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Promoting experimental learning : experiment and the Royal Society, 1660-1727 / Marie Boas Hall.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hall, Marie Boas, 1919-2009.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Royal Society (Firm)--History--17th century.
- Royal Society (Firm).
- History.
- Royal Society (Firm)--History--18th century.
- Science--Great Britain--Experiments--History--17th century.
- Science.
- Science--Great Britain--Experiments--History--18th century.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 207 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- An account by a leading student of the early Royal Society of the practice of experiment at its meetings between 1660 and 1727.
- Notes:
- Originally published: 1991.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0521892651
- OCLC:
- 49044633
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