The Resource The lunar men : five friends whose curiosity changed the world, Jenny Uglow
The lunar men : five friends whose curiosity changed the world, Jenny Uglow
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- Summary
- "In the 1760s a group of amateur experimenters met and made friends in the English Midlands. Most came from humble families, all lived far from the center of things, but they were young and their optimism was boundless: together they would change the world. Among them were the ambitious toymaker Matthew Boulton and his partner James Watt, of steam-engine fame; the potter Josiah Wedgwood; and the larger-than-life Erasmus Darwin, physician, poet, inventor, and theorist of evolution (a forerunner of his grandson Charles). Later came Joseph Priestly, discover of oxygen and fighting radical." "With a small band of allies - the chemist James Keir, the doctors William Small and William Withering (the man who put digitalis on the medical map), and two wild young followers of Rousseau, Richard Lovell Edgeworth and Thomas Day - they formed the Lunar Society of Birmingham, so called because it met at each full moon, and kick-started the Industrial Revolution. Blending science, art, and commerce, the Lunar Men built canals; launched balloons; named plants, gases, and minerals; changed the face of England and the china in its drawing rooms; and plotted to revolutionize its soul."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- xx, 588 pages
- Note
- Originally published in 2002 by Faber and Faber, Great Britain as: The lunar men : the friends who made the future
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Pots
- 6.
- Heading for Soho
- 7.
- Ingenious philosophers
- 8.
- Reaching out
- 9.
- Steam
- 1.
- 10.
- They build canals
- 11.
- Painting the light
- 12.
- Magic & mechanics
- 13.
- Derbyshire explorata
- 14.
- Chemical reactions
- Earth, Elston & electricity
- 15.
- Trials of life
- 16.
- Rousseau & romance
- 17.
- Vases, Ormolu, silver & frogs
- 18.
- Running the show
- 19.
- Eddies
- 2.
- 20.
- Experiments on air
- 21.
- 'What all the world desires'
- 22.
- 'Bandy'd like a shuttlecock'
- 23.
- Plants & passions
- 24.
- Conquering Cornwall
- Toys
- 25.
- Dull earth & shining stones
- 26.
- Creative copying
- 27.
- Sons & daughters
- 28.
- Bringing on the artists
- 29.
- From the nation to the land
- 3.
- 30.
- Fire
- 31.
- Boulton's blazing skies
- 32.
- The Linnaean row
- 33.
- Protecting our interests
- 34.
- Family & feeling
- Scotland
- 35.
- Grand projects
- 36.
- Turning
- 37.
- Riots
- 38.
- Handing on
- 39.
- 'Fire engines & Sundry works'
- 4.
- 40.
- 'Time is, time was
- The doctor's bag
- Isbn
- 9780374528881
- Label
- The lunar men : five friends whose curiosity changed the world
- Title
- The lunar men
- Title remainder
- five friends whose curiosity changed the world
- Statement of responsibility
- Jenny Uglow
- Subject
-
- Biographies
- Great Britain
- History
- trueIndustrial revolution -- Great Britain
- Inventions
- trueInventions -- Great Britain -- History
- Inventors
- trueInventors -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Lunar Society of Birmingham (England)
- Biographies
- Science
- trueScience -- Great Britain -- History
- Scientists
- trueScientists -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Lunar Society of Birmingham (England)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In the 1760s a group of amateur experimenters met and made friends in the English Midlands. Most came from humble families, all lived far from the center of things, but they were young and their optimism was boundless: together they would change the world. Among them were the ambitious toymaker Matthew Boulton and his partner James Watt, of steam-engine fame; the potter Josiah Wedgwood; and the larger-than-life Erasmus Darwin, physician, poet, inventor, and theorist of evolution (a forerunner of his grandson Charles). Later came Joseph Priestly, discover of oxygen and fighting radical." "With a small band of allies - the chemist James Keir, the doctors William Small and William Withering (the man who put digitalis on the medical map), and two wild young followers of Rousseau, Richard Lovell Edgeworth and Thomas Day - they formed the Lunar Society of Birmingham, so called because it met at each full moon, and kick-started the Industrial Revolution. Blending science, art, and commerce, the Lunar Men built canals; launched balloons; named plants, gases, and minerals; changed the face of England and the china in its drawing rooms; and plotted to revolutionize its soul."--Jacket
- Award
-
- James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography, 2002.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2002
- Biography type
- collective biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 158443
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Uglow, Jennifer S
- Dewey number
-
- 609.2/241
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- T39
- LC item number
- .U35 2002
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Lunar Society of Birmingham (England)
- Lunar Society of Birmingham (England)
- Inventors
- Scientists
- Inventions
- Science
- Inventions
- Inventors
- Science
- Scientists
- Great Britain
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- five friends whose curiosity changed the world
- Label
- The lunar men : five friends whose curiosity changed the world, Jenny Uglow
- Note
- Originally published in 2002 by Faber and Faber, Great Britain as: The lunar men : the friends who made the future
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-558) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Pots
- 6.
