Article ID: CBB001550414

Measuring Fire: Herman Boerhaave and the Introduction of Thermometry into Chemistry (2014)

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Powers, John C. (Author)


Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Volume: 29, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 158-177


Publication Date: 2014
Edition Details: Title of volume: “Chemical Knowledge in the Early Modern World”
Language: English

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Article Eddy, Matthew Daniel; Mauskopf, Seymour H.; Newman, William R. (2014) An Introduction to Chemical Knowledge in the Early Modern World. Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 1-15). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Chang, Hasok
Petitjean, Beth Ann
Yoshimoto, Hideyuki
Talas, Sofia
Sumner, James
Sherry, David M.
Concepts
Thermometers
Theories of heat
Temperature
Medicine
Philosophy of science, as a discipline
Science
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
16th century
Places
Leiden (Netherlands)
England
Edinburgh
France
Tuscany (Italy)
Great Britain
Institutions
Royal Society of London
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