Family Bibliography
Biography
Sir Francis Ronalds: Father of the Electric Telegraph (2016) - published by Imperial College Press
Francis Ronalds (2017) - published in the Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography
The Ronalds-Carter Family in 19th-Century Battle (2018) - published by the Battle and District Historical Society
Sir Francis Ronalds' entry in the Dictionary of National Biography (1897)
Francis Ronalds (1788-1873): The First Electrical Engineer? (2016)
- published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (USA)
Sir Francis Ronalds and the Electric Telegraph (2016) - published by the Newcomen Society
Bicentennial of Francis Ronalds' Electric Telegraph (2016) - published by the American Institute of Physics
Remembering the First Battery-operated Clock (2015) - published by the Antiquarian Horological Society
Sir Francis Ronalds' early delineation of electromotive force and current (1814)
Sir Francis Ronalds' paper on his first electric clock (1815)
Sir Francis Ronalds' Descriptions of an Electrical Telegraph (1823)
Catalogue of Sir Francis Ronalds' electrical library (1880), (2013)
Meteorology, Atmospheric Electricity, Geomagnetism and Photography
Sir Francis Ronalds and the Early Years of the Kew Observatory (2016) - published by the Royal Meteorological Society
The Beginnings of Scientific Recording using Photography: Sir Francis Ronalds' Contribution (2016)
- published by the European Society for the History of Photography
Sir Francis Ronalds' paper describing his cameras (1847) - published by the Royal Society
Travel and Archaeology
Surveying the Carnac Stones in 1834 - published by Histories of Archaeology Research Network - a blog
Alexander Blair & Sir Francis Ronalds' Sketches at Carnac (Brittany) in 1834
Sir Francis Ronalds' 1818-20 Grand Tour (2016)
- published by the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East, Bulletin No. 67
Alfred Ronalds, Fly Fishing and Australia
Alfred Ronalds: Angler, Artisan and Australian Pioneer (2022) - published by Medlar Press
Alfred Ronalds and John Corrie Carter in Radnorshire (2019) - published in the Transactions of the Radnorshire Society
Alfred Ronalds' The Fly-Fisher's Entomology (1836)
Mary Ann Ronalds: Goldfields Pioneer (Jul 2021) - published by the Ballarat Historical Society, Lamplight, Vol. 11, No. 4
Emily Ronalds, Social Reformer
Emily Ronalds (1795-1889) and her Social Reform Work (2023)
- published in the Transactions of the Unitarian Historical Society, Vol. 28, No. 2
Hugh Ronalds in Illinois, USA
Hugh Ronalds: Pioneer of Albion, Illinois (Summer 2022)
- published in the Quarterly Journal of the Illinois State Genealogical Society, Vol. 54, No. 2
Hugh Ronalds' patents:
- leather tanning
- water jet propeller
Some of his family's books:
The Modern Corporation (1913) - published by the family's Ronald Press
Corporation Procedure (1923) - published by Ronald Press
Business Law (1933) - published by Ronald Press
The attempted Whig revolution of 1678-1681 (1937)
Edmund Ronalds, Cheesemonger
Depot Silk Mill in Derby and the Gibson and Ronalds Families (2020) - published in the Derby Miscellany, Volume 22:3
Hope for Luck all in a Lump (2021) - experiences of Edmund's children in New Zealand based on surviving letters
The Adventures of Agnes: Wartime Nursing in Bulgaria, Poland, Persia and Russia 1912-1919 (2021)
- biography of Edmund's granddaughter Agnes Greg
Bringing Together Academic and Industrial Chemistry: Edmund Ronalds' Contribution (2019)
- published in Substantia
Bonnington Chemical Works (1822-1878): Pioneer Coal Tar Company (2019) - published by the Newcomen Society
Dr Edmund Ronalds' entry in the Dictionary of National Biography
Dr Edmund Ronalds' paper on Constituents of Urine (1846) - published by the Royal Society
One of Dr Edmund's textbooks on Chemical Technology (1855)
Dr Edmund's paper on Volatile compounds in Light Petroleum (1864) - published by the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Hugh Ronalds and Horticulture in Brentford
Ronalds Nurserymen in Brentford and Beyond (2017) - published by the Gardens Trust
Elizabeth (Betsey) Ronalds (1788-1854): Horticultural Illustrator (2018) - published in Archives of Natural History
Elizabeth (Betsey) Ronalds (2018) - published in the Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography
Hugh Ronalds' Pyrus Malus Brentfordiensis: or, a Concise Description of Selected Apples (1831)
Hugh's paper describing 13 varieties of broccoli (1822) - published in the Transactions of the Horticultural Society
John Ronalds' paper describing his house for propagating plant cuttings (1832) - published in the Horticultural Register
Mrs Hugh Ronalds and her Recipe Book
Elizabeth Ronalds' manuscript recipe book - held at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library in Toronto
An Ancestor's Life seen through her Recipe Book (Spring 2021) - published in Women's History
Mrs Hugh Ronalds' Recipe Book (1795-1820) (2020)
Before Eldon House: Lucy Ronalds Harris' Background and Upbringing (2019)
- published in the London and Middlesex Historian
The Ronalds Family in Brentford and Ontario (2016) - published by the Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society
Dr Henry's medical papers:
- Measles (1816)
- Phrenology (1818)
- Impetigo Sparsa (1837)
The Montgomrey Family of Brentford: Timber Merchants and Benefactors (2018)
- published in London's Industrial Archaeology
Archibald Sim Montgomrey and his Herbarium (2020) - published in BSBI News, No. 143
Sir Francis Ronalds' picture of "Samuel" (1829) made using his perspective drawing instrument; also engraved and printed by him. Based on Richard Freebairn's model of Sir Joshua Reynolds' painting. From Mechanical Perspective
Some of his family's publications:
Selections from Ovid: Elegiacs and Hexameters (1882)
Gai Iuli Caesaris: De Bello Civili Commentariorum I (1891)
Peter Martineau, Sugar Refiner
Peter Finch Martineau and his Son (2018)
- published by the Martineau Society, Newsletter No. 41
Peter Martineau's patent for whitening raw sugar (1815)
Samuel Carter, Railway Solicitor
Samuel Carter (2018)
- published in the Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography
Samuel Carter (1805-78): Early Railway Solicitor (2018)
- published by the Midland Railway Society
The Ronalds-Carter Family in 19th-Century Battle (2018)
- published by the Battle and District Historical Society
One of Samuel Carter's pamphlets on railway legislation risks
John Corrie Carter, Barrister
Alfred Ronalds and John Corrie Carter in Radnorshire (2019)
- published in the Transactions of the Radnorshire Society
Some of John Corrie Carter's books:
Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act (1883)
The Fly-fisher's Entomology (1901)
Thomas Gibson, Silk Manufacturer
Thomas Gibson & Thomas Field Gibson (2017)
- published in the Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography
Depot Silk Mill in Derby and the Gibson and Ronalds Families (2020) - published in the Derby Miscellany, Volume 22:3
Thomas Gibson and Son: Spitalfields Silk Manufacturers (2017)
- published in the East London History Society Newsletter, Volume 4:7
Thomas Field Gibson's paper describing his discovery of an Iguanodon femur (1858)
- published by the Geological Society of London
Before Eldon House: Lucy Ronalds Harris' Background and Upbringing (2019)
- published in the London and Middlesex Historian
The Ronalds Family in Brentford and Ontario (2016) - published by the Brentford & Chiswick Local History Society
Sir Francis Ronalds' lithograph of a standing stone near Carnac, Brittany (1834) made using his perspective drawing instrument
Australian Descendants
Alfred Ronalds: Angler, Artisan and Australian Pioneer (2022)
- published by Medlar Press
Mary Ann Ronalds: Goldfields Pioneer (Jul 2021)
- published by the Ballarat Historical Society, Lamplight, Vol. 11, No. 4
Maria Ronalds Shanklin: Pioneer Fly Tier in Australia (2021)
- published in American Fly Fisher, Vol. 47, No. 1
Exploring Henrietta Gulliver’s Gardens through her Art (2022)
- published by the Australian Garden History Society
Nathaniel Ronalds: Nurseryman and Florist (2020)
- published by the Australian Garden History Society
Albert Francis Ronalds' entry in the Australian Dictionary of Biography
Some of Albert Francis Ronalds' publications:
Future Water Supply of the Melbourne Metropolitan Area (1962)
Harnessing Australia's Greatest River:
The Work of the River Murray Commission (1946)
The Ronalds Family of Australia (1985)
Recollections of "Wandella" in the 1920s (1992)