Many people have provided help and encouragement with this project:

Dr. Geoffrey Smith, Head of Rare Books and Manuscripts at The Ohio State University Libraries, introduced me to this volume in his Rare Books Librarianship class, and provided scanned images for me to work from. He also provided me the opportunity to create this Web site as a part of my practicum to complete my Master of Library and Information Science degree at Kent State University. Geoff, I appreciate your support and encouragement.

Lisa Iacobellis, Assistant Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts, provided help and advice on the mechanics of building the site and the niceties of HTML, and much patience with my questions and endless test pages. Thanks, Lisa.

Dr. Belinda Boon, my practicum advisor in the Kent State University School of Library and Information Science, contributed endless enthusiasm and encouragement for this project. Thanks, Dr. B., and keep after me on that paper.

Erin Aults, my partner on the original analysis project on this book, was first to make a concrete connection between this book and the Michael Faraday. I have used material from our original analysis on the About the Book page. Thanks, Erin. This really has been a cool project.

Patti Wigington, family historian and fan of all things Scot, provided that first bit of information on the castle-burning William that set me to serious work. Tapadh leat.