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Schofield on the Lunar Society of Birmingham

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Schofield on the Lunar Society of Birmingham
Schofield, Robert E.
The Lunar Society of Birmingham: A Social History of Provincial Science and Industry in Eighteenth-Century England
. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1963. xii, 491 p.
This detailed history of the Lunar Society of Birmingham has the following section headers:
  • Part I: Background of the Lunar Society, 1750-65. (pp.1-32)
  • Part II: The Lunar Circle, 1765-75. (pp.33-117)
  • Part III: Founding of the Lunar Society, 1775-80. (pp.119-190)
  • Part IV: Lunar Apogee, 1781-91. (pp.191-366)
  • PArt V: Decline and End of the Lunar Society. (pp.367-440)

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