TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF TABLES; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTES ON SOURCES AND CONVENTIONS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
Summary
The central subject of this book is the status of singular experiences in the making of natural knowledge at the Royal Society of London in the eighteenth century. It makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the importance of the reporting and display of extraordinary phenomena at the Royal Society in this period, and shows that the success of these practices was largely based on their multiple roles within the Society, where singular experiences not only promoted natural hist ..
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-208) and index
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