- Heading for Soho
- 7.
- Ingenious philosophers
- 8.
- Reaching out
- 9.
- Steam
- 1.
- 10.
- They build canals
- 11.
- Painting the light
- 12.
- Magic & mechanics
- 13.
- Derbyshire explorata
- 14.
- Chemical reactions
- Earth, Elston & electricity
- 15.
- Trials of life
- 16.
- Rousseau & romance
- 17.
- Vases, Ormolu, silver & frogs
- 18.
- Running the show
- 19.
- Eddies
- 2.
- 20.
- Experiments on air
- 21.
- 'What all the world desires'
- 22.
- 'Bandy'd like a shuttlecock'
- 23.
- Plants & passions
- 24.
- Conquering Cornwall
- Toys
- 25.
- Dull earth & shining stones
- 26.
- Creative copying
- 27.
- Sons & daughters
- 28.
- Bringing on the artists
- 29.
- From the nation to the land
- 3.
- 30.
- Fire
- 31.
- Boulton's blazing skies
- 32.
- The Linnaean row
- 33.
- Protecting our interests
- 34.
- Family & feeling
- Scotland
- 35.
- Grand projects
- 36.
- Turning
- 37.
- Riots
- 38.
- Handing on
- 39.
- 'Fire engines & Sundry works'
- 4.
- 40.
- 'Time is, time was
- The doctor's bag
- Control code
- ocm49959314
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- xx, 588 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374528881
- Lccn
- 2002072353
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), 1 map
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)49959314
- Label
- The lunar men : five friends whose curiosity changed the world, Jenny Uglow
- Note
- Originally published in 2002 by Faber and Faber, Great Britain as: The lunar men : the friends who made the future
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 511-558) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Pots
- 6.
- Heading for Soho
- 7.
- Ingenious philosophers
- 8.
- Reaching out
- 9.
- Steam
- 1.
- 10.
- They build canals
- 11.
- Painting the light
- 12.
- Magic & mechanics
- 13.
- Derbyshire explorata
- 14.
- Chemical reactions
- Earth, Elston & electricity
- 15.
- Trials of life
- 16.
- Rousseau & romance
- 17.
- Vases, Ormolu, silver & frogs
- 18.
- Running the show
- 19.
- Eddies
- 2.
- 20.
- Experiments on air
- 21.
- 'What all the world desires'
- 22.
- 'Bandy'd like a shuttlecock'
- 23.
- Plants & passions
- 24.
- Conquering Cornwall
- Toys
- 25.
- Dull earth & shining stones
- 26.
- Creative copying
- 27.
- Sons & daughters
- 28.
- Bringing on the artists
- 29.
- From the nation to the land
- 3.
- 30.
- Fire
- 31.
- Boulton's blazing skies
- 32.
- The Linnaean row
- 33.
- Protecting our interests
- 34.
- Family & feeling
- Scotland
- 35.
- Grand projects
- 36.
- Turning
- 37.
- Riots
- 38.
- Handing on
- 39.
- 'Fire engines & Sundry works'
- 4.
- 40.
- 'Time is, time was
- The doctor's bag
- Control code
- ocm49959314
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st American ed.
- Extent
- xx, 588 pages
- Isbn
- 9780374528881
- Lccn
- 2002072353
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), 1 map
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)49959314
Subject
- Biographies
- Great Britain
- History
- trueIndustrial revolution -- Great Britain
- Inventions
- trueInventions -- Great Britain -- History
- Inventors
- trueInventors -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Lunar Society of Birmingham (England)
- Biographies
- Science
- trueScience -- Great Britain -- History
- Scientists
- trueScientists -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Lunar Society of Birmingham (England)
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