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Cabinets of experimental philosophy in eighteenth-century Europe
- Title
- Cabinets of experimental philosophy in eighteenth-century Europe [electronic resource] / edited by Jim A. Bennett and Sofia Talas.
- Format
- E-Book
- Published
- Leiden : Brill, 2013.
- Description
- xxiii, 253 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
- URL
- Access for [SOUTHEAST] Access for [BLOOMINGTON] Access for [EAST] Access for [NORTHWEST] Access for [IUPUI] Access for [COLUMBUS] Access for [KOKOMO] Access for [SOUTH BEND]
- Other contributors
- Bennett, J. A. (James A.) Talas, Sofia.
- Series
- History of science and medicine library, 1872-0684 ; volume 40 Scientific instruments and collections ; volume 3
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index. Available on campus and off campus with authorized login.
- Contents
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- Cabinets for Experimental Philosophy in the Netherlands / Huib J. Zuidervaart
- Entrepreneurs in Experiments : The Leiden Cabinet of Physics and the Motives of its Founders (1675-1742) / Hans Hooijmaijers and Ad Maas
- New Light on the Cabinet of Physics of Padua / Sofia Talas
- The Lost Cabinet of Experimental Philosophy of the University of Oxford / Jim Bennett
- Failure, Fraud and Instrument Cabinets : Academic Involvement in the Eighteenth-Century Dutch Water Crisis / Tiemen Cocquyt
- The Cabinet of Physics at Riddarhuset in Stockholm in the Eighteenth Century / Inga Elmqvist Söderlund
- Designing the House of Knowledge in Eighteenth-Century Naples : The Ephemeral Museum of Ferdinando Spinelli, Prince of Tarsia / Paola Bertucci
- Between Teaching and Collecting : The Lost Cabinet of Physics of Princes José and João of Portugal (1777-1808) / Marta C. Lourenço and David Felismino
- The Gazola Family's Scientific Cabinet : Politics, Society and Scientific Collecting in the Twilight of the Republic of Venice / Ivano Dal Prete
- Collections of Experimental Natural Philosophy in Eighteenth-Century Poland / Ewa Wyka
- "Monuments of Science" : How the Teyler Museum's Instrument Collection Became Historical / Martin Weiss
- The Physics Cabinet of the Istituto Tecnico Toscano / Paolo Brenni.
- Subject headings
- Scientific apparatus and instruments--Collectors and collecting--Europe--History--18th century. Cabinets of curiosities--Europe--History--18th century. Science--Social aspects--Europe--History--18th century. Physics--Social aspects--Europe--History--18th century. Europe--Social conditions--18th century. Europe--Intellectual life--18th century.
- Genre heading
- Electronic books.
- ISBN
- 9789004252967 (hardback : acid-free paper) 9789004252974 (e-book)