Pondering the Imponderable:
John Robison and Magnetic Theory
in Britain (c.1775-1805)
Dr. Robinson M. Yost
Summary
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Aepinian Theory in Britain
3. The Edinburgh Lecture Notes
4. Geometry or Analysis?
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica
6. Hypotheses Fingo or Non Fingo?
7. Methodology and Magnetic Theory
8. Robison's Successor at Edinburgh
9. Conclusion