Sökning: "History of chemistry"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 64 avhandlingar innehållade orden History of chemistry.

  1. 1. Enlightening Water : Science, market & regulation of mineral waters in eighteenth-century France

    Författare :Armel Cornu; H. Otto Sibum; Hjalmar Fors; Sven Widmalm; Jakob Vogel; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Mineral waters; Eighteenth century; French Enlightenment; History of science; History of chemistry; Social history; Société de Médecine; History of Sciences and Ideas; Idé- och lärdomshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : My thesis investigates the process through which French mineral waters were conceptually and materially transformed by the forces of market, regulation, and science during the Enlightenment. Tracing this process deepens current understandings of eighteenth-century societies, and presents a novel image of the development of medicine and chemistry. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Mutual Favours : The social and scientific practice of eighteenth-century Swedish chemistry

    Författare :Hjalmar Fors; Anders Lundgren; Sven Widmalm; Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of science; Vetenskapshistoria; Sweden; chemistry; mineralogy; eighteenth century; enlightenment science; republic of letters; reciprocity; networks; Johan Gottschalk Wallerius; Torbern Bergman; Carl Wilhelm Scheele; History of science; Vetenskapshistoria; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; History of Sciences and Ideas;

    Sammanfattning : The dissertation is a study of the creation of chemistry as a science in eighteenth-century Sweden. It is argued that the chemists in the study participated in a network for exchange of scientific facts and all kinds of favours, in which science was both conducted, negotiated and created. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Världsmaskinen. Emanuel Swedenborgs naturfilosofi

    Författare :David Dunér; Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoria; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Christopher Polhem; Charles XII; hydrodynamics; technology; optics; acoustics; mechanics; space; theology; number systems; neurology; iatromechanics; body and soul; infinity; mineralogy; cosmology; matter theory; perception; analogy; metaphors; cognition; 18th century Swedish history; philosophy of science; philosophy of religion; mechanical philosophy; philosophy; geometry; mathematics; history of science; Emanuel Swedenborg 1688–1772 ; natural philosophy; History of philosophy; history of ideas; Filosofins historia; idéhistoria; History of science; Vetenskapshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : The Swedish natural philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) thought in his early scientific career that the world was like a gigantic machine, following the laws of mechanics and geometry. The work presented here is a study of his mechanistic worldview and metaphorical way of thinking up to the year 1734, examining most of his fields of interest, from geometry and metaphysics to technology and mining engineering. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Bonadsmåleri under lupp: Spektroskopiska analyser av färg och teknik i sydsvenska bonadsmålningar 1700-1870

    Författare :Ingalill Nyström; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; bonad; bonadsmåleri; folkkonst; Art Technological Source Research; ATSR; Konstteknologi; materialanalys; färg; tempera; bindemedel; pigment; färgämne; färgstoff; spektroskopi; Raman; FTIR; SEM-EDX Infrared Spectroscopy; FT-Raman; energidispersiv röntgen; Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive X-ray Multispektralteknik; Multi Spectral Imaging System;

    Sammanfattning : The objects of this PhD thesis are Southern Swedish painted wall-hangings: folk art paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries. The aim and objective of the study are: to investigate the construction and manufacturing processes of the painted wall-hangings; to identify both the painting materials and other substances employed; and, to document painting techniques used by different painters within this painted wall-hanging tradition. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Experimental Study of Nonlinear Instability of Straight and Swept Wing Boundary Layers and Methods of Instability Control

    Författare :Valery Chernoray; Russian Academy of Sciences; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

    Sammanfattning : Hab. Doctor Thesis. Date: 2011-11-25. Place: Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Novosibirsk. LÄS MER