Matthew Ehret on Matt Ehret's Insights

Excellent essay Hans and I'm happy you zeroed in on Stephen Gray too. He is too often missed in studies of the origins of the discovery of electricity and its suppression. If you haven't yet read the small but jam packed book 'Newton's Tyranny' by David and Stephen Clark, I couldn't recommend it more highly as it really contributes to your solid thesis well. It focuses primarily on Newtons and the Newtonian sect at the Royal Society who carried out systematic attacks to destroy Rev James Flamsteed and his friend Stephen Gray whose work was revived by Franklin and co.