Discussing chemistry and steam: the minutes of a coffee house philosophical society 1780-1787
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198515302
Date de publication :
9 mai 2002
Dimensions :
24,1 x 16,1 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
662 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.