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Sympathetic Attractions
Sympathetic Attractions
Author: Patricia Fara
In this interdisciplinary study of eighteenth-century England, Patricia Fara explores how natural philosophers constructed magnetism as a science, appropriating the skills and knowledge of experienced navigators. For people of this period, magnetic phenomena reverberated with the symbolism of occult mystery, sexual attraction, and universal symp...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691010991
ISBN-10: 0691010994
Publication Date: 10/14/1996
Pages: 344
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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