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Gehennical Fire The Lives of George Strakey, an American Alchemist in the Scientific Revolution

Biography / Memoir
By: W Newman
320 pages, 14 halftones
Gehennical Fire
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  • Gehennical Fire ISBN: 9780674341715 Hardback Jan 1995 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 6 days
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About this book

Although virtually unknown today, Starkey, a chemist, was America's most widely read and celebrated scientist before Benjamin Franklin. This book is a fascinating account of a man who was much more than just a scientist, and whose writings were admired by Liebniz and Newton.

Contents

Acknowledgments A Note on Terminology Introduction 1. Starkey in America 2. Arcana Maiora: The Hartlib Years (1650-1654) 3. The Background to Starkey's Chymistry 4. Revelation and Concealment: The Writings of Philalethes 5. A Sonne of Contention: 1655-1665 6. Philalethes in Context 7. Isaac Newton and Eirenaeus Philalethes Appendix I. Starkey's Addresses in England, 1650-1665 Appendix II. An Autobiographical Note by George Starkey Appendix III. Missing Starkey Manuscripts Appendix IV. Robert Boyle's "Excuses of Philaletha" Appendix V. A Bibliography of Starkey's Writings Abbreviations Notes Index

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Biography / Memoir
By: W Newman
320 pages, 14 halftones
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