Article ID: CBB425011058

Robert Hare's Theory of Galvanism: A Study of Heat and Electricity in Early Nineteenth-Century American Chemistry (2018)

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As a professor of chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania, Robert Hare actively shaped early American science. He participated in a large network of scholars, including Joseph Henry, François Arago, and Jacob Berzelius, and experimented with and wrote extensively about electricity and its associated chemical and thermal phenomena. In the early nineteenth century, prominent chemists such as Berzelius and Humphry Davy proclaimed that a revolution had occurred in chemistry through electrical research. Examining Robert Hare’s contributions to this discourse, this paper analyzes how Hare’s study of electricity and the caloric theory of heat led him to propose a new theory of galvanism. It also examines the reception of Hare’s work in America and Great Britain, highlighting the contributions of early American chemists to the development of electrochemistry.

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Authors & Contributors
Matson, Kelsey
Franco Bagnoli
John A. Stewart
Silva, A. P. B.
Spicher, Nicholas
Rowlinson, Sir John S.
Concepts
Electricity; magnetism
Chemistry
Electrochemistry
Theories of heat
Physics
Science education and teaching
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century, early
20th century
21st century
17th century
Places
France
Great Britain
United States
United Kingdom
Yellowstone River Valley
Americas
Institutions
University of Pennsylvania
Harvard University
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