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| Autore principale: | Cohen, I. Bernard, 1914-2003.
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| Titolo: | Franklin and Newton : an inquiry into speculative Newtonian experimental science and Franklin's work in electricity as an example thereof / I. Bernard Cohen. |
| Pubblicazione: | Philadelphia : The American philosophical society, 1956. |
| Descrizione fisica: | xxvi, 657 p. ; 24 cm |
| Serie: | Memoirs of the American philosophical society ; 43 |
| Contiene: | Indice: Pt. 1. Introduction : Franklin and Newton: 1. The study of the eighteenth-century Newtonian science 2. Franklin's scientific reputation 3. The scientific personality of Franklin and of Newton. Pt. 2. Newton : the new natural philosophy: 4. Physical theory in the age of Newton and Franklin 5. The two major sources of the Newtonian philosophy: the Principia and the Optiks 6. Experimental Newtonianism and the role of hypotheses: the exact corpuscular philosophy of the Optiks. Pt. 3. Newton and Franklin : the new corpuscular philosophy: 7. Experimental Newtonianism in examples - Franklin's introduction to science 8. Benjamin Franklin's contribution to the Newtonian natural philosophy. Pt. 4. Franklin : the rise of electricity as a Newtonian science: 9. Electricity - The new natural philosophy of the eighteenth century 10. The Franklinian theory of electricity 11. The reception of the Franklin theory: atmospheric electricity and lightning rods 12. Further applications and development of the Franklin theory: the ultimate need for the revision of some concepts. Appendix one: Newton's use of the word Hypothesis. Appendix two: Originality in scientific discovery, with special reference to Franklin's experiments and his concept of the electric fluid. Bibliography. Index |
| Note galileane: | MCMULLIN, 4164 "Bibliography of about 900 entries" |
| Visionato in: | IMSS |
| Discipline: | Scienze--Persone. Elettricità e Magnetismo--Persone. |
| Persone: | Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727--Scienze. Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727--Diffusione e fortuna. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. Newton, Isaac e Franklin, B. |
| Sudd. cronologiche: | Secolo XVII. Secolo XVIII. |
| Correlato a: |  Wightman, William Persehouse Delisle 1899-1983. Recensione]. |
| Collocazione: | LS 10166 |
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| Collocazione: | Rossi M 02871 |
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