The Atmosphere of Heaven: The Unnatural Experiments of Dr Beddoes and His Sons of Genius by Mike Jay

The Atmosphere of Heaven: The Unnatural Experiments of Dr Beddoes and His Sons of Genius

Mike Jay

296 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative fast-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

At the Pneumatic Institution in Bristol, England, founded in the closing years of the eighteenth century, dramatic experiments with gases precipitated not only a revolution in scientific medicine but also in the history of ideas. Guided by the ene...

Read more

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...