Electronic Resource
Cambridge
:
Cambridge University Press
The @British journal for the history of science
6 (1973), S. 304-310
ISSN:
0007-0874
Source:
Cambridge Journals Digital Archives
Topics:
History
,
Natural Sciences in General
Notes:
In a letter found not long ago in the Institute of Electrical Engineers and recently republished in the new edition of Faraday's correspondence, certain allegations are made about difficulties experienced by Humphry Davy in getting his work published in Napoleonic France. These allegations have been repeated in the standard Davy bibliography and are believed by at least one other Davy scholar known to the author. A new biography of Faraday makes much of this supposed incident and suggests a comparison with Stalinist Russia. No doubt the letter will continue to be quoted and the story believed until someone takes the trouble to examine the situation more closely.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400016277
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