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Discussing Chemistry and Steam: The Minutes of a Coffee House Philosophical Society 1780-1787 Trevor Harve Levere
Discussing Chemistry and Steam: The Minutes of a Coffee House Philosophical Society 1780-1787
Trevor Harve Levere
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.
292 pages, numerous halftones
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 27, 2002 |
| ISBN13 | 9780198515302 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 296 |
| Dimensions | 161 × 241 × 22 mm · 589 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Levere, Trevor H. |
| Editor | Turner, Gerard L'E |