Science and Reading in the Eighteenth Century: The Hardwicke Circle and the Royal Society, 1740-1766

ISBN-13: 9781009217200 / Angielski

Markman Ellis

Opis

Studies the reading habits of a group of historians and science administrators known as the Hardwicke Circle. The research is based on an analysis of the reading recorded in the 'Weekly Letter', an unpublished private correspondence written from 1741 to 1766 between Thomas Birch and Philip Yorke, later second earl of Hardwicke.

Spis treści

Introduction: Reading History and the Royal Society; 1. The Hardwicke Circle and the Royal Society; 2. The Weekly Letter Reading Database (WLRD); 3. Acts of Reading; 4. Reading Literature and History: Case studies; 5. Science, the Royal Society and Learned Journals; Conclusion: Reading and the Royal Society.