The Weatherglass And Its Observers In The Early Seventeenth Century

In: Philosophies of Technology: Francis Bacon and his Contemporaries (2 vols.)
Author:
Arianna Borrelli
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67–130
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004170506.i-582.24

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Series:  Intersections, Volume: 11
Cover Philosophies of Technology: Francis Bacon and his Contemporaries (2 vols.)
E-Book ISBN:
9789047442318
Publisher:
Brill
Print Publication Date:
01 Jan 2008
Preliminary Materials
“Industrious Observations, Grounded Conclusions, And Profitable Inventions And Discoveries; The Best State Of That Province”: Technology And Culture During Francis Bacon ’s Stay In France
Francis Bacon’s Scientia Operativa, The Tradition Of The Workshops, And The Secrets Of Nature
Technical Knowledge And The Advancement Of Learning: Some Questions About ‘Perfectibility’ And ‘Invention’
The Weatherglass And Its Observers In The Early Seventeenth Century
The Role Of Mechanics In Francis Bacon’s Great Instauration
Bacon’s Brotherhood And Its Classical Sources: Producing And Communicating Knowledge In The Project Of The Great Instauration
The Whale Under The Microscope: Technology And Objectivity In Two Renaissance Utopias
Preliminary Materials
The Role Of Metaphors In William Harvey’s Thought
Legitimating The Machine: The Epistemological Foundation Of Technological Metaphor In The Natural Philosophy Of René Descartes
Descartes As Bricoleur
The Poet And The Philosopher: Francis Bacon And Georg Philipp Harsdörffer
Formal Causes And Mechanical Causes: The Analogy Of The Musical Instrument In Late Seventeenth-Century Natural Philosophy
The Modern Wonder And Its Enemies: Courtly Innovations In The Spanish Renaissance
The Gap Between Theory And Practice: Hydrodynamical And Hydraulical Utopias In The 18th Century
Sentimental Hydraulics: Utopia And Technology In 18th-Century France
History Redoubled: The Synthesis Of Facts In Linnaean Natural History
Rescue Attempts: Scientific Images And The Mysteries Of Power In The Era Of Louis XIV
Index Nominum

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