| Description |
1 online resource (x, 345 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Transformations
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Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-325) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Materials in eighteenth-century science: contexts and practices -- Commodities and natural objects -- Practices of studying materials in eighteenth-century chemistry -- Why study classification? -- A world of pure chemical substances -- 1787: a new nomenclature -- The Tableau de la nonmenclature chimique -- Classifying according to chemical composition -- Simple substances and paradigmatic syntheses -- Operations with pure chemical substances -- Classification of pure chemical substances before 1787 -- A revolutionary table? -- A different world: plant materials -- Diverse orders of plant materials -- Ultimate principles of plants: plant analysis prior to 1750 -- The epistemic elevation of vegetable commodities -- The failure of Lavoisier's plant chemistry -- Uncertainties -- A novel mode of classifying organic substances and an ontological shift around 1830 -- Conclusion: Multidimensional objects and materiality. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Chemistry -- History -- 18th century.
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Chemistry. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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Ontology -- History -- 18th century.
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Ontology. |
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Classification of sciences.
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Classification of sciences. |
| Chronological Term |
1700 - 1799 |
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Geschichte 1700-1830 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Lefèvre, Wolfgang, 1941-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Klein, Ursula, 1952- Materials in eighteenth-century science. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007 9780262113069 0262113066 (DLC) 2006039115 (OCoLC)76828871 |
| ISBN |
9780262277266 (electronic book) |
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0262277263 (electronic book) |
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0262113066 (electronic book) |
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9780262113069 (electronic book) |
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