| Edition |
1st American ed. |
| Description |
xx, 588 pages : illustrations (some color), 1 map ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Originally published in 2002 by Faber and Faber, Great Britain as: The lunar men : the friends who made the future. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-558) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Earth, Elston & electricity -- 2. Toys -- 3. Scotland -- 4. The doctor's bag -- 5. Pots -- 6. Heading for Soho -- 7. Ingenious philosophers -- 8. Reaching out -- 9. Steam -- 10. They build canals -- 11. Painting the light -- 12. Magic & mechanics -- 13. Derbyshire explorata -- 14. Chemical reactions -- 15. Trials of life -- 16. Rousseau & romance -- 17. Vases, Ormolu, silver & frogs -- 18. Running the show -- 19. Eddies -- 20. Experiements on air -- 21. 'What all the world desires' -- 22. 'Bandy'd like a shuttlecock' -- 23. Plants & passions -- 24. Conquering Cornwall -- 25. Dull earth & shining stones -- 26. Creative copying -- 27. Sons & daughters -- 28. Bringing on the artists -- 29. From the nation to the land -- 30. Fire -- 31. Boulton's blazing skies -- 32. The Linnaean row -- 33. Protecting our interests -- 34. Family & feeling -- 35. Grand projects -- 36. Turning -- 37. Riots -- 38. Handing on -- 39. 'Fire engines & Sundry works' -- 40. 'Time is, time was. |
| Subject |
Inventors -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Inventors. |
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Great Britain. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Scientists. |
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Inventions -- Great Britain -- History.
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Inventions. |
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History. |
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Science -- Great Britain -- History.
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Science. |
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Lunar Society of Birmingham (England)
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Lunar Society of Birmingham (England) |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
0374194408 hardcover alkaline paper |
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