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Global Science and the British Magnetic Enterprise in the Age of Imperialism
During the 1840s and 1850s, the British government financed a world-wide investigation into how the Earth's magnetic phenomena operated, consisting of...
Scientific and Musical Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century Britain
"In Sound Authorities, Edward J. Gillin shows how experiences of music and sound played a crucial role in nineteenth-century scientific inquiry in Bri...
Global Science and the British Magnetic Survey in the Age of Imperialism
This book offers an in-depth, global history of the British Magnetic Survey - the nineteenth-century, British-government-funded efforts to measure and...
British and French Power in the Age of Empire
The nineteenth century is too often invoked as moment where Britain alone exerted global dominance, without the need for European collaboration. This ...
Scientific Knowledge and the Building of the Houses of Parliament
The Palace of Westminster, home to Britain's Houses of Parliament, is one of the most studied buildings in the world. What is less well known is that ...