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by Richard Holmes

This history examines the scientific revolution in late eighteenth-century Britain through the work of figures such as Joseph Banks, William Herschel, and Humphry Davy. It documents developments in astronomy, chemistry, and exploration that characterised the Romantic era.

Accession 25860 ISBN 9780007441358 Publisher Harper
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