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050	0	0	_aT39 _b.U35 2002
082	0	0	_a609.2 UGL
100	1		_aUglow, Jennifer
245	1	4	_aThe lunar men _b: five friends whose curiosity changed the world _c/ Jenny Uglow
250			_a1st American ed
260			_aNew York _b: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux _c, 2002.
300			_axx, 588 p. _b: ill. (some col.), 1 map _c; 25 cm.
500			_aOriginally published in 2002 by Faber and Faber, Great Britain as: The lunar men : the friends who made the future.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 511-558) and index.
520			_aUglow paints a group portrait of five of the leading members of England's 18th-century Lunar Society. The richly illustrated volume focuses on the projects and discoveries that resulted from the collaboration of manufacturer Matthew Boulton; physician, poet, and biological theorist Erasmus Darwin; inventor James Watt; potter Josiah Wedgwood; and preacher and chemist Joseph Priestly. Uglow is Honorary Visiting Professor at the U. of Warwick.
610	2	0	_aLunar Society of Birmingham (England)
650		0	_aInventors _z--Great Britain _v--Biography
650			_aScientists _z-Great Britain _v--Biography
650		0	_aInventions _z--Great Britain _x--History
650		0	_aScience _z--Great Britain _x--History
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