Centaurus. Journal of the European Society for the History of Science, Volume 66 (2024), Issue 4

Pages: 232 p.
Size:178 x 254 mm
Illustrations:1 b/w, 40 col.

Language(s):English
Publication Year:2025

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Special Issue: Paper, Metal, Glass: Materials and their Meaning in Pre-Modern Science, edited by Katherine M. Reinhart

Katherine M. Reinhart, Introduction

Umberto Veronesi, Of Copying, Mixing and Recycling. The Glass Distillation Apparatus of a 16th-Century Alchemical Laboratory and its Material History

Tianna Uchacz, Reading Between the Lines: Ornament Prints as Technical Literature

Andrés Vélez-Posada, Provenance and Meanings of Early Modern Emerald Matter

Carly Richardson, Affecting the Cosmos: Astronomical Volvelles within Apian’s Cosmographia

Simon Werrett, Enlightened Icons: Mikhail Vasilevich Lomonosov and Glass Mosaics in Eighteenth-Century Russia

Research Articles

Doina-Cristina Rusu, The Abnormal Vegetation of the Torrid Zone: Juan de Cárdenas and the Defence of Aristotle’s Meteorology

ESHS Contributions

Barcelona ESHS 2024 Conference Report

Review Essays

Book Reviews