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Category Archives: Chemistry
Geologizing Asses
“Humanity’s genius is to have always had a sense of its weakness. The physical energy and strength, with which nature insufficiently endowed humans, is found in animals that help them to discover new territories.” Thanks to this special kit and … Continue reading
Posted in Chemistry, Exploration, Geology, Humour?
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Newton’s Alchemy and early Geochemistry
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) is today remembered for his contributions to optics, mechanics and gravity, but as a typical polymath of his time he was also interested in alchemy. And through his interest in this early predecessor of chemistry he … Continue reading
Posted in Chemistry, Geology, Philosophy
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Touching and feeling: Henry Moyes redux
I have received several suggestions about what the natural philosopher Henry Moyes was holding in the portrait I showed in my last post. I posted some further thoughts on these, another image of Moyes and a fascinating account of his … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Chemistry, History
Tagged demonstrations, history of science, portraits, senses
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When did what end?
One of the advantages of this blog is that many of those who comment here are more intelligent, better read, better informed and better educated than the blog author, this means that in their comments they question, provoke and suggest … Continue reading
Posted in Astrology, astronomy, Chemistry, History
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Exploded systems: views of alchemy in the 19th century
As has been highlighted in previous posts, we historians of science are on our guard against being whiggish in our discussions of past science but, in the process, have a tendency to be just that in our treatment of historiography: we … Continue reading
Posted in Chemistry, History
Tagged 19th century, alchemy, historiography, history of science
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David Willetts and the history of science
There has been an interesting discussion on Mersenne, the history of science listserv, prompted by James Sumner, who has kindly allowed me to post his email to the Mersenne subscribers. Dear Listmembers Those of us keen, for whatever reason, to gauge … Continue reading
Chymistry and Natural Philosophy Follow-Up
At my blog Ether Wave Propaganda, I posted in May on an ongoing dispute between Indiana historian Bill Newman and Flinders U. philosopher Alan Chalmers over the “chymistry” of Robert Boyle (1627-1691) and its relationship to his vision of experimental … Continue reading
Posted in Chemistry, History
Tagged Alan Chalmers, Antonio Clericuzio, Robert Boyle, William Newman
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