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From the Library to the Laboratory and Back Again: Experiment as a Tool for the History of Science

Introduction

Introduction
From the Library to the Laboratory and Back Again: Experiment as a Tool for Historians of Science
Hjalmar Fors, Lawrence M. Principe & H. Otto Sibum
Pages: 85-97
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Understanding Texts with the Help of Experimentation: The Example of Cupellation in Arabic Scientific Literature
Sébastien Moureau & Nicolas Thomas
Pages: 98-117
Published online: 29 Sep 2016
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Chymical Exotica in the Seventeenth Century, or, How to Make the Bologna Stone
Lawrence M. Principe
Pages: 118-144
Published online: 22 Aug 2016
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Reworking Seventeenth-Century Saltpetre
Haileigh Robertson
Pages: 145-161
Published online: 24 Aug 2016
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Making Early Modern Medicine: Reproducing Swedish Bitters
Nils-Otto Ahnfelt & Hjalmar Fors
Pages: 162-183
Published online: 07 Sep 2016
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Announcement

Announcement
The Partington Prize 2017
Page: 184
Published online: 31 Aug 2016
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Reviews

Book Review
Bridging Traditions: Alchemy, Chemistry, and Paracelsian Practices in the Early Modern Era
Judith Mawer
Pages: 185-186
Published online: 05 Sep 2016
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Panaceia's Daughters: Noblewomen as Healers in Early Modern Germany
Patrick Wallis
Pages: 186-187
Published online: 02 Sep 2016
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Uroscopy in Early Modern Europe
Edward Allen Driggers
Pages: 188-189
Published online: 07 Sep 2016
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The Cradle of Chemistry: The Early Years of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh
Jan Golinski
Pages: 189-190
Published online: 02 Sep 2016
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Humboldts Preußen. Wissenschaft und Technik im Aufbruch
Thijs Hagendijk
Pages: 190-191
Published online: 02 Sep 2016
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Pure Intelligence: The Life of William Hyde Wollaston
David Knight
Pages: 191-192
Published online: 12 Sep 2016
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James Watt: Making the World Anew
Leslie Tomory
Pages: 192-193
Published online: 02 Sep 2016
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Otto Linné Erdmann an Justus von Liebig – kommentierte Briefe von 1853 bis 1867
William H. Brock
Pages: 193-194
Published online: 02 Sep 2016
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Banned: A History of Pesticides and the Science of Toxicology
Silvia Pérez
Pages: 194-195
Published online: 07 Sep 2016
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Jonas Salk. A Life
María-José Báguena
Pages: 196-197
Published online: 02 Sep 2016
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The British Pharmacopoeia, 1864 to 2014: Medicines, International Standards and the State
Viviane Quirke
Page: 197
Published online: 03 Sep 2016
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