"All their numerous concepts of electricity had something in common-they were partially derived from one or another version of the mechanico-corpuscular philosophy that guided all scientific research of the day. In addition, all were components of real scientific theories, of theories that had been drawn in part from experiment and observation and that partially determined the choice and interpretation of additional problems undertaken in research. ... "One recent research, which received support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, was the only large-scale study to date of the e...

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