Lunar Society of Birmingham. A social history of provincial science and industry in eighteenth century England
Details:
- Author(s) Schofield, Robert E
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1963
- Pages 491pp; illus
- Publisher Clarendon Press
- Place Published Oxford
Topics:
- Name Knowledge inc transmission/networks
Countries:
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
Groups:
Notes:
Scholarly account drawing to an extent on a doctoral thesis presented to Harvard University in 1955. Early narrative account in five parts: 1] 'Background of the Lunar Society, 1750-65'; 2] 'The Lunar circle, 1765-75'; 3] 'Founding of the Lunar Society, 1775-80'; 4] 'Lunar apogee, 1781-91'; 5] 'Decline and end of the Lunar Society' - including a discussion of the society's influence inc science/technology and the Industrial Revolution. Includes much on its individual members, eg Matthew Boulton, James Watt, Josiah Wedgwood, James Keir, Samuel Galton, etc