Title Discussing chemistry and steam : the minutes of a coffee house philosophical society, 1780-1787 / T.H. Levere & G. L'E. Turner ; with contributions from Jan Golinski & Larry Stewart

Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 284 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction / T.H. Levere -- The Membership / G.L'E. Turner -- The Minutes of the Society, 1780-1787 -- Conversations on Chemistry: Talk about Phlogiston in the Coffee House Society, 1780-1787 / Jan Golinski -- Putting on Airs: Science, Medicine, and Polity in the Late Eighteenth Century / Larry Stewart Summary This volume transcribes and comments on the manuscript Minutes of the meetings in a London coffee house of a group of 18th century scientists, who discussed some of the key scientific issues of the day Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-276) and index Subject Science -- Early works to 1800. Science -- History -- 18th century -- Sources Technology -- History -- 18th century -- Sources Scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography Science Scientists Technology Great Britain 4.240. Genre/Form Biographies Early works History Sources Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book Author Turner, Gerard L'Estrange, author. Golinski, Jan Stewart, Larry, 1946- Oxford University Press ISBN 9780191705694 0191705691

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