Science and reading in the eighteenth century: the Hardwicke Circle and the Royal Society, 1740-1766

This volume studies the reading habits of a group of historians and science administrators known as the Hardwicke Circle. The research is based on an analysis of the reading recorded in the 'Weekly Letter', an unpublished private correspondence written from 1741 to 1766 between Thomas Birc...

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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2023
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Zusammenfassung:This volume studies the reading habits of a group of historians and science administrators known as the Hardwicke Circle. The research is based on an analysis of the reading recorded in the 'Weekly Letter', an unpublished private correspondence written from 1741 to 1766 between Thomas Birch and Philip Yorke, later second earl of Hardwicke
Beschreibung:Also issued in print: 2023. - Includes bibliographical references
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (87 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781009217217
DOI:10.1017/9781009217217