LOST ROYAL SOCIETY DOCUMENTS ON 'ALKAHEST' (UNIVERSAL SOLVENT) REDISCOVERED

被引:4
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作者
Alfonso-Goldfarb, Ana Maria [1 ,2 ]
Mendes Ferraz, Marcia Helena [1 ,2 ]
Rattansi, Piyo M. [1 ]
机构
[1] UCL, Dept Sci & Technol Studies, London WC1E 6BT, England
[2] Pontifical Catholic Univ Sao Paulo, CESIMA Ctr Simao Mathias Studies Hist Sci, Grad Program Hist Sci, BR-01303000 Sao Paulo, Brazil
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基金
巴西圣保罗研究基金会;
关键词
history of chemistry; alkahest; lymphatic system; Henry Oldenburg; Jonathan Goddard; Tobias Ludwig Kohlhans;
D O I
10.1098/rsnr.2010.0074
中图分类号
N09 [自然科学史]; B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ; 010108 ; 060207 ; 060305 ; 0712 ;
摘要
Although historians have recently shown a great deal of interest in the early-modern search for the liquor alkahest or universal solvent, early Royal Society discussions of that legendary substance have been ignored, probably because the papers associated with them seemed to have been lost. Three of them have recently been rediscovered in the Society's archives. This article reproduces them for the first time in photographic facsimile with a description and commentary placing them in their contemporary context.
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页码:435 / 456
页数:22
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