Discovering Water: James Watt, Henry Cavendish and the Nineteenth-Century 'Water Controversy'

Abstract

Contents: Preface Introduction The nature of discovery: the attributional model The beginnings of a dispute and its interpretation Attributional survey: phase one, 1784-1830 Keeping account: James Watts Jr and the filial project The French connection: Arago re-opens the controversy Managing the symbols of Victorian science: 'gentlemen of science' and the water controversy The advocates of Watt: Brougham, Jeffrey and Muirhead The defence of Cavendish: character, precision and discipline The controversy joined, 1840-60 Still waters: attributional survey, 1830-1900 Conclusions Appendix Bibliography Index.

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