Article ID: CBB463128936

A German physicist’s travels in Great Britain: Julius Plücker’s visits from 1853 to 1866 (2023)

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Today, we take international collaborations as a necessity, but 150 years ago, when travel was not so convenient, it involved an enduring and time-consuming challenge. This paper presents letters and reports written by German physicist Julius Plücker to his wife, Antonie née Altstädten describing his travels to Great Britain and France between 1853 and 1866. These letters provide a view into how international collaboration and communication were developed and maintained as well as how friendships were built within the scientific community during the early industrial age, prior to telegraph, telephone, email, and internet.

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Authors & Contributors
Baldwin, Melinda Clare
Browne, E. Janet
Michael Wiescher
Bont, Raf de
Brock, William H.
Dawson, Gowan
Journals
Sudhoffs Archiv: Zeitschrift fuer Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Archives of Natural History
British Journal for the History of Science
Circumscribere: International Journal for the History of Science
Publishers
Pickering & Chatto
University of Pittsburgh Press
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Concepts
Correspondence and corresponding
Social networks
Physics
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Travel; exploration
Natural philosophy
People
Tyndall, John
Plücker, Julius
Babbage, Charles
Pasteur, Louis
Russell, Bertrand Arthur William
Faraday, Michael
Time Periods
19th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
20th century
Places
Great Britain
Germany
Vienna (Austria)
Italy
Mecklenburg (Germany)
Arctic regions
Institutions
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna
Society for the Protection of Science and Learning
Vienna Circle
Vienna. Naturhistorisches Museum
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