Lectures on natural philosophy in London, 1750-1765: S. C. T. Demainbray (1710–1782) and the ‘inattention' of his countrymen

The British Journal for the History of Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 411-434

  Morton, A Q ^a  

^a SCIENCE MUSEUM   (United Kingdom)

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