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

Jenny Uglow

Discover how the Lunar Society connected experiments in steam, pottery, chemistry and medicine with industry, friendship and reform amid family loss and political upheaval.

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42 parts, about 46 minutes to read.

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Author
Jenny Uglow
Parts
42 parts
Reading time
about 46 minutes
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What the summary covers

  1. Prologue: Surprise the World2 min
  2. 1. Earth, Elston & Electricity1 min
  3. 2. Toys1 min
  4. 3. Scotland1 min
  5. 4. The Doctor’s Bag1 min
  6. 5. Pots1 min
  7. 6. Heading for Soho1 min
  8. 7. Ingenious Philosophers1 min
  9. 8. Reaching Out1 min
  10. 9. Steam1 min
  11. 10. They Build Canals1 min
  12. 11. Painting the Light1 min
  13. 12. Magic & Mechanics1 min
  14. 13. Derbyshire Explorata1 min
  15. 14. Chemical Reactions1 min
  16. 15. Trials of Life1 min
  17. 16. Rousseau & Romance1 min
  18. 17. Vases, Ormolu, Silver & Frogs1 min
  19. 18. Running the Show1 min
  20. 19. Eddies1 min
  21. 20. Experiments on Air2 min
  22. 21. What All the World Desires1 min
  23. 22. Bandy'd Like a Shuttlecock1 min
  24. 23. Plants and Passions1 min
  25. 24. Conquering Cornwall1 min
  26. 25. Dull Earth and Shining Stones1 min
  27. 26. Creative Copying1 min
  28. 27. Sons and Daughters1 min
  29. 28. Bringing on the Artists1 min
  30. 29. From the Nation to the Land1 min
  31. 30. Fire1 min
  32. 31. Boulton's Blazing Skies1 min
  33. 32. The Linnaean Row2 min
  34. 33. Protecting Our Interests1 min
  35. 34. Family and Feeling1 min
  36. 35. Grand Projects1 min
  37. 36. Turning1 min
  38. 37. Riots1 min
  39. 38. Handing On2 min
  40. 39. Fire Engines and Sundry Works1 min
  41. 40. Time Is! Time Was!1 min
  42. Epilogue. Fiddledum, Diddledum1 min

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