Format:
1 Online-Ressource (332 p)
ISBN:
9781351887151
Series Statement:
Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945
Content:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Series Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliographic Note -- Bibliographic Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Meaning of Natural History -- The Language of Systematics -- The Structure of the Book -- 1. Who Was John Walker? The Life of a Notable Naturalist -- Introduction -- Becoming a Natural Historian -- Scientific Interests -- A Sociable Naturalist -- The Natural History Course -- Natural History Students -- Sources of Natural History -- Conclusion
Content:
2. Sorting the Evidence: Analysis and the Nomenclature of Matter -- Introduction -- A History of Walker's Chemical Education -- A History of Chalybeat Spas -- An Experimental History of Hartfell Spa -- Conclusion -- 3. Becoming a Naturalist: Travel, Classification and Patronage -- Introduction -- Educating a 'Fossilist' -- Chemistry and Classification -- Building a Collection -- Conclusion -- 4. Systematic Mineralogy: Arranging the Fabric of the Globe -- Introduction -- Sources and Methods of Arrangement -- Walker's Mineralogical System -- Conclusion
Content:
5. Ordering the Earth: The Chemical Foundations of Geology -- Introduction -- The Method of Geology -- Geological Monuments of Time -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Summary -- 'Adepts in the Art of Nomenclature' -- 'Mass of the Matter of the Globe' -- Coda -- Appendices -- Appendix I: Modern Equivalents for Walker's Chemical Substances -- Appendix II: William Cullen's 1753 'Doctrine of Salts' -- Appendix III: Walker's 1757 Spa Experiments -- Appendix IV: Notable Mid-Eighteenth Century Mineralogical Systems -- Appendix V: The Classes of Walker's Mature Mineralogical System Compared to Bergman
Content:
Appendix VI: Rev. Dr. John Walker's Correspondence Arranged Chronologically -- Appendix VII: The University of Edinburgh Natural History Course A ttendance Lists 1782-1800 -- Bibliography -- I: Primary Sources -- II: Secondary Sources -- Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
Additional Edition:
9780754663324
Additional Edition:
Print version Eddy, Matthew D The Language of Mineralogy : John Walker, Chemistry and the Edinburgh Medical School, 1750-1800 Florence : Taylor and Francis,c2008 9780754663324
Language:
English
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