Table of Contents: Materials in eighteenth-century science

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Klein, Ursula, 1952-
Other Authors:	Lefèvre, Wolfgang, 1941-
Format:	Electronic
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2007.
Series:	Transformations (M.I.T. Press)
Subjects:	1700 - 1799 Geschichte 1700-1830 Chemistry > History > 18th century. Ontology > History > 18th century. Classification of sciences. SCIENCE > General. > Chemistry Chemistry. Ontology. Electronic books. Chemie. Classificatie. Ontologie (filosofie) Wissenschaftsentwicklung. Nomenklatur. History.
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Table of Contents:

Materials in eighteenth-century science: contexts and practices
Commodities and natural objects
Practices of studying materials in eighteenth-century chemistry
Why study classification?
A world of pure chemical substances
1787: a new nomenclature
The Tableau de la nonmenclature chimique
Classifying according to chemical composition
Simple substances and paradigmatic syntheses
Operations with pure chemical substances
Classification of pure chemical substances before 1787
A revolutionary table?
A different world: plant materials
Diverse orders of plant materials
Ultimate principles of plants: plant analysis prior to 1750
The epistemic elevation of vegetable commodities
The failure of Lavoisier's plant chemistry
Uncertainties
A novel mode of classifying organic substances and an ontological shift around 1830
Conclusion: Multidimensional objects and materiality.