Prior to becoming a secretary of the Royal Society in 1784 Charles Blagden (bapt. 1748-d. 1820) served as a surgeon in the British army during the Revolutionary War in America. In the two unpublished letters of 1778 discussed here, Blagden provides his Welsh friend John Lloyd (1749-1815) with a vivid description of the current state of affairs in America, from a British perspective, and with insights into continuing scientific endeavour in a time of war. The letters illustrate the attempt that two men made to keep alive an intellectual life and are testimony to the rapidity with which matters of scientific interest could be disseminated in the eighteenth century, even during a major international conflict.

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《革命美国》中的查尔斯·布拉登（Charles Blagden）：给约翰·劳埃德（John Lloyd）的两封未公开信。

在1784年成为皇家学会秘书之前，查尔斯·布拉登（Chart Blagden，受浸时期：1748年-1820年）在美国独立战争期间曾担任英军的外科医师。在这里讨论的两封1778年未出版的信件中，布拉登向他的威尔士朋友约翰·劳埃德（John Lloyd）（1749-1815）从英国的角度生动地描述了美国的当前状况，并洞察了一段时间内继续进行的科学工作战争。这些信件说明了两个人为维持知识分子生活所作的尝试，并证明了即使在重大国际冲突中，也可以在18世纪迅速传播具有科学意义的问题。