02438nam 2200649 450 991082346750332120230617040648.00-19-771643-10-19-028951-11-280-50309-20-19-534780-31-60256-922-3(CKB)1000000000245693(EBL)279662(OCoLC)191038661(SSID)ssj0000249658(PQKBManifestationID)11214089(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000249658(PQKBWorkID)10228320(PQKB)10058812(Au-PeEL)EBL4702929(CaPaEBR)ebr11273751(CaONFJC)MIL50309(OCoLC)57146114(MiAaPQ)EBC4702929(EXLCZ)99100000000024569320161012h20042004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSpeculative truth Henry Cavendish, natural philosophy, and the rise of modern theoretical science /Russell McCormmachOxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,2004.©20041 online resource (269 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-518653-2 0-19-516004-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction; Part One. Natural Philosophy; Part Two. A Great Question; Appendix. Henry Cavendish's Manuscript on the Mechanical Theory of Heat; Notes; Bibliography; IndexMcCormmach (history of science, U. of Oregon) offers an edition of 18th-century natural philosopher Cavendish's manuscript, in foul and corrected versions, on the mechanical theory of heat. He also explores physical theory in natural philosophy during the second half of the 18th century, of which the treatise is an example. Annotation 2004 Book NewHeatHistory18th centuryPhysicsGreat BritainHistory18th centuryChemistsGreat BritainBiographyHeatHistoryPhysicsHistoryChemists530/.0941/09033McCormmach Russell49175MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823467503321Speculative truth3914342UNINA