Book ID: CBB000671437

Fatal Attraction: Magnetic Mysteries of the Enlightenment (2005)

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Fara, Patricia (Author)


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Publication Date: 2005
Physical Details: ix + 206 pp; ill.; bibl.
Language: English

Description Focuses on the work of Edmond Halley, Gowin Knight, and Franz Mesmer to employ magnetism in practical applications.


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Review Home, R. W. (2006) Review of "Fatal Attraction: Magnetic Mysteries of the Enlightenment". Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (p. 217). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Kollerstrom, N.
Morfouli, Meropi
John Gribbin
Frumer, Yulia
Willmoth, Frances
Turner, Anthony J.
Concepts
Astronomy
Instruments, navigational
Comets; meteors; meteorites
Earth (planet)
Electricity; magnetism
Physics
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
19th century
Early modern
16th century
Places
British Isles
London (England)
Portugal
Japan
Great Britain
Institutions
Royal Society of London
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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