Author: Richard BURTON (pseud. [i.e. Nathaniel Crouch.])Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The Surprizing Miracles of Nature and Art, Etc
Author: Richard BURTON (pseud. [i.e. Nathaniel Crouch.])Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Surprizing Miracles of Nature&art, in Two Parts. Containing. I. Miracles of Nature ... II. Miracles of Art ... By R.B. [i.e. Nathaniel Crouch]. The Third Edition
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Author: R. B.Surprizing Miracles of Nature and Art
Author: R. B.The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 1
Author: J. A. Leo LemayPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812209117
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Named "one of the best books of 2006" by The New York Sun Described by Carl Van Doren as "a harmonious human multitude," Benjamin Franklin was the most famous American of his time, of perhaps any time. His life and careers were so varied and successful that he remains, even today, the epitome of the self-made man. Born into a humble tradesman's family, this adaptable genius rose to become an architect of the world's first democracy, a leading light in Enlightenment science, and a major creator of what has come to be known as the American character. Journalist, musician, politician, scientist, humorist, inventor, civic leader, printer, writer, publisher, businessman, founding father, and philosopher, Franklin is a touchstone for America's egalitarianism. The first volume traces young Franklin's life to his marriage in 1730. It traces the New England religious, political, and cultural contexts, exploring previously unknown influences on his philosophy and writing, and attributing new writings to him. After his move to Philadelphia, made famous in his Autobiography, Franklin became the Water American in London in 1725, where he was welcomed into that city's circle of freethinkers. Upon his return to the colonies, the sociable Franklin created a group of young friends, the Junto, devoted to self-improvement and philanthropy. He also started his own press and began to edit and publish the Pennsylvania Gazette, which became the most popular American paper of its day and the first to consistently feature American news.
Transactions of the Glasgow Archaeological Society
Author: Two Journeys to Jerusalem, Containing, I. A strange and true account of the travels of 2 English pilgrims some years since (in a letter from H. T. [i.e. Henry Timberlake]) ... II. The travels of fourteen Englishmen in 1669 ... By T. B. To which are prefixed. Memorable remarks upon the antient and modern state of the state [sic] of the Jewish ntaion [sic] ... Together with a relation of the great council of the Jews in the plains of Hungary in 1650 ... By S. B. an Englishman there present [i.e. Samuel Brett] ... The ninth edition
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Author: Richard BURTON (pseud. [i.e. Nathaniel Crouch.])Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Comets, Popular Culture, and the Birth of Modern Cosmology
Author: Sara SchechnerPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691227675
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
In a lively investigation into the boundaries between popular culture and early-modern science, Sara Schechner presents a case study that challenges the view that rationalism was at odds with popular belief in the development of scientific theories. Schechner Genuth delineates the evolution of people's understanding of comets, showing that until the seventeenth century, all members of society dreaded comets as heaven-sent portents of plague, flood, civil disorder, and other calamities. Although these beliefs became spurned as "vulgar superstitions" by the elite before the end of the century, she shows that they were nonetheless absorbed into the science of Newton and Halley, contributing to their theories in subtle yet profound ways. Schechner weaves together many strands of thought: views of comets as signs and causes of social and physical changes; vigilance toward monsters and prodigies as indicators of God's will; Christian eschatology; scientific interpretations of Scripture; astrological prognostication and political propaganda; and celestial mechanics and astrophysics. This exploration of the interplay between high and low beliefs about nature leads to the conclusion that popular and long-held views of comets as divine signs were not overturned by astronomical discoveries. Indeed, they became part of the foundation on which modern cosmology was built.
The Term Catalogues, 1668-1709, (A.D.; with a Number for Easter Term, 1711 A.D.): 1683-1696
Author: Edward ArberPublisher:
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
The Term Catalogues, 1668-1709 A.D.: 1683-1696
Author: Edward ArberPublisher:
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
Author: R. B.