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Discovering water : James Watt, Henry Cavendish, and the nineteenth century 'Water Controversy' / David Philip Miller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, David Philip.
- Series:
- Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Watt, James, 1736-1819.
- Watt, James.
- Cavendish, Henry, 1731-1810.
- Cavendish, Henry.
- Water--Composition.
- Water.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2004]
- Contents:
- 2 The Nature of Discovery: The Attributional Model 11
- 3 The Beginnings of a Dispute and its Interpretation 27
- 4 Attributional Survey: Phase One, 1784-1830 59
- 5 Keeping Account: James Watt Jr and the Filial Project 83
- 6 The French Connection: Arago Re-opens the Controversy 105
- 7 Managing the Symbols of Victorian Science: 'Gentlemen of Science' and the Water Controversy 129
- 8 The Advocates of Watt: Brougham, Jeffrey and Muirhead 169
- 9 The Defence of Cavendish: Character, Precision and Discipline 193
- 10 The Controversy Joined, 1840-60 215
- 11 Still Waters: Attributional Survey, 1830-1900 253
- Appendix Attributional Survey Database 285.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-305) and index.
- ISBN:
- 075463177X
- OCLC:
- 52509597
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