including summaries of each (nonfiction) book and its context in the engineering/scientific world at that time in England.
 * This is especially referring to more detail on his second 1870 book about perpetual motion
 * Find one more source that may detail Dircks' achievements and work outside of the two most identifiable aspects of his career, which were perpetual motion and Pepper's ghost.
 * Pepper's ghost has been talked about with great extent, so more examples of Dircks' great distaste (and why) for the seemingly endless search for the invention of a perpetual motion machine could be helpful.
 * Include parts of both the 1861 and 1870 books
 * A picture of Dircks needs to be added, but there is only one that I have found so far that could be used.
 *  Add references for all books 
 * Further detail for most books needed (summaries, main points:
 *  Italicize book titles 
 * Add details for smokeless argand furnace