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The Salt of the Earth
Anna Marie Eleanor Roos
其他書名
Natural Philosophy, Medicine, and Chymistry in England, 1650-1750
出版BRILL, 2007
主題Science / History
ISBN97890041617649004161767
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=PA1p5G7Z9DcC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.