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245 1 _aFranklin and Newton / An Inquiry into Speculative Newtonian Experimental Science and Franklin's Work in Electricity as an Example Thereof
260 _bHarvard University Press,
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520 _aA fundamental resource for all who would understand either the nature of eighteenth century science or the significance of Franklin's researchers. Introduction: Franklin and Newton, Franklin's Scientific Reputation, The Scientific Personality of Franklin and of Newton, The New Natural Philosophy, The Two Major Sources of the Newtonian Philosophy: The Principia and the Optics, Experimental Newtonianism and the Role of Hypotheses: The ''Exact'' Corpuscular Philosophy of the Optics, Newton and Franklin: The New Corpuscular Philosophy, Experimental Newtoniasism in Examples - Franklin's Introduction to Science, Benjamin Franklin's Contribution to the Newtonian Natural Philosophy, The Rise of Electricity as a Newtonian Science, Electricity - The New Natural Philosophy of the Eighteenth Century, The Franklinian Theory of Electricity, Further Applications and Development of the Franklin Theory: The Ultimate Need for the Revision of Some Concepts, Appendices, Bibliography, Index.
700 1 _aCohen Bernard I
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