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Magnetic Practices, Beliefs, and Symbolism in Eighteenth-Century England
E-Book, Englisch, Band 342, 342 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-6436-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
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Introduction 3
Ch. 1 Mapping Enlightenment England: Practitioners and Philosophers 11
Ch. 2 "A Treasure of Hidden Vertues": Marketing Natural Philosophy 31
Ch. 3 The Direction of Invention: Setting a New Course for Compasses 66
Ch. 4 An Attractive Empire: Mapping Terrestrial Magnetism 91
Ch. 5 Measuring Power: Patterns in Experimental Natural Philosophy 118
Ch. 6 God's Mysterious Creation: The Divine Attraction of Natural Knowledge 146
Ch. 7 A Powerful Language: Images of Nature and the Nature of Science 171
Conclusion 208
Appendix: Magnetic Longitude Schemes 215
Notes 219
Bibliography 269
Index 319