Discussing Chemistry and Steam: The Minutes of a Coffee H...
Levere, Trevor / Turner, Gerald L'e
From 1780 to 1787 a group of chemists, medics, political radicals, philosophical clergy men, industrialists, and instrument makers met in their own homes and more frequently in a series of London coffee houses, the Chapter Coffee House chief amongst these. The members served as the center of anetwork of scientific intelligence that spread over Europe and as far as the US. The rules and procedures of the group and the minutes of their discussio...