INNOVATION AND DISCOVERY: BATH AND THE RISE OF SCIENCE
Written by Peter Wallis, et al
Published by The Bath Royal Literary And Scientific Institution; The William Herschel Society
in 2008
ISBN: 9780948975967
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INNOVATION AND DISCOVERY: BATH AND THE RISE OF SCIENCE
Written by Peter Wallis, et al.
Stock no. 1823336
2011.
Softcover.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Edited by Peter Wallis with contributions by numerous authors. Georgian Bath. Cardwraps. B/w illustrations throughout, a few colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780948975967. Reprint with minor corrections. Light rubbing to corners of covers. Contents clean.
Front cover
Contents
- Part I: People
- 1 Airs and Waters: The Hot Springs and Bath Chemistry
- 2 Looking for Evidence: Medicine in Georgian Bath
- 3 Of Canals and Quarries: The Bath Geologists
- 4 Telescopes and Astronomy: The Herschels in Bath
- 5 Bath Naturalists: Apothecary to Zoologist
- 6 Drawing with Light: Fox Talbot and Bath Photography
- 7 City and Landscape: The Mapping of Bath
- 8 Trenches and Tunnels: Discovering Roman Bath
- 9 Providing Infrastructure: Bath and Civil Engineering
- 10 Machines and Industry: Engineering and Invention in Bath
- Colour Plates
- Part II. Organisations
- 11 Science Lecturing in Georgian Bath
- 12 Bath Scientific Societies and Institutions
- 13 Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institutions Reborn
- 14 The British Association in Bath
- 15 University Science and Technology in Bath
- Notes
- Index