Electricity in the 17th and 18th Centuries: A Study of Early Modern PhysicsAfter examining the principles and individuals underlying the early advancement of physics, Heilbron discusses the scientific development of electricity as its roots in the theories and discoveries of pioneer physicists |
Contents
PART ONE Early Modern Physics and Its Cultivators | 7 |
THE PHYSICISTS | 98 |
PART TWO Electricity in the Seventeenth Century | 167 |
CHAPTER IV | 180 |
TESTING THE AIR THEORY | 193 |
IMMATERIALISTS | 209 |
THE CARTESIANS | 220 |
PART THREE The Great Discoveries | 227 |
PART FOUR The Age of Franklin | 307 |
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN | 324 |
THE RECEPTION OF FRANKLINS VIEWS | 344 |
THE ATMOSPHERES ATTACKED | 373 |
PART FIVE | 403 |
TWO FLUIDS OR ONE? | 431 |
CHAPTER XIX | 449 |
EPILOGUE | 490 |
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