Why Do Things Burn? Elizabeth Fulhame's Challenge to the Antiphlogistic Theory of Combustion.

IF 0.3 3区 哲学 Q3 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Ambix Pub Date : 2024-11-05 DOI:10.1080/00026980.2024.2419311
Amy Fisher
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Motivated by her interest in fabric arts, late-eighteenth-century British chemist Elizabeth Fulhame experimentally investigated whether cloths of gold, silver, and other metals could be made by chemical rather than mechanical processes. In contrast to other women studying science at this time, she not only published an original monograph under her own name that challenged both the phlogistic and antiphlogistic views of combustion but also proposed an alternative explanation for oxidation and reduction. Although her contemporaries widely cited her innovative research, her history is not well known, yet a careful analysis of her work provides further insights into the reception of the antiphlogistic theory and the challenges and limitations experienced by women in chemistry during this period.

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事物为何燃烧?伊丽莎白-福尔哈姆对燃烧反论的挑战。
十八世纪末,英国化学家伊丽莎白-福尔哈姆(Elizabeth Fulhame)出于对织物艺术的兴趣,通过实验研究了金、银和其他金属布料是否可以通过化学而非机械工艺制作。与当时研究科学的其他女性不同,她不仅以自己的名字出版了一本原创专著,对燃烧的phlogistic和antiphlogistic观点提出了质疑,还对氧化和还原提出了另一种解释。虽然她的同时代人广泛引用了她的创新研究,但她的历史并不为人所知,然而,通过对她的作品进行仔细分析,我们可以进一步了解反逻辑理论的接受情况以及这一时期化学界女性所经历的挑战和限制。
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Ambix HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE-
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0.80
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42
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3 months
期刊介绍: Ambix is an internationally recognised, peer-reviewed quarterly journal devoted to publishing high-quality, original research and book reviews in the intellectual, social and cultural history of alchemy and chemistry. It publishes studies, discussions, and primary sources relevant to the historical experience of all areas related to alchemy and chemistry covering all periods (ancient to modern) and geographical regions. Ambix publishes individual papers, focused thematic sections and larger special issues (either single or double and usually guest-edited). Topics covered by Ambix include, but are not limited to, interactions between alchemy and chemistry and other disciplines; chemical medicine and pharmacy; molecular sciences; practices allied to material, instrumental, institutional and visual cultures; environmental chemistry; the chemical industry; the appearance of alchemy and chemistry within popular culture; biographical and historiographical studies; and the study of issues related to gender, race, and colonial experience within the context of chemistry.
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Michael Maier's Medicament Coelidonia - A Possible Explanation of its Composition and Production. SHAC Special ICHC14 Award Scheme - grants to support attendance at ICHC14 in Valencia, Spain, 11-14 June 2025. Why Do Things Burn? Elizabeth Fulhame's Challenge to the Antiphlogistic Theory of Combustion. New Research on the Origin of Mosaic Gold. Leaven of Dough, Ferment of Gold: The Breadmaking Analogy in Medieval Metallic Transmutation.
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