Rational dissent and provincial science: William turner and the newcastle literary and philosophical society

Metropolis and Province: Science in British Culture, 1780-1850

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 205-230

  Orange, Derek ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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References (34)

1. For Newcastle institutions, see R. S. Watson, The History of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne (1793-1896), London, 1897, pp. 260-319
2. S. Middlebrook, The Advancement of Knowledge in Newcastle upon Tyne: The Literary and Philosophical Society as an Educational Pioneer, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1974.
3. R. H. Kargon, Science in Victorian Manchester: Enterprise and Expertise, Manchester, 1977, p. 1.
4. Obituaries of Turner: W. Gaskell, Sermon on the Death of Rev. William Turner, Manchester, 1859
5. J. Kenrick, The Christian Reformer, 1859, 15, 351-66, 410-24, 454-61
6. J. Clephan, The Gateshead Observer, 30 April 1859, 7 May 1859.
7. W. Turner, A Short Sketch of the History of Protestant Nonconformity, and of the Society Assembling in Hanover Square, Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1811
8. R. Welford, The Church and Congregation of the Divine Unity, Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1904
9. J. Brand, The History and Antiquities of the Town and County of the Town of Newcastle upon Tyne, 2 vols., London, 1789. On Horsley: W. Turner, Newcastle Magazine, March 1821, 1, 426-7
10. J. Hodgson, Memoirs, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1831.
11. R. Welford, Men of Mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed, 3 vols., London, 1895, iii, p. 328
12. J. Rotheram, A Philosophical Essay on the Nature and Properties of Water, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1770, p. 3
13. C. Hutton, Tracts on Mathematical and Philosophical Subjects, 3 vols., London, 1812, iii, p. 379.
14. On Spence, the Philosophical Society and its members: O. D. Rudkin, Thomas Spence and his Connections, London, 1927, pp. 42-4
15. R. E. Schofield, The Lunar Society of Birmingham: A Social History of Provincial Science and Industry in Eighteenth-Century England, Oxford, 1963, p. 438; A. E. Musson and E. Robinson, Science and Technology in the Industrial Revolution, Manchester, 1969, p. 161; R. Porter, 'The industrial revolution and the rise of the science of geology', in M. Teich and R. Young (eds.), Changing Perspectives in the History of Science, London, 1973, pp. 320-43 (329-31).
16. A. E. Musson and E. Robinson, Science and Technology in the Industrial Revolution, Manchester, 1969, p. 161
17. R. Porter, 'The industrial revolution and the rise of the science of geology', in M. Teich and R. Young (eds.), Changing Perspectives in the History of Science, London, 1973, pp. 320-43 (329-31).
18. W. Turner, Speculations on the Propriety of Attempting the Establishment of a Literary Society in Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1793, p. 2.
19. R. M. Glover, Remarks on the History of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1844, p. 9. Glover's argument is similar to that put forward in the present essay.
20. T. Bigge, On the Expediency of Establishing a Lectureship in Newcastle on Subjects of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1802, p. 1
21. W. Turner, General Introductory Discourse on the Objects, Advantages, and Intended Plan of the New Institution for Public Lectures on Natural Philosophy, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1802.
22. W. Turner, Letter to the Ordinary Members of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1808.
23. E. Hughes (ed.), The Diaries and Correspondence of James Losh, 2 vols., Durham and London, 1962 and 1963, ii, pp. 175-208
24. W. Turner, Address to the Monthly Meeting of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne, Held January 4, 1814, RPC, v.
25. J. Raine, A Memoir of the Rev. John Hodgson, 2 vols., London, 1857, i, pp. 90-123, 170-89; RPC, vi
26. R. L. Galloway, A History of Mining in Great Britain, London, 1882, pp. 153-81
27. T. R. Goddard, History of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1929.
28. W. Turner, Address Delivered at the First Meeting of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne Held in its New Apartments, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1825, p. 16
29. Turner, Introductory Address at the First Meeting of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, Durham and Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1829, p. 10.
30. J. Bruce Williamson, Memorials of John Bruce and Mary Bruce, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1903
31. W. Turner, 'Memoir of the late Mr. Henry Atkinson', reprinted from The Newcastle Magazine, April 1829, 8, 175-8.
32. W. Turner, The Sufficiency of Revelation: A Sermon, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1791.
33. W. Turner, A Sermon Preached at the Chapel in Hanover Square, Newcastle, for the Support of the New College, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1800, pp. 9-10.
34. C. G. Bolam, J. Goring, H. L. Short and R. Thomas, The English Presbyterians, London, 1968, p. 233.