The Lunar Men: The Inventors of the Modern World 1730-1810 by Jenny Uglow, Jenny Uglow
The Lunar Men: The Inventors of the Modern World 1730-1810

Jenny Uglow, Jenny Uglow

The Lunar Men: The Inventors of the Modern World 1730-1810

Jenny Uglow, Jenny Uglow

588 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

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Led by Erasmus Darwin, the Lunar Society of Birmingham was formed from a group of amateur experimenters, tradesmen and artisans who met and made friends in the Midlands in the 1760s. Most came from humble families, all lived far from the centre of...

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