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Lavoisier in European context: Negotiating a new language for chemistry (1995)

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Publication Date: 1995
Edition Details: Bensaude-Vincent, Bernadette and Abbri, Ferdinando, editors.
Physical Details: vii + 303 pp.; illus.; notes; bibl.; index

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18th century Europe Priestley, Joseph Bochaute, Karel van Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent Ekeberg, Anders Gustaf Dandolo, Vincenzo

Description Contents: Bensaude-Vincent, Bernadette: Introductory essay: A geographical history of 18th-century chemistry. Lundgren, Anders: The chemical revolution from a distance: Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, the antiphlogistic chemistry, and the Swedish scene. Tiggelen, Brigitte van: La Méthode et “les Belgiques”: L'exemple de la nomenclature originale de Karel van Bochaute. Mierzecki, Roman: The introduction of the French chemical nomenclature in Poland. Roberts, Lissa: Science dynamics: The Dutch meet the “new” chemistry. Donovan, Arthur: The new nomenclature among the Scots: Assessing novel chemical claims in a culture under strain. McEvoy, John G.: Priestley responds to Lavoisier's nomenclature: Language, liberty, and chemistry in the English Enlightenment. Knight, David: Crossing the channel with the new language. Amorim da Costa, Antonio M.: Lavoisier's chemical nomenclature in Portugal. Augusti Nieto-Galan: The French chemical nomenclature in Spain: Critical points, rhetorical arguments, and practical uses. Aceves, Patricia: Échanges scientifiques: Controverses autour de la nomenclature chimique moderne dans la Vice-Royauté de la Nouvelle Espagne. Déré, Anne Claire: La réception de la nomenclature reformée par le corps médical français. Beretta, Marco: Italian translations of the Méthode de nomenclature chimique and the Traité élémentaire de chimie: The case of Vincenzo Dandolo. Abbri, Ferdinando: Science and politics in the Italian reception of Lavoisier's nomenclature. Holmes, Frederic L.: Beyond the boundaries: Concluding remarks on the workshop. Abbri, Ferdinando, Beretta, Marco: Bibliography of the Méthode de nomenclature chimique and of the Traité élémentaire de chimie and their European translations, 1787-1800.

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Review Smeaton, W.A. (1996) Review of "Lavoisier in European context: Negotiating a new language for chemistry". Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (pp. 121-22). unapi

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Review Crosland, M. (1996) Review of "Lavoisier in European context: Negotiating a new language for chemistry". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 238). unapi

Review Travis, A.S. (1997) Review of "Lavoisier in European context: Negotiating a new language for chemistry". Technology and Culture (pp. 508-10). unapi

Review Mauskopf, S. (1998) Review of "Lavoisier in European context: Negotiating a new language for chemistry". Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences (pp. 424-26). unapi

Review Traynham, J.G. (1997) Review of "Lavoisier in European context: Negotiating a new language for chemistry". Bulletin for the History of Chemistry (pp. 71-72). unapi

Review Bret, P. (1997) Review of "Lavoisier in European context: Negotiating a new language for chemistry". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (pp. 215-16). unapi

Review Poirier, J.-P. (1997) Review of "Lavoisier in European context: Negotiating a new language for chemistry". Revue de Synthèse (pp. 150-52). unapi

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