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Literature and Science, 1660-1834, Part I. Volume 1
About this book
This volume reproduces primary texts which embody the polymathic nature of the literature of science, and provides editorial overviews and extensive references, to provide a resource for specialized academics and researchers with a broad cultural interest in the long 18th century.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents of the Edition
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Note on Copy-texts
- General Introduction
- Introduction to Volume 1
- Thomas Sprat, The History of the Royal Society (1667)
- Robert Hooke, âThe Present State of Natural Philosophyâ (1705)
- Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, Conversations with a Lady, on the Plurality of Worlds (1719)
- John Theophilus Desaguliers, Newtonian System of the World (1728)
- Voltaire, Introduction to the Philosophy of Newton (1738)
- Francesco Algarotti, Sir Isaac Newtonâs Philosophy Explained (1739)
- Henry Jones, âPhilosophy: A Poem, Addressed to the Young Ladies who Attended Mr Boothâs Lectures in Dublinâ (1749)
- Benjamin Martin, âThe Life of Newtonâ (1764)
- Joseph Priestley, The History of Electricity (1775)
- Joseph Priestley, Experiments and Observations Relating to Various Branches of Natural Philosophy (1779)
- Joseph Priestley, Heads of Lectures On A Course of Experimental Philosophy (1794)
- Jane Marcet, Conversations on Natural Philosophy (1819)
- Charles Babbage, Reflections on the Decline of Science in England (1830)
- John Paris, The Life of Sir Humphry Davy (1831)
- William Whewell, âReview of On The Connexion of the Physical Sciences by Mrs Somervilleâ (1834)
- Bibliography
- Notes