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‘A World of New Ideas’ – Welsh Scientists of the Long Eighteenth-Century

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In the long eighteenth century, between 1650 and 1820, Wales and the rest of Europe moved from a world of alchemy to one of steam engines and electricity. The scientists of Wales contributed to that changing world of new ideas, but their contribution often overlooked in many histories of the period.

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Yn y ddeunawfed ganrif hir, rhwng 1650 a 1820, symudodd Cymru a gweddill Ewrop o fyd alcemeg i fyd o drydan ac injans stêm. Cyfrannodd gwyddonwyr Cymru at y byd newydd hwn o syniadau newydd, ond cafodd eu cyfraniad ei anwybyddu’n aml gan hanesion yr oes.
In the long eighteenth century, between 1650 and 1820, Wales and the rest of Europe moved from a world of alchemy to one of steam engines and electricity. The scientists of Wales contributed to that changing world of new ideas, but their contribution often overlooked in many histories of the period.

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English