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The Language of Mineralogy: John Walker, Chemistry and the Edinburgh Medical School, 1750--1800 (2008)

Eddy, Matthew D. (Author)

Ashgate
Publication date: 2008
Language: English

ISBN: 9780754663324

Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: xx + 309 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index

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Natural history Earth sciences Chemistry Mineralogy Classification Medical schools Societies; institutions; academies 18th century Edinburgh (Scotland) Walker, John

Description “In order to show how the classification practices of a defined institutional setting enabled naturalists to create systems of natural history, this book focuses on developments at Edinburgh's medical school.” (from the publisher)

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Essay Review Oldroyd, David (2011) Mineralogy, Chemistry, Botany, Medicine, Geology, Agriculture, Meteorology, Classification,…: The Life and Times of John Walker (1730--1803), Professor of Natural History at Edinburgh University. Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (pp. 395-399). unapi

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