Article ID: CBB001550416

Between the Workshop and the Laboratory: Lavoisier's Network of Instrument Makers (2014)

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Beretta, Marco (Author)


Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Volume: 29, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 197-214


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

Throughout his career, Lavoisier paid particular attention to the apparatuses he intended to use in his experimental pursuits. Lavoisier engaged many instrument makers in Paris, the French provinces, and abroad, and he made several efforts, more or less successful, to design a new environment for chemical experimentation. In addition to working with famous instrument makers such as Fortin, Mégnié, and Ramsden, Lavoisier had his instruments made by more than seventy other different makers. In this essay, I outline their contributions and make a preliminary attempt to establish their role in the design of Lavoisier's instruments and in the changes that occurred in chemical experimentation.

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Authors & Contributors
Beretta, Marco
Klein, Ursula
Sven Dupre
Viel, Claude
Stewart, Larry R.
Roberts, Lissa Louise
Concepts
Chemistry
Laboratories
Crafts and craftspeople
Science
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Instrument makers
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
20th century, early
Medieval
Enlightenment
Ancient
Places
France
England
Germany
Prussia (Germany)
United States
Netherlands
Institutions
Neuf Sœurs
Prussian Academy of Sciences
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