Article ID: CBB276623423

The “Subtile Aereal Spirit of Fountains”: Mineral Waters and the History of Pneumatic Chemistry (2016)

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The standard history of pneumatic chemistry is dominated by a landmark-discoverers-type narrative stretching from Robert Boyle, through Stephen Hales, Joseph Black, and Joseph Priestley, to Antoine Lavoisier. This article challenges this view by demonstrating the importance of the study of mineral waters – and their “aerial component” – to the evolution of pneumatic chemistry, from around van Helmont to the period before Black (1640s–1750s). Among key figures examined are Joan Baptista van Helmont, Johann Joachim Becher, Robert Boyle, Friedrich Hoffmann, and William Brownrigg.

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Authors & Contributors
Clericuzio, Antonio
Debus, Allen G.
Tomory, Leslie
Alfonso-Goldfarb, Ana Maria
Banchetti-Robino, Marina Paola
Brownigg, William
Journals
Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Marchand, Suzanne L.
British Journal for the History of Science
Circumscribere: International Journal for the History of Science
Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period
Publishers
Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine
Science History
University of Chicago Press
Springer International Publishing
Concepts
Chemistry
Medicine
Alchemy
Pneumatic chemistry
Theory of the elements
Vitalism
People
Helmont, Jan Baptista van
Boyle, Robert
Brownrigg. William
Boerhaave, Herman
Cavendish, Henry
Hoffmann, Friedrich
Time Periods
17th century
18th century
16th century
19th century
Places
Great Britain
British Isles
Berlin (Germany)
Bath (England)
Institutions
Royal Society of London
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