The Rise of Public Science: Rhetoric, Technology, and Natural Philosophy in Newtonian Britain, 1660-1750

List of illustrations Preface Introduction Part I. For Light: 1. Deeds, not words 2. Providence and the Newtonians 3. Whiston, Clarke, and the crisis of doctrine Part II. The Rise of Public Science: 4. Entrepreneurs of science 5. The Newtonians and the English transformation 6. The Longitudinarians 7. Degaguliers and the usefulness of philosophers Part III. For Use: 8. The culture of enterprise before 1750 9. Limits of projecting 10. The Chandos connection 11. The dragons on the Thames 12. The engines of providence Conclusion Bibliography Index.