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by Iwan Rhys Morus (Author) "A NEW FLUID appeared near the beginning of the nineteenth century, or rather an old fluid started appearing in a variety of startlingly different ways..." (more)
Key Phrases: magnetoelectric machine, electrical society, etching daguerreotype plates, Adelaide Gallery, London Electrical Society, Royal Society (more...)

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"A fine book. . . . [It] adds substantially to our understanding not only of the history of electricity but also of a seminal period in the emergence of modern science and technology." -- Bruce J. Hunt

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A fine book. . . . [It] adds substantially to our understanding not only of the history of electricity but also of a seminal period in the emergence of modern science and technology.
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Hardcover: 353 pages
Publisher: Princeton University Press; 1 edition (September 14, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0691059527
ISBN-13: 978-0691059525
Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
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Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,349,337 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A NEW FLUID appeared near the beginning of the nineteenth century, or rather an old fluid started appearing in a variety of startlingly different ways. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
magnetoelectric machine, electrical society, etching daguerreotype plates, electrifying room, medical galvanism, electromagnetic clock, magnetoelectric induction, electrical experimentation, electromagnetic engine, voltaic arrangement, galvanic fluid, experimental natural philosopher, electromagnetic apparatus, voltaic electricity, coil machine, experimental lives, electromagnetic rotation, machine culture, voltaic battery, artificial crystals, magnetic curves, electrical theory, galvanometer needle, steam gun, prime conductor

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Adelaide Gallery, London Electrical Society, Royal Society, William Sturgeon, Michael Faraday, Electric Telegraph Company, Annals of Electricity, Golding Bird, Literary Gazette, Philosophical Magazine, Great Western, Guy's Hospital, Polytechnic Institution, Alfred Smee, Morning Herald, Andrew Crosse, Philosophical Transactions, Friday Evening Discourses, Humphry Davy, Royal College of Surgeons, William Fothergill Cooke, William Robert Grove, Birmingham Railway, George Bachhoffner, John Peter Gassiot

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This book cites 77 books:

Philosophy of Manufactures by Andrew Ure on 4 pages
The Uses of Experiment: Studies in the Natural Sciences by David Gooding on 4 pages
Science in Victorian Manchester: Enterprise and Expertise by Robert Kargon on 4 pages
Economy of Machinery and Manufacture by Charles Babbage on page 157, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century by Carolyn Marvin in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)

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Dark Light: Electricity and Anxiety from the Telegraph to the X-Ray by Linda Simon in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
Vacuum Bazookas, Electric Rainbow Jelly, and 27 Other Saturday Science Projects. by Neil A. Downie in Back Matter
Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism by Barbara Weisberg in Back Matter

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