Article ID: CBB001550419

Pierre-Joseph Macquer: Chemistry in the French Enlightenment (2014)

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Lehman, Christine (Author)


Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Volume: 29, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 245-261


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

Despite recent studies of chemistry courses and of academic research at the beginning of the eighteenth century, the perception of chemistry in the French Enlightenment has often been overshadowed by Lavoisier's works. This article proposes three specific case studies selected from Pierre Joseph Macquer's (1718--84) rich career to show the continuous evolution of chemistry throughout the century: medicinal chemistry through the application of the Comte de La Garaye's metallic salt solutions, the emergence of industrial chemistry through a few of Macquer's evaluations at the Bureau du Commerce, and finally communal academic research through the experiments on diamonds using Tschirnhaus's lens. These examples attempt to illustrate the innovative, creative, dynamic, multicultural, and multifaceted chemistry of the Enlightenment.

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Authors & Contributors
Lehman, Christine
Beretta, Marco
Sandro Tirini
Antonelli, Francesca
Wisniak, Jaime
Palmer, Louise Y.
Concepts
Chemistry
Science education and teaching
Phlogiston
Historiography
Encyclopedias (history)
Medical chemistry
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
Early modern
17th century
Places
France
England
Scotland
Italy
Europe
Institutions
Du Pont Company
Académie des Sciences, Paris
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