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INNOVATION AND DISCOVERY: BATH AND THE RISE OF SCIENCE

by Peter Wallis; et al

Published by The Bath Royal Literary And Scientific Institution; The William Herschel Society. 2011

Slightly better than very good condition. Edited by Peter Wallis with contributions by numerous authors. Georgian Bath. Cardwraps. B/w illustrations throughout, a few colour illustrations.

Reprint with minor corrections. Light rubbing to corners of covers. Contents clean.

ISBN: 9780948975967
Stock no. 1823336

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Contents

  • Part I: People
  • 1 Airs and Waters: The Hot Springs and Bath Chemistry
  • 2 Looking for Evidence: Medicine in Georgian Bath
  • 3 Of Canals and Quarries: The Bath Geologists
  • 4 Telescopes and Astronomy: The Herschels in Bath
  • 5 Bath Naturalists: Apothecary to Zoologist
  • 6 Drawing with Light: Fox Talbot and Bath Photography
  • 7 City and Landscape: The Mapping of Bath
  • 8 Trenches and Tunnels: Discovering Roman Bath
  • 9 Providing Infrastructure: Bath and Civil Engineering
  • 10 Machines and Industry: Engineering and Invention in Bath
  • Colour Plates
  • Part II. Organisations
  • 11 Science Lecturing in Georgian Bath
  • 12 Bath Scientific Societies and Institutions
  • 13 Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institutions Reborn
  • 14 The British Association in Bath
  • 15 University Science and Technology in Bath
  • Notes
  • Index

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