The Salt of the Earth: Natural Philosophy, Medicine, and Chymistry in England, 1650-1750
Publisher: BRILL | ISBN: 9004161767 | edition 2007 | PDF | 296 pages | 3,66 mb
Consisting of a series of case studies, this book is devoted to the concept and uses of salt in early modern science, which have played a crucial role in the evolution of matter theory from Aristotelian concepts of the elements to Newtonian chymistry.