LEADER 03361nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910819329603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4725-9955-1 010 $a0-8264-3148-8 010 $a1-283-30778-2 010 $a9786613307781 010 $a1-4411-7347-1 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472599551 035 $a(CKB)2550000000057494 035 $a(EBL)793290 035 $a(OCoLC)758336092 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000637380 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12245183 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000637380 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10683833 035 $a(PQKB)10496826 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC793290 035 $a(OCoLC)1154857662 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09257607 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000057494 100 $a20111128d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJohn Theophilus Desaguliers $ea natural philosopher, engineer and Freemason in Newtonian England /$fAudrey T. Carpenter 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cContinuum$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (356 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4411-8222-5 311 $a1-4411-2778-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction - New Ideas in a Changing Society -- 1. Early Life - From Forebears in La Rochelle to Education at Oxford -- 2. Lectures in London and Beyond, Royal Recognition and Ecclesiastical Preferment -- 3. Demonstrator and Fellow of the Royal Society -- 4. Freemasonry - Desaguliers's Contribution to the Early Years of Grand Lodge -- 5. Translations from French and Latin, and Troubles with Booksellers -- 6. Fire, Water and Air - Desaguliers the Engineer -- 7. Patronage - Desaguliers at the Service of the Duke of Chandos and His Great Estate at Cannons -- 8. Desaguliers's Influential Work on Contemporary Science - The Publication of A Course of Experimental Philosophy and A Dissertation Concerning Electricity -- 9. Poems, Plays and Pictures - a More Personal Perspective -- 10. The House in Channel Row - Family, Lodgers, Health and Descendants -- Appendices  -- Bibliography -- Index. -- 330 $aJohn Theophilus Desaguliers made his mark on the eighteenth century in several diverse ways. He was an assistant to Sir Isaac Newton and later elucidated the difficult concepts of Newtonian physics in private lectures. He was a member of the Royal Society, and was presented with the Society's highest honour, the Copley Medal, no less than three times. He was a pioneering engineer: the water supply of Edinburgh, the ventilation of the Houses of Parliament and the first Westminster Bridge all owed him a debt. In a different sphere, Desaguliers became the third Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of 606 $aScientists$zEngland$vBiography 606 $aPhilosophers$zEngland$vBiography 606 $aScience$zEurope$xHistory$y17th century 615 0$aScientists 615 0$aPhilosophers 615 0$aScience$xHistory 676 $a001.09 700 $aCarpenter$b Audrey T$01650554 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819329603321 996 $aJohn Theophilus Desaguliers$93999977 997 $aUNINA