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An eighteenth-century medical–meteorological society in the Netherlands: an investigation of early organization, instrumentation and quantification. Part 2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2006

HUIB J. ZUIDERVAART
HUIB J. ZUIDERVAART
Affiliation:
Museum Boerhaave, PO Box 11 280, 2301 EG Leiden, The Netherlands. E-mail: wetenschap@museumboerhaave.nl.
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Abstract

One of the most fascinating experiences gained by the meteorological observers of the Correspondentie Sociëteit concerned the practical use of new instruments. In the period after 1775 renewed interest in meteorology had stimulated the development of various new meteorological instruments. These instruments seemed at first to be a welcome addition or improvement in quantitative meteorology. How did the Correspondentie Sociëteit cope with these new developments? What factors determined whether or not the instruments were accepted as a useful addition to instruments already available? Four examples will be used to illustrate how this issue was tackled.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal for the History of Science , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , March 2006 , pp. 49 - 66
Copyright
2006 British Society for the History of Science

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Footnotes

Part 1 of this article was published in Volume 38, Part 4 of this journal. All translations, unless otherwise noted, are my own.