A most amazing scene of wonders : electricity and Enlightenment in early America / James Delbourgo.
Pubblicazione:
Cambridge (Massachusetts) : Harvard university press, 2006.
Descrizione fisica:
367 p. : ill., ritr. ; 22 cm
Contiene:
Indice: List of illustrations. Introduction: seizing the lightning. 1. Atlantic circuits 2. Lightning rods and the direction of nature 3. Wonderful recreations 4. Electrical politics and political electricity 5. How to handle an electric eel 6. Electrical humanitarianism 7. Electricity as common sense. Conclusion: What is American Enlightenment?. Notes. Illustration sources. Acknowledgments. Index
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