A Compendious System of Natural Philosophy:: Volume [1]. Preface
Author: John Rowning
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Published: 1744
Total Pages: 370
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Author: John Rowning
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Published: 1744
Total Pages: 370
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Dr Mona Narain
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Published: 2014-02-14
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 1472415086
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMapping the relationship between gender and space in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century British literature, this collection explores new cartographies, both geographic and figurative. In addition to incisive analyses of specific works, a group of essays on Charlotte Smith’s novels and a group of essays on natural philosophy offer case studies for exploring issues of gender and space within larger fields, such as an author’s oeuvre or a discourse.
Author: Bowdoin College. Library
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Published: 1863
Total Pages: 844
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert E. Schofield
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 1997-01-01
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 0271040831
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJoseph Priestley (1733&–1804) is one of the major figures of the English Enlightenment. A contemporary and friend of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, he exceeded even these polymaths in the breadth of his curiosity and learning. Yet no one has attempted an all-inclusive biography of Priestley, probably because he was simply too many persons for anyone easily to comprehend in a single study. Robert Schofield has devoted a lifetime of scholarship to this task. The result is a magisterial book, covering the life and works of Priestley during the critical first forty years of his life. Although Priestley is best known as a chemist, this book is considerably more than a study in the history of science. As any good biographer must, Schofield has thoroughly studied the many activities in which Priestley was engaged. Among them are theology, electricity, chemistry, politics, English grammar, rhetoric, and educational philosophy. Schofield situates Priestley, the provincial dissenter, within the social, political, and intellectual contexts of his day and examines all the works Priestley wrote and published during this period. Schofield singles out the first forty years of Priestley's life because these were the years of preparation and trial during which Priestley qualified for the achievements that were to make him famous. The discovery of oxygen, the defenses of Unitarianism, and the political liberalism that characterize the mature Priestley&—all are foreshadowed in the young Priestley. A brief epilogue looks ahead to the next thirty years when Priestley was forced out of England and settled in Pennsylvania, the subject of Schofield's next book. But this volume stands alone as the definitive study of the making of Joseph Priestley.
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Published: 1840
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Published: 1863
Total Pages: 854
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Neil Arnott
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Published: 1853
Total Pages: 534
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Dr. Terry Mortenson
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
Published: 2004-08-01
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 1614582262
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany people in the Church today have the idea that “young-earth” creationism is a fairly recent invention, popularized by fundamentalist Christians in the mid-20th century. Is this view correct? In fact, scholar Terry Mortenson has done fascinating original research on this subject in England, and documents that several leading, pre-Darwin scholars and scientists, known as “scriptural geologists” did not believe in long ages for the earth. Mortenson sheds light on the following: Before Darwin, what did the Church believe about the age of the earth? Why did it believe this way? What was the controversy that rocked the Church in 19th-century England? Who were the “scriptural geologists”? What influences did the Church contend with even before Darwin’s book? What is the stance of the Church today? This book is a thoroughly researched work of reference for every library - certainly every creationist library. Terry Mortenson spent much time and work on this project in both the United States and Great Britain. The history of the Church and evolution is fascinating, and it is interesting to see not only the tremendous influence that evolution has had on the Church, but on society as well.