Overview

Full Product Details

9780822965305

Table of Contents

Reviews

The analysis is consistently convincing, the range of sources consulted is impressive, and the prose is direct and simple--yet always interesting. --Metascience Miller adds significantly to our understanding of phlogistic chemistry in late eighteenth-century Britain and, via his account of Watt's role in the 'water controversy, ' the Chemical Revolution itself. . . . It is a measure of his considerable acumen and talents as a historian that he achieves his novel and illuminating insights through a carefully crafted, exhaustively documented and tightly argued analysis of a period in the history of science which, though still poorly understood, transformed our comprehension and utilization of that most ubiquitous and precious substance, water. --Annals of Science Miller concludes his fascinating study of reputation with an analysis of Watt's indicator in its late-eighteenth-century and ninteenth-century manifestations. --Victorian Studies Miller has an enjoyable writing style. . . . The balance of the book is good and the 16-page bibliography is very wide ranging. --Notes & Records of the Royal Society Will be especially valuable to readers interested in the science of the period. Highly recommended. --Choice A tremendous piece of scholarship . . . should be read not just by by students of Watt but also by scholars concerned with chemistry, engineering, commemoration and reputation building from the mid-eighteenth century. --British Journal for the History of Science

The analysis is consistently convincing, the range of sources consulted is impressive, and the prose is direct and simple--yet always interesting. --Metascience Miller adds significantly to our understanding of phlogistic chemistry in late eighteenth-century Britain and, via his account of Watt's role in the 'water controversy, ' the Chemical Revolution itself. . . . It is a measure of his considerable acumen and talents as a historian that he achieves his novel and illuminating insights through a carefully crafted, exhaustively documented and tightly argued analysis of a period in the history of science which, though still poorly understood, transformed our comprehension and utilization of that most ubiquitous and precious substance, water. --Annals of Science Miller concludes his fascinating study of reputation with an analysis of Watt's indicator in its late-eighteenth-century and ninteenth-century manifestations. --Victorian Studies Miller has an enjoyable writing style. . . . The balance of the book is good and the 16-page bibliography is very wide ranging. --Notes & Records of the Royal Society Will be especially valuable to readers interested in the science of the period. Highly recommended. --Choice A tremendous piece of scholarship . . . should be read not just by by students of Watt but also by scholars concerned with chemistry, engineering, commemoration and reputation building from the mid-eighteenth century. --British Journal for the History of Science

Miller adds significantly to our understanding of phlogistic chemistry in late eighteenth-century Britain and, via his account of Watt's role in the 'water controversy, ' the Chemical Revolution itself. . . . It is a measure of his considerable acumen and talents as a historian that he achieves his novel and illuminating insights through a carefully crafted, exhaustively documented and tightly argued analysis of a period in the history of science which, though still poorly understood, transformed our comprehension and utilization of that most ubiquitous and precious substance, water. --Annals of Science The analysis is consistently convincing, the range of sources consulted is impressive, and the prose is direct and simple--yet always interesting. --Metascience Miller concludes his fascinating study of reputation with an analysis of Watt's indicator in its late-eighteenth-century and ninteenth-century manifestations. --Victorian Studies Miller has an enjoyable writing style. . . . The balance of the book is good and the 16-page bibliography is very wide ranging. --Notes & Records of the Royal Society Will be especially valuable to readers interested in the science of the period. Highly recommended. --Choice A tremendous piece of scholarship . . . should be read not just by by students of Watt but also by scholars concerned with chemistry, engineering, commemoration and reputation building from the mid-eighteenth century. --British Journal for the History of Science

Author Information

David Philip Miller is emeritus professor of history of science at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. He is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities and a member of the International Academy of the History of Science.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available