Charles Hutton & the 'Dissensions' of 1783-84: Scientific networking & its failures

Notes and Records

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 41-59

  Wardhaugh, Benjamin Sutherland ^a  

^a ALL SOULS COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charles Hutton; Dissensions; Joseph Banks; Networks; Royal society

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013393315     PISSN: 00359149     EISSN: 17430178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2016.0016     Document Type: Article

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