Sympathetic Attractions : Magnetic Practices, Beliefs, and Symbolism in Eighteenth-Century England /

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In this interdisciplinary study of eighteenth-century England, Patricia Fara explores how natural philosophers constructed magnetism as a science, appropriating the skills and knowledge of experienced navigators. For people of this period, magnetic phenomena reverberated with the symbolism of occult...

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Autor principal: Fara, Patricia (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1996]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Science.
Magnets.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SCIENCE > History.
Sciences > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Aimants > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Science > England > History > 18th century.
Magnets > History > 18th century.
England.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES AND TABLES
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER ONE. Mapping Enlightenment England: Practitioners and Philosophers
  • CHAPTER TWO. "A Treasure of Hidden Vertues": Marketing Natural Philosophy
  • CHAPTER THREE. The Direction of Invention: Setting a New Course for Compasses
  • CHAPTER FOUR. An Attractive Empire: Mapping Terrestrial Magnetism
  • CHAPTER FIVE. Measuring Power: Patterns in Experimental Natural Philosophy
  • CHAPTER SIX God's Mysterious Creation: The Divine Attraction of Natural Knowledge
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. A Powerful Language: Images of Nature and the Nature of Science
  • CONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX. Magnetic Longitude Schemes
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR.

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