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9780754663324

The Language of Mineralogy: John Walker, Chemistry and the Edinburgh Medical School, 1750-1800

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    9780754663324

  • ISBN10:

    0754663329

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-12-28
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

"Classification is an important part of science, yet the specific methods used to construct Enlightenment systems of natural history have proven to be the bete noir of studies of eighteenth-century culture. One reason that systematic classification has received so little attention is that natural history was an extremely diverse subject which appealed to a wide range of practitioners, including wealthy patrons, professionals, and educators. In order to show how the classification practices of a defined institutional setting enabled naturalists to create systems of natural history, this book focuses on developments at Edinburgh's medical school, one of Europe's leading medical programs. In particular, it concentrates on one of Scotland's most influential Enlightenment naturalists, Rev Dr John Walker, the professor of natural history at the school from 1779 to 1803."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Matthew D. Eddy is a Lecturer at the University of Durham, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Who was John Walker? The life of a notable naturalist
Sorting the evidence: analysis and the nomenclature of matter
Becoming a naturalist: travel, classification and patronage
Systematic mineralogy: arranging the fabric of the globe
Ordering the Earth: the chemical foundations of geology
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index
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