John Weale (publisher)

John Weale (1791 – December 18, 1862, in Maida Vale)[1] was an English publisher of popular scientific, architectural, engineering and educational works.

In 1823 he issued a bibliographical Catalogue of Works on Architecture and the Fine Arts, of which a new edition appeared in 1854.

[2] He followed the Catalogue in 1849–50 with a Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms used in Architecture, Building, and Engineering, a work which reached a fifth edition in 1876.

Weale was on good terms with many men of science, and published cheap literature for technical education.

[6] The series was later taken on by the publisher Crosby Lockwood, who added volumes while retaining the system of reference numbers (across editions).