John Theophilus Desaguliers : a natural philosopher, engineer and freemason in Newtonian England / Audrey T. Carpenter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carpenter, Audrey T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Desaguliers, J. T. (John Theophilus), 1683-1744.

Desaguliers, J. T.

Physicists--Great Britain--Biography.

Physicists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

John Theophilus Desaguliers made his mark on the eighteenth century in several diverse ways. He was an assistant to Sir Isaac Newton and later elucidated the difficult concepts of Newtonian physics in private lectures. He was a member of the Royal Society, and was presented with the Society's highest honour, the Copley Medal, no less than three times. He was a pioneering engineer: the water supply of Edinburgh, the ventilation of the Houses of Parliament and the first Westminster Bridge all owed him a debt. In a different sphere, Desaguliers became the third Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of

Contents:

Introduction - New Ideas in a Changing Society

1. Early Life - From Forebears in La Rochelle to Education at Oxford

2. Lectures in London and Beyond, Royal Recognition and Ecclesiastical Preferment

3. Demonstrator and Fellow of the Royal Society

4. Freemasonry - Desaguliers's Contribution to the Early Years of Grand Lodge

5. Translations from French and Latin, and Troubles with Booksellers

6. Fire, Water and Air - Desaguliers the Engineer

7. Patronage - Desaguliers at the Service of the Duke of Chandos and His Great Estate at Cannons

8. Desaguliers's Influential Work on Contemporary Science - The Publication of A Course of Experimental Philosophy and A Dissertation Concerning Electricity

9. Poems, Plays and Pictures - a More Personal Perspective

10. The House in Channel Row - Family, Lodgers, Health and Descendants

Appendices

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [299]-325) and index.

ISBN:

9786613307781

9781472599551

1472599551

9780826431486

0826431488

9781283307789

1283307782

9781441173478

1441173471

OCLC:

758336092