Volta : science and culture in the Age of Enlightenment / Giuliano Pancaldi.
Volta : science and culture in the Age of Enlightenment / Giuliano Pancaldi.
Volta : science and culture in the Age of Enlightenment / Giuliano Pancaldi.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press : c2003.
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N537.092/1
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xv., 381p. : ill. 24cm.
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Ch. 1. The Making of a Natural Philosopher: From Amateur, to Expert, to Public Servant -- Ch. 2. Enlightenment Science South of the Alps: The Italian Scientific Community in the Age of Volta -- Ch. 3. The Electrophorus: Theory, Instrument Design, and the Social Uses of Scientific Apparatus -- Ch. 4....
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press : c2003.
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c2003.
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"Examining the social and scientific contexts in which Volta operated - as well as Europe's reception of his most famous invention - Volta also offers a sustained inquiry into long-term features of science and technology as they developed in the early age of electricity. Pancaldi considers the voltaic cell, or battery, as a case study of Enlightenm...
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Volta : science and culture in the Age of Enlightenment / Giuliano Pancaldi.
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Includes Index.
Bibliography: p. [291]-365.
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c2003.
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0691096856 :
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