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18 VOLTAIC ELECTRICITY II
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Note on the Author VII
- Acknowledgments IX
- Key to Citations used in Text XI
- Illustrations XIII
- Contents XV
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Part I Penzance
- 1 INTRODUCTION 1
- 2 BIRTH AND FAMILY: THE EARLY YEARS 9
- 3 A YEAR OF IDLENESS 21
- 4 APPRENTICESHIP 29
- 5 BEGINNING CHEMISTRY 46
- 6 MENTORS AND FRIENDS 62
- 7 DR. THOMAS BEDDOES 75
- 8 A JOB OFFER 92
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Part II Bristol
- 1 THE CLIFTON YEARS: OCTOBER 1798—MARCH 1801 101
- 2 "THE MOST AMIABLE WOMAN IN THE WORLD" 106
- 3 THE LIGHT OF NATURE PURSUED 110
- 4 NEW FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES: THE BRISTOL POETS 121
- 5 SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE: CHEMISTRY AND THE "PASSION OF HOPE" 135
- 6 CALORIC AND PHOSOXYGEN 153
- 7 MORAL TALES, EDUCATION THEORY AND A PLANNED EPIC 172
- 8 BONNET CANES AND SILEX: A CHEMICAL EXERCISE 185
- 9 EXPERIMENTAL PLANS, SYPHILITICS AND SCIENTIFIC PRIORITY 189
- 10 PHOSOXYGEN DENIED: "THE BIBLE OF LAVOISIER" 200
- 11 THE WONDER-WORKING GAS OF DELIGHT 211
- 12 NITROGEN OXIDES I—PNEUMATIC CHEMISTRY 225
- 13 NITROGEN OXIDES II 237
- 14 PHYSIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS 253
- 15 HOLIDAYS CONFRONTING MEDICAL THEORY 263
- 16 BREAKING BEDDOES' S DREAM 273
- 17 VOLTAIC ELECTRICITY I 284
- 18 VOLTAIC ELECTRICITY II 299
- 19 NEGOTIATING A JOB OFFER 320
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Part III London
- 1 A CAREER WELL-FOUNDED 335
- 2 AFTERWORD 347
- Select Bibliography 359
- Index 371
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Note on the Author VII
- Acknowledgments IX
- Key to Citations used in Text XI
- Illustrations XIII
- Contents XV
-
Part I Penzance
- 1 INTRODUCTION 1
- 2 BIRTH AND FAMILY: THE EARLY YEARS 9
- 3 A YEAR OF IDLENESS 21
- 4 APPRENTICESHIP 29
- 5 BEGINNING CHEMISTRY 46
- 6 MENTORS AND FRIENDS 62
- 7 DR. THOMAS BEDDOES 75
- 8 A JOB OFFER 92
-
Part II Bristol
- 1 THE CLIFTON YEARS: OCTOBER 1798—MARCH 1801 101
- 2 "THE MOST AMIABLE WOMAN IN THE WORLD" 106
- 3 THE LIGHT OF NATURE PURSUED 110
- 4 NEW FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES: THE BRISTOL POETS 121
- 5 SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE: CHEMISTRY AND THE "PASSION OF HOPE" 135
- 6 CALORIC AND PHOSOXYGEN 153
- 7 MORAL TALES, EDUCATION THEORY AND A PLANNED EPIC 172
- 8 BONNET CANES AND SILEX: A CHEMICAL EXERCISE 185
- 9 EXPERIMENTAL PLANS, SYPHILITICS AND SCIENTIFIC PRIORITY 189
- 10 PHOSOXYGEN DENIED: "THE BIBLE OF LAVOISIER" 200
- 11 THE WONDER-WORKING GAS OF DELIGHT 211
- 12 NITROGEN OXIDES I—PNEUMATIC CHEMISTRY 225
- 13 NITROGEN OXIDES II 237
- 14 PHYSIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS 253
- 15 HOLIDAYS CONFRONTING MEDICAL THEORY 263
- 16 BREAKING BEDDOES' S DREAM 273
- 17 VOLTAIC ELECTRICITY I 284
- 18 VOLTAIC ELECTRICITY II 299
- 19 NEGOTIATING A JOB OFFER 320
-
Part III London
- 1 A CAREER WELL-FOUNDED 335
- 2 AFTERWORD 347
- Select Bibliography 359
- Index 371