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020 $a0691010994 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aQC750.4$b.F37 1996
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100 1 $aFara, Patricia.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83237974
245 10 $aSympathetic attractions :$bmagnetic practices, beliefs, and symbolism in eighteenth-century England /$cPatricia Fara.
246 30 $aMagnetic practices, beliefs, and symbolism in eighteenth-century England
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[1996], ©1996.
300 $ax, 326 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-317) and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tMapping Enlightenment England: Practitioners and Philosophers --$gCh. 2.$t"A Treasure of Hidden Vertues": Marketing Natural Philosophy --$gCh. 3.$tThe Direction of Invention: Setting a New Course for Compasses --$gCh. 4.$tAn Attractive Empire: Mapping Terrestrial Magnetism --$gCh. 5.$tMeasuring Power: Patterns in Experimental Natural Philosophy --$gCh. 6.$tGod's Mysterious Creation: The Divine Attraction of Natural Knowledge --$gCh. 7.$tA Powerful Language: Images of Nature and the Nature of Science --$tAppendix: Magnetic Longitude Schemes.
520 $aIn this interdisciplinary study of eighteenth-century England, Patricia Fara explores how natural philosophers constructed magnetism as a science, appropriating the skills and knowledge of experienced navigators. For people of this period, magnetic phenomena reverberated with the symbolism of occult mystery, sexual attraction, and universal sympathies; in this maritime nation, magnetic instruments such as navigational compasses heralded imperial expansion, commercial gain, and scientific progress.
520 8 $aBy analyzing such multiple associations, Fara reconstructs cultural interactions in the days just prior to the creation of disciplinary science. Not only does this illustrated book provide a kaleidoscopic view of a changing society, but it also portrays the emergence of public science.
650 0 $aMagnets$zEngland$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aScience$zEngland$xHistory$y18th century.
852 00 $bmat$hQC750.4$i.F37 1996