Speculative truth : Henry Cavendish, natural philosophy, and the rise of modern theoretical science / Russell McCormmach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCormmach, Russell, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heat--History--18th century.

Heat.

Physics--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Physics.

Chemists--Great Britain--Biography.

Chemists.

Cavendish, Henry, 1731-1810.

Cavendish, Henry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

McCormmach (history of science, U. of Oregon) offers an edition of 18th-century natural philosopher Cavendish's manuscript, in foul and corrected versions, on the mechanical theory of heat. He also explores physical theory in natural philosophy during the second half of the 18th century, of which the treatise is an example. Annotation 2004 Book New

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Part One. Natural Philosophy; Part Two. A Great Question; Appendix. Henry Cavendish's Manuscript on the Mechanical Theory of Heat; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-252) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771643-1

0-19-028951-1

1-280-50309-2

0-19-534780-3

1-60256-922-3

OCLC:

191038661