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An application of bibliometrics to the history of electricity

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A bibliometric analysis is performed on the articles on or relating to electricity that appeared in thePhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London from their commencement, in 1665, to the year 1800. The views of eminent scientists of the 18th century of the scientific advance, state of the art and prospects in electricity are given and commented. Agreement between the bibliometric data and scientists' views is ascertained.

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  1. The A. S. Popov Central Museum of Telecommunications, 7, Soyuza Sviazi, 190000, Leningrad, (USSR)

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Kryzhanovsky, L.N. An application of bibliometrics to the history of electricity. Scientometrics 14, 487–492 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02017104

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