Title The singular and the making of knowledge at the Royal Society of London in the eighteenth century / by Palmira Fontes da Costa.

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Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009.

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Description	1 online resource (xvi, 214 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-208) and index.
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Summary	The central subject of this book is the status of singular experiences in the making of natural knowledge at the Royal Society of London in the eighteenth century. It makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the importance of the reporting and display of extraordinary phenomena at the Royal Society in this period, and shows that the success of these practices was largely based on their multiple roles within the Society, where singular experiences not only promoted natural hist ...
Subject	Royal Society (Great Britain) -- History -- 18th century.
	Royal Society (Great Britain) (OCoLC)fst00538339
	Animals -- Abnormalities -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
	Natural history -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
	Science -- Philosophy -- History -- 18th century.
	NATURE -- Essays.
	NATURE -- Reference.
	TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
	Animals -- Abnormalities. (OCoLC)fst00809469
	Natural history. (OCoLC)fst01034268
	Science -- Philosophy. (OCoLC)fst01108336
	Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
	Natural History -- history.
	Societies -- history.
	History, 18th Century.
	United Kingdom.
Chronological Term	1700-1799
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: Costa, Palmira Fontes da. Singular and the making of knowledge at the Royal Society of London in the eighteenth century. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2009 (DLC) 2009483131 (OCoLC)304147975
ISBN	9781443804097 (electronic bk.)
	1443804096 (electronic bk.)

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