| Description |
1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations |
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Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Introduction: Lightning after Franklin -- Science and Technology -- 1 A New Invention -- 2 The Introduction of the Lightning Rod in the Netherlands -- 3 Eighteenth-Century Physical Theories on Thunderstorms -- Religion -- 4 Official Religion -- 5 Marginal and Marginalised Religious Reactions -- 6 Intermezzo: Electrical Nature? The Animated Nature of Theosophy -- Art -- 7 Thunderstorms and Electricity in Poetry, Music, and Painting -- By Way of Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index of Names |
| Summary |
From time immemorial, thunder and lightning were seen as a wrathful Deity's instruments of punishment. But then, in 1752, came Benjamin Franklin's paradigm-shifting invention of the lightning rod, and the way we view God and nature was changed forever |
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Science, Medicine, and Technology |
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STEM |
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Cultural Studies |
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CULTURAL |
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History |
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HIS |
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History of Science and Medicine |
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HIS SC & MED |
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Philosophy |
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PHIL |
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Religion and Theology |
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REL & THEOL |
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Science and Technology |
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SC & TECH |
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Benjamin Franklin, Enlightenment, thunder, nature, religion, Providence, Romanticism |
| Notes |
Introduction: Lightning after Franklin 1. A New Invention 2. The Introduction of the Lightning Rod in the Netherlands 3. Eighteenth-Century Physical Theories on Thunderstorms 4. Official Religion 5. Marginal and Marginalised Religious Reactions 6. Intermezzo: Electrical Nature? The Animated Nature of Theosophy 7. Thunderstorms and Electricity in Poetry, Music, and Painting 8. By Way of Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Illustration credits, Index of Names |
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 24, 2023) |
| Subject |
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
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| SUBJECT |
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. fast (OCoLC)fst00034115 |
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Lightning.
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Lightning rods.
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History of Western philosophy.
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Religion and science.
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History of science.
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HISTORY / North America.
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SCIENCE / History.
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Lightning.
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Lightning rods.
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History of science.
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Western philosophy: Enlightenment.
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Religion and science.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Preedy, Lee, translator.
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| ISBN |
9400604335 |
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9789400604339 |
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