Discussing Chemistry and Steam The Minutes of a Coffee House Philosophical Society 1780-1787 |
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| Editor:
| Levere, Trevor
Turner, Gerald L'E |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-851530-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2002 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $230.00 |
Book Description:
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This book transcribes and comments on the manuscript Minutes of the meetings in a London coffee house of a group of 18th century scientists, natural philosophers, and industrialists who discussed some of the key scientific issues of the day. Their debates offer a rare authentic contemporary account of the scientific and social thinking of their time.
This book transcribes and comments on the manuscript Minutes of the meetings in a London coffee house of a group of 18th century scientists, natural philosophers, and industrialists who discussed some of the key scientific issues of the day. Their debates offer a rare authentic contemporary account of the scientific and social thinking of their time.