Public Knowledge, Natural Philosophy, and the Eighteenth-Century Republic of Letters Sarah Irving Early American Literature, Volume 49, Number 1, 2014, pp. 67-88 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: 10.1353/eal.2014.0008 For additional information about this article Access provided by UNSW Library (11 Mar 2014 18:53 GMT) http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/eal/summary/v049/49.1.irving.html