The Salt of the Earth: Natural Philosophy, Medicine, and Chymistry in England, 1650-1750: 3 (History of Science and Medicine Library) - Hardcover

Roos, Anna Marie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004161767 ISBN 13: 9789004161764

Verlag: BRILL ACADEMIC PUB, 2007

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"...The Salt of the Earth is a work that meets a high scholarly standard in both form and substance; it should be of interest to any student of early modern chemistry, medicine, and natural philosophy in general." Victor D. Boantza, Book Reviews - ISIS, 100: 1 (2009), 166-167 pp.

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Consisting of a series of case studies, this book is devoted to the concept and uses of salt in early modern science, which have played a crucial role in the evolution of matter theory from Aristotelian concepts of the elements to Newtonian chymistry. No reliable study on this subject has been previously available. Its exploration of natural history's and medicine's intersection with chemical investigation in early modern England demonstrates the growing importance of the senses and experience as causes of intellectual change from 1650-1750. It demonstrates that an understanding of the changing definitions of "salt" is also crucial to a historical comprehension of the transition between alchemy and chemistry.

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• Verlag: BRILL ACADEMIC PUB
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• ISBN 10: 9004161767
• ISBN 13: 9789004161764
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 296