Article ID: CBB000932920

Atividades científicas no Império português: um estudo da obra do “metalurgista de profissão” Manuel Ferreira da Câmara---1783--1820 (2008)

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Varela, Alex Gonçalves (Author)


História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Volume: 15
Pages: 1201--1208


Publication Date: 2008
Edition Details: English title: [Scientific Activities under the Portuguese Empire: A Study of the Works of Manuel Ferreira da Câmara, “Metalworker by Profession”---1783--1820]
Language: Portuguese

Manuel Ferreira da Câmara became known in historiography for his political profile as a statesmen and parliamentarian. His historical trajectory shows a link between these political interests and his studies in the natural sciences. This article is the result of research on the scholar's scientific memoirs, with an analysis that focuses on the broader social context in which they were conceived. These memoirs stand as a valuable testimony to the existence of scientific production under the Portuguese Empire in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and illustrate the richness of thinking under the Luso-American Enlightenment.

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Authors & Contributors
Silva, Clarete Paranhos da
Sánchez, Antonio
Roque, Ricardo
Figueirôa, Silvia Fernanda de Mendonça
Xavier, Angela Barreto
José Alberto Silva
Concepts
Portugal, colonies
Science and society
Mineralogy
Science and government
Museums
Science, general histories
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
16th century
15th century
Early modern
Places
Portugal
Timor Island
Brazil
Macau (China)
Angola
Italy
Institutions
Universidade de Coimbra
École Royale des Mines
Casa da India
Smithsonian Institution
Royal Society of London
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