Four Unpublished Letters from Nicolas Fatio de Duillier to Isaac Newton
| Autor: | Lavinia Maddaluno |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Antimony
Alchemy Fatio de Duillier Huguenot refugees Isaac Newton Laboratory practices Networks Scientific images Scientific translation media_common.quotation_subject Settore M-STO/02 - Storia Moderna Art history Art Settore M-STO/05 - Storia della Scienza e delle Tecniche History and Philosophy of Science media_common |
| Zdroj: | Nuncius. 34:661-702 |
| ISSN: | 1825-3911 |
| DOI: | 10.1163/18253911-03403006 |
| Popis: | This article analyses four unpublished draft letters from Nicolas Fatio de Duiller to Isaac Newton, dating from June to August 1693, and held in the Special Collections in the Universiteitsbibliotheek in Leiden. Overall, these letters enrich our knowledge of Fatio-Newton’s alchemical correspondence in June 1693, a phase which likely represents the peak of the two natural philosophers’ alchemical collaboration. By scrutinising the content of the letters, and situating them in relation to primary and secondary sources, the article will place Newton and Fatio’s epistolary exchange in relation to the social and historical background of late seventeenth-century London, bringing to light so far undisclosed aspects of the networks, alchemical practices, and expertise of the two natural philosophers. |
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