Communicating the new chemistry in 18th-century Portugal:
Seabra’s Elementos de Chimica |
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Authors: | Ana Carneiro Maria Paula Diogo Ana Simões |
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Institution: | (1) Centro de História e Filosofia da Ciência e da Tecnologia, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Quinta da Torre, 2825 Monte de Caparica, Portugal;(2) Centro de História das Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, C8, Piso 6, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal |
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Abstract: | In this paper, we analyse the aims, contents and impact of Seabra’s two-volume textbook – Elementos de Chimica (Elements of Chemistry) – published in 1788 and 1790. Seabra’s Elements of Chemistry does not conform to the characteristics usually ascribed to textbooks by traditional historiography, and in particular to
textbooks published in the peripheries. Marking the arrival of the new chemistry in Portugal, in a period in which many still
resisted Lavoisier’s chemistry, this textbook was a state of the art account written in Portuguese, interspersed with critical
evaluