Evaluating John Theophilus Desaguliers' Newtonianism: the case of waterwheel knowledge in A course of experimental philosophy [0.03%]
评价约翰狄沙格里尔斯的牛顿学说：以《实验哲学课程》中的水车知识为例
Andrew M A Morris
Andrew M A Morris
John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683-1744) was a French-born English Huguenot who made his name as a public lecturer in London and a demonstrator at the Royal Society, writing a very popular introduction to Isaac Newton's natural philosophy, t...
2019 Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar lectureLife begins at 40: the demographic and cultural roots of the midlife crisis [0.03%]
生命在四十岁开始：中年危机的人口统计和文化根源——2019威尔金斯-伯纳尔-梅达瓦讲座
Mark Jackson
Mark Jackson
In 1965, the psychoanalyst and social scientist Elliott Jaques introduced a term, the 'midlife crisis', that continues to structure Western understandings and experiences of middle age. Following Jaques's work, the midlife crisis became a p...
James Petiver's 1717 Papilionum Britanniae: an analysis of the first comprehensive account of British butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) [0.03%]
詹姆斯·佩蒂弗的《1717年英国蝴蝶志》——对英国蝴蝶（鳞翅目：凤蝶总科）首次全面记述的分析
Richard I Vane-Wright
Richard I Vane-Wright
Although the contributions of James Petiver to the early development of systematic natural history are widely acknowledged, he is often criticized for scientific, curatorial and even social shortcomings. This rather dubious reputation is at...
James Petiver's ' Kind Friends' and ' Curious Persons' in the Atlantic World: commerce, colonialism and collecting [0.03%]
詹姆斯·佩蒂弗的《友善之友与好奇之人》与大西洋世界中的贸易、殖民地和收藏活动
Kathleen Susan Murphy
Kathleen Susan Murphy
In 1695, James Petiver concluded the first 'century' of his Musei Petiveriani by observing that he had received the specimens described within it from his 'Kind Friends from divers parts of the World' and 'Curious Persons … Abroad'. This e...
James Petiver's 'joynt-stock': middling agency in urban collecting networks [0.03%]
詹姆斯·佩蒂弗的“合资收藏”：都市收藏网络中的中间人的作用
Alice Marples
Alice Marples
This article explores the complexities of James Petiver and Hans Sloane's relationship with one another and their shared contacts, examining the ways in which their networks overlapped but also, crucially, differed from one another. It show...
Robert Boyle's anonymous 'Crosey-Crucian' identified: The German alchemist and religious dissenter Peter Moritz [0.03%]
罗伯特•波义耳匿名作品《十字架》的作者考据：德国炼金术士及宗教改革者彼德•莫瑞兹
Mike A Zuber,Leigh T I Penman
Mike A Zuber
Using previously neglected manuscript sources, this paper sheds light on a puzzling episode in the later life of Robert Boyle and the early career of his laboratory assistant Ambrose Godfrey. Currently, the only account of their disappointi...
The pre-telescopic observations of the Moon in early seventeenth-century London: The case of Edward Gresham (1565-1613) [0.03%]
伦敦17世纪初期的月球望远镜观测之前的观察：以爱德华·格雷沙姆（1565-1613）为例
Jarosław Włodarczyk
Jarosław Włodarczyk
This article supplements the history of the pre-telescopic observations of the Moon at the turn of the seventeenth century with an analysis of the hitherto understudied manuscript Astrostereon or the Discourse of the Falling of the Planet (...
'Preserve or perish': food preservation practices in the early modern kitchen [0.03%]
“固存以续绝”——早期现代厨房的食物保存实践
Lucy J Havard
Lucy J Havard
Early modern manuscript recipe books have become increasingly popular sources for historical research over recent years. Extensive compilations of food recipes, medicinal remedies and household tips, these manuscripts provide rich, multi-fa...
From the South Seas to Soho Square: Joseph Banks's Library, collection and Kingdom of natural history [0.03%]
从南大洋到苏活广场：约瑟夫·班克斯的图书馆、收藏及其自然史王国
Edwin D Rose
Edwin D Rose
The library and herbarium of Joseph Banks was one of the most prominent natural history collections of late eighteenth-century Britain. The examination of the working practices used in Banks's library, which was based at 32 Soho Square from...
Joseph Banks and Charles Blagden: cultures of advancement in the scientific worlds of late eighteenth-century London and Paris [0.03%]
约瑟夫·班克斯与查尔斯·布拉格登：18世纪后期伦敦和巴黎科学界的晋升文化
Hannah Wills
Hannah Wills
This paper explores the relationship between Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society, and Charles Blagden, secretary to Banks and the Society between 1784 and 1797. Blagden is often referred to as one of Banks's key assistants, as a tr...