An account by a leading student of the early Royal Society of the practice of experiment at its meetings between 1660 and 1727.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; 1. Aims and ideals; 2. The record of the minutes 1660-1674; 3. The communication of experiment 1660-1677; 4. The record of the minutes 1674-1703; 5. The communication of experiment 1677-1703; 6. The record of the minutes 1703-1727; 7. The view of the world: friend and foe.