Article ID: CBB000051443

Forums of validation and forms of knowledge: The magical rhetoric of Otto von Guericke's sulfur globe (1993)

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Description On von Guericke's electrical display, using a sulfur globe. “This essay will be an exploration of the rhetoric of his account of the display to see what kind of an event he thought he was creating and the rhetorical world his account was part of. Particular attention will be given to the socio-political-intellectual world of magic.”


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Authors & Contributors
Pumfrey, Stephen
Krafft, Fritz A.
Baldwin, Martha
Jasiński, Maciej
Llasera, Margaret
Knobloch, Eberhard
Concepts
Electricity; magnetism
Refraction, astronomical
Comets; meteors; meteorites
Anatomy
Drama, dance, and performing arts
Natural philosophy
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
19th century
16th century
Places
Germany
France
British Isles
England
Great Britain
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