Practical Matter – Newton′s Science in the Service of Industry and Empire 1687–1851 (New Histories of Science, Technology, and Medicine) Review ["Practical Matter"] is a highly ambitious and provocative survey of the cultural history of science and industry...While Jacob and Stewart embrace a comparative perspective and offer occasional forays to describe the developing relation between science and industry on the Continent and in the colonies, these additional studies serve mainly to underscore the pioneering precedent set by British natural philosophers and manufacturers in forging the requisite "cultural matrix" and "technical knowledge" for industrialization. "Practical Matter" resolutely avoids many of the commonplaces of the scholarship on the Industrial Revolution.--Fredrik Albritton Jonsson"Journal of Modern History" (02/01/2007)