Search Results

Tools

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
  • 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)

Holdings

Library
Blmgtn - Herman B Wells Library
Location
World Wide Web
Library
Columbus - University Library of Columbus
Location
World Wide Web
Library
Indpls - IUPUI University Library
Location
World Wide Web
Library
Kokomo Library
Location
World Wide Web
Library
Northwest Library (Gary)
Location
World Wide Web
Library
East Library - Richmond
Location
World Wide Web
Library
South Bend - Schurz Library
Location
World Wide Web
Library
Southeast Library - New Albany
Location
World Wide Web