Article ID: CBB000006758

Thomas Sherley's Philosophical essay (1672): Helmontian mechanism as the basis of a new philosophy (1980)

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Description That the present distinction between Robert Boyle, the modern, and Jean Baptiste van Helmont, the mystic, was less evident to their contemporaries than it is to us today is shown by an examination of an essay by Sherley (1638-1678), a physician-in-ordinary to King Charles II, which attempts to reconcile Boyle's and van Helmont's views. (G. B. KAUFFMAN)


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Authors & Contributors
Clericuzio, Antonio
Newman, William R.
Yoshimoto, Hideyuki
Walton, Michael Thomson
Walmsley, Jonathan
Tomory, Leslie
Journals
Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period
Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
British Journal for the History of Science
Technologia: Quarterly Review Devoted to Historical and Social Studies in Science, Technology, and Industry
化学史研究 [Kagakushi kenkyū; Journal of the Japanese Society for the History of Chemistry]
Foundations of Chemistry
Publishers
Northwestern University
University of Chicago Press
Concepts
Chemistry
Alchemy
Chemical analysis; Trace analysis
Mineral waters
Pneumatic chemistry
Combustion; fire
People
Helmont, Jan Baptista van
Boyle, Robert
Newton, Isaac
Helmontians, Jan Baptist van Helmont (1577-1644)
Harvey, William
Brownrigg. William
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
Early modern
16th century
Places
British Isles
France
Institutions
Académie des Sciences, Paris
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