An Entertainment for Angels: Electricity in the enlightenment

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Illuminations: The Light of Reason ch. 1 Interpretations ch. 2 Electricity and Enlightenment pt. II Shocking Inventions: Instruments ch. 1 Robert Boyle and the Air-pump ch. 2 Francis Hauksbee and the Electrical Machine ch. 3 Stephen Gray and the Charity Boy ch. 4 Pieter van Musschenbroek and the Leyden Jar pt. III Lightning Cures: Applications ch. 1 Benjamin Franklin ch. 2 Knobs or Points? ch. 3 The Business of Medicine ch. 4 Therapeutic Shocks pt. IV Sparks of Imagination: Theories ch. 1 Problems ch. 2 Fluids and Atmospheres ch. 3 Theological Aethers ch. 4 Measurement and Mathematics pt. V The Flow of Life: Current Electricity ch. 1 Henry Cavendish and the Torpedo ch. 2 Luigi Galvani and his Frogs ch. 3 Alessandro Volta and his Pile ch. 4 Resuscitation.