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An entertainment for angels : electricity in the Enlightenment

Paperback • 2003 • Norwegian Bokmål

An entertainment for angels : electricity in the Enlightenment

By Patricia Fara

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About the book

Electricity was the scientific fashion of the Enlightenment, 'an Entertainment for Angels, rather than for Men'. Lecturers attracted huge audiences to marvel at sparkling fountains, flaming drinks, pirouetting dancers and electrified boys. Flamboyant experimenters made chains of soldiers leap into the air, while wealthy women titillated their admirers with a sensational electric kiss. Enlightenment optimists predicted that this new-found power of nature would cure illnesses, improve crop product...Show more

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9781840464597

Publisher

Cambridge : Icon Books

Published year

2003

Language

Norwegian Bokmål

Original title

An entertainment for angels : electricity in the Enlightenment

Format

Paperback

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