ISBN:
9789400720220
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XVII, 488p. 52 illus, digital)
Series Statement:
Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology 28
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. McCormmach, Russell, 1933 - Weighing the world
Keywords:
Science History
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Philosophy (General)
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Science, general
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Science History
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Philosophy (General)
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Michell, John, 1724?-1793
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Michell, John, 1724?-1793
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Correspondence
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Physicists
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Great Britain
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Biography
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Clergy
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Great Britain
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Biography
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Briefsammlung
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Biografie
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Michell, John 1724-1793
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Michell, John 1724-1793
Abstract:
Russell McCormmach
Abstract:
The book about John Michell (1724-93) has two parts. The first and longest part is biographical, an account of Michell's home setting (Nottinghamshire in England), the clerical world in which he grew up (Church of England), the university (Cambridge) where he studied and taught, and the scientific activities he made the center of his life. The second part is a complete edition of his known letters. Half of his letters have not been previously published; the other half are brought together in one place for the first time. The letters touch on all aspects of his career, and because they are in h
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Part I Michell's Life and Work; 1 Home; 1.1 Historical Setting; 1.2 A Family in Nottinghamshire; 1.3 Pastoral Life in Early Georgian England; 1.4 Education at Home; 2 Cambridge; 2.1 Cambridge University; 2.2 Queens' College; 2.3 Students; 2.4 Graduates; 2.5 Post-Graduates; 2.6 Fellowships; 2.7 Income; 2.8 Science; 2.9 Religion; 2.10 St. Botolph Church; 3 Early Researches; 3.1 Natural Philosopher; 3.2 Mechanics; 3.3 Electricity; 3.4 Magnetic Background; 3.5 Book on Magnetism; 3.5.1 Properties of Magnets
Description / Table of Contents:
3.5.2 Theory of Magnetism3.5.3 Controversy Over Magnetism; 3.6 Turn to Geology; 3.7 Geological Background; 3.7.1 Theories of the Earth Before Michell; 3.7.2 Strata; 3.7.3 Earthquakes; 3.7.4 Causes of Earthquakes; 3.8 Paper on Earthquakes; 3.8.1 General Comments on the Earthquake Paper; 3.9 Late Reactions to the Paper; 3.9.1 Evaluation of Michell's Explanation of Earthquakes; 3.9.2 Significance of Michell's Work on Strata; 3.10 Table of Strata; 3.11 Royal Society; 3.12 Scientific Clubs; 4 Transitions; 4.1 Professor of Geology; 4.2 Leaving Cambridge; 4.3 Clerics and Science
Description / Table of Contents:
4.4 Marriage, Compton Parish4.5 Board of Longitude, Family Sorrow; 4.6 Longitude and Navigation; 4.7 Havant Parish; 4.8 Astronomical Background; 4.9 Paper on the Stars; 4.9.1 Photometry of the Stars; 4.10 Background of Statistics and Probability; 4.10.1 Probability Theory; 4.10.2 Probability in the Physical Sciences; 4.11 Paper on the Stars, Continued; 4.11.1 Probability of Star Clusters; 4.11.2 Instruments; 4.12 The Milky Way; 4.13 Response to the Paper; 5 Thornhill; 5.1 Savile; 5.2 Politics; 5.3 Parish and Village; 5.4 Church; 5.5 Buildings and Land
Description / Table of Contents:
5.6 Remarriage, Gilbert Michell, and Botany at Thornhill5.7 Scientific Connections; 5.8 London Journey; 5.9 Theory of Matter and Force; 5.10 Optics; 5.11 Music; 6 Late Researches; 6.1 Cavendish and Michell; 6.2 Herschel and Double Stars; 6.3 Gravity of Light; 6.4 Paper on the Stars; 6.4.1 Theory and Method; 6.4.2 Experiment for Determining the Velocity of Light; 6.5 Reception of the Paper; 6.5.1 Experimental Tests; 6.5.2 Algol; 6.5.3 Relativity and Aberration of Light; 6.6 General Comments on the Paper; 6.7 Black Holes, Dark Bodies; 6.8 Indistinct Vision; 6.9 The Great Telescope
Description / Table of Contents:
6.9.1 Reflecting Telescopes6.9.2 Michell's Project; 6.9.3 Herschel's Telescopes; 6.9.4 Expenses and Other Problems; 6.9.5 Progress Reports; 6.9.6 Big Telescopes Now; 6.9.7 Herschel and Michell; 6.10 Geology and Mineralogy; 6.10.1 Cavendish, Blagden, and Michell; 6.10.2 Toadstone; 6.10.3 Siliceous Earth, Flints; 6.10.4 Our Explanation of Flint; 6.10.5 Geology and Christianity; 6.10.6 Michell, Geologist; 6.11 Weighing the World; 6.11.1 The Michell-Cavendish Experiment; 6.11.2 Theory of the Experiment; 6.11.3 Michell and Cavendish's Collaboration; 6.11.4 Significance of the Experiment
Description / Table of Contents:
6.12 Last Years
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-2022-0
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