Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-445) and index.
Part I: Calne, 1773-1780 -- Shelburne and politics -- Religion and theology -- "Common-sense" and associationism -- Matter and spirit -- Philosophical necessity -- Observations on air I and II: oxygen -- Observations on air III and natural philosophy I -- Part II: Birmingham, 1780-1791 -- Science and the lunar society -- Science and the chemical revolution -- Religion -- Theology -- Education, metaphysics, history -- Politics and the Birmingham riots -- Part III: Clapton/Hackney (1791-1794) and Northumberland, Pennsylvania (1794-1804) -- Politics, science, education, religion -- Emigration to the United States, politics, and education -- Science -- Religion, death.