The British Apollo indicative of early eighteenth century interest in natural philosophy, 1708-1711

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LHI BRITISH APOLLO—INDICATIVE OF EARLY
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY INTEREST IN
NATURAL PHILOSOPHY 1708-171 I
BY
FLORENCE FORD McCANN

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THE BRITISH APOLLO—INDICATIVE OF EARLY EIGHTEENTH
CENTURY INTEREST IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY
1708-1711
by
Florence Ford McCann
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PREFACE
For a cross-section of early eighteenth-century thought,
few sources are as valuable as The British Apollo, that popu¬
lar periodical which flourished from 1708 until 1711. In it
we see the reflection of a wide range of Interest in such
fields as literature, etymology, law, religion, mathematics,
science, natural history, metaphysics, and affairs of the
heart.
Scientific Interest predominates, with religion holding
second place and affairs of the heart, third. It is this
curiosity in matters pertaining to natural philosophy that
will be considered in the following chapters. This blanket
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term includes a variety of problems connected with man him¬
self and with the world about him. It does not take in the
more particularized field of mathematics, nor the more com¬
plex ones of philosophy and metaphysics.
What were people thinking about during those compara¬
tively quiet years between the scientifically productive last
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