Cultivating and Communicating Natural and Technical Knowledge around 1800: Devotees of Science

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This is a book about some of the unexpected people and places involved in cultivating knowledge of the natural world and mastery of scientific apparatus around 1800, taking readers across continental Europe from the Enlightenment to the onset of academic professionalisation. The authors widen the horizon of inquiry by looking beyond the scientific elite of academies and prestigious science sponsored by princely courts, the focus of previous major studies of this time period. They consider people of diverse professions and occupations who advanced scientific knowledge through practical means by devoting their spare time and personal resources, thereby crossing geographic, linguistic and societal barriers. The case studies together demonstrate that such individuals contributed substantially to the spread of new knowledge and found ways to contribute technical innovations to society. The present volume is devoted to these people: the devotees of science.

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Nikolaj Bijleveld is managing director of the University of Groningen Business School. Arjen Dijkstra is director of Tresoar; literature museum, archive and library of Friesland. Samuel Gessner is an associate researcher at the University of Lisbon.

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