Article ID: CBB930122067

Discovering Elements in a Scandinavian Context: Berzelius’s Lärbok i Kemien and the Order of the Chemical Substances (2019)

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During the Eighteenth century Sweden was a propitious context for the discovery of chemical substances and elements. At the beginning of his scientific career Jöns Jacob Berzelius contributed by his experimental research and discoveries to the preservation of the high scientific profile of his native country. Electrochemistry and the chemical atomic theory marked Berzelius’s scientific life and organized his vision of chemistry and his classification of substances. Berzelius used his "Lärbok i Kemien" to spread his discoveries and to frame his conception of chemistry. Focusing on Berzelius’s textbook of chemistry the paper tries to enlighten a specific vision of chemical science which was very influential in the first half of the XIX century.

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Authors & Contributors
Mets, Ave
Oliveira, João A. B. P.
Heydt-Stevenson, Jill
Hessel, Kurtis
Pier Remigio Salvi
Fors, Hjalmar
Concepts
Chemistry
Chemical elements
Philosophy
Terminology and nomenclature
Epistemology
Periodic system of the elements; periodic table
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
21st century
Enlightenment
17th century
Places
Sweden
Spain
Americas
Portugal
Europe
Great Britain
Institutions
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Universität Göttingen
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