John Theophilus Desaguliers: A Natural Philosopher, Engineer and Freemason in Newtonian England [Paperback]

Audrey T. Carpenter was awarded a PhD in Chemistry from the University of London in 1959. After post-doctoral research she worked as a technical abstractor and librarian before returning to academia as a mature student. She was awarded a PhD in English from Loughborough University in 2010.

Introduction - New Ideas in a Changing Society / 1. Early Life - From Forebears in La Rochelle to Education at Oxford / 2. Lectures in London and Beyond, Royal Recognition and Ecclesiastical Preferment / 3. Demonstrator and Fellow of the Royal Society / 4. Freemasonry - Desaguliers's Contribution to the Early Years of Grand Lodge / 5. Translations from French and Latin, and Troubles with Booksellers / 6. Fire, Water and Air - Desaguliers the Engineer / 7. Patronage - Desaguliers at the Service of the Duke of Chandos and His Great Estate at Cannons / 8. Desaguliers's Influential Work on Contemporary Science - The Publication of A Course of Experimental Philosophy and A Dissertation Concerning Electricity / 9. Poems, Plays and Pictures - a More Personal Perspective / 10. The House in Channel Row - Family, Lodgers, Health and Descendants / Appendices / Bibliography / Index.