Franklin and Newton: An Inquiry Into Speculative Newtonian Experimental Science and Franklin's Work in Electricity as an Example Thereof |
Contents
Chapter One The Study of EighteenthCentury New | 3 |
Effects and Influences of Scientific Theories | 11 |
Empirical Science in the Age of Newton | 17 |
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