A most amazing scene of wonders : electricity and enlightenment in early America / James Delbourgo.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.Description: 367 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN: - 0674022998 (alk. paper)
- 9780674022997 (alk. paper)
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| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Library Company of Philadelphia | Uy A3929.O | Available | 248965 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-354) and index.
Seizing the lightning -- Atlantic circuits -- Lightning rods and the direction of nature -- Wonderful recreations -- Electrical politics and political electricity -- How to handle an electric eel -- Electrical humanitarianism -- Electricity as common sense -- What is American enlightenment?
Gift of the Daniel Richter.
LCP Fellow.