List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Dedication Introduction Part I Illuminations：The Light of Reason Chapter 1：Interpretations Chapter 2：Electricity and Enlightenment Part II Shocking Inventions：Instruments Chapter 1：Robert Boyle and the Air-pump Chapter 2：Francis Hauksbee and the Electrical Machine Chapter 3：Stephen Gray and the Chartty Boy Chapter 4：Pieter van Musschenbroek and the Leyden Jar Part III Lightning Cures：Applications Chapter 1：Benjamin Franklin Chapter 2：Knobs or Points? Chapter 3：The Business of Medicine Chapter 4：Therapeutic Shocks Part IV Sparks of Imagination：Theories Chapter 1：Problems Chapter 2：Fluids and Atmospheres Chapter 3：Theological Aethers Chapter 4：Measurement and Mathematics Part V The Flow of Life：Current Electricity Chapter 1：Henry Cavendish and the Torpedo Chapter 2：Luigi Galvani and his Frogs Chapter 3：Alessandro Volta and his Pile Chapter 4：Resuscitation Further Reading Notes
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