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
Petitjean, Beth Ann
Yoshimoto, Hideyuki
Talas, Sofia
Sumner, James
Sherry, David M.
Rheingans, Friedrich G.
Journals
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza
Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau
Journal of Medical Biography
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
Publishers
Saint Louis University
University of California, Los Angeles
The Robert Boyle Project
The MIT Press
Springer
Rodopi
Concepts
Thermometers
Theories of heat
Temperature
Medicine
Chemistry
Philosophy of science, as a discipline
People
Boerhaave, Herman
Fahrenheit, Daniel Gabriel
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent
Stahl, Georg Ernst
Shaw, Peter
Réaumur, René Antoine Ferchault de
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
19th century
16th century
Places
France
Leiden (Netherlands)
England
Edinburgh
Netherlands
Germany
Institutions
Royal Society of London
Universiteit Leiden
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