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Sites of Chemistry in the Schemnitz Mining Academy and the Eighteenth-Century Habsburg Mining Administration (2013)

Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Volume: 60, no. 2
Issue: 2
Pages: 160-178

Publication Date: 2013
Edition Details: Part of a special issue, “Sites of Chemistry in the Eighteenth Century.”
Language: English

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Chemistry Geographical studies of science Mines and mining Metallurgy Societies; institutions; academies Industrial administration 18th century Hungary Habsburg, House of

This paper provides an overview of various sites of chemistry in the Lower Hungarian mining district, one of the most important mining regions in the Habsburg monarchy, during the eighteenth century. Focusing on the academic laboratory of the mining academy at Schemnitz, it examines connections between this prominent place of chemical knowledge and the more traditional sites of metallurgical production. It argues for the crucial role of experts in the process of shaping and using these sites: men who were not recruited exclusively from among the professors of the mining academy. The contributions of these experts---for instance, in seeking a solution to the contemporary problem of brittleness of copper---reveal an elaborate scientific and technical savoir faire, which served the mercantile goals of the Habsburg administration.

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Article Perkins, John (2013) Sites of Chemistry in the Eighteenth Century. Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (pp. 95-98). unapi

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