| Description |
1 online resource (304 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction to the Transaction Edition ; Notes; Preface ; Acknowledgments; 1 The Structure of Science in Manchester in 1840; The Revolutionary City and the Scientific Community; The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society and the Manchester Scientific-Cultural Network; The Manchester Natural History Society |
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The Royal Manchester Institution: Nihil Pulchrum Nisi Utile The Manchester Mechanics' Institution ; The Manchester Geological Society ; The Structure of Manchester Science in 1840 ; 2 The Emergence of the Devotee: The Changing Face of Amateur Science; Science as a "Calling"; William Sturgeon and the Royal Victoria Gallery |
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The Changing of the Guard: The Evolution of the Literary and Philosophical Society James Joule as Devotee ; Edward Binney: Career Profile ; John Leigh: The Surgeon as Devotee ; Joseph Baxendell, F.R.S ; Devotee Science: A Social Analysis ; 3 The Coming of the Civic Scientists; The New Professionals |
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Liebig and the British Chemists Science and Public Health ; 4 Civic Virtue: Chemistry, Health, and Industry; The Environmentalist Attack; Sanitary Chemistry: Career Profile of Robert Angus Smith ; Chemistry and Industry ; Crace-Calvert and Industrial Chemistry ; The Impact of the Civic Scientists ; 5 Academic Science: Owens College Bom and Reborn |
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The Move for Higher Education in ManchesterThe Opening of the Owens College ; A Serious Decline ; A New Era ; Building a Chemical School ; Engineering and the Coming of Reynolds ; Owens College Extended ; Owens College, Industrial Chemistry, and the German Threat |
| Notes |
Manchester and the Scientific Industry Question |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Manchester (England) -- Intellectual life
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kargon, Robert
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| ISBN |
9781351491891 |
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135149189X |
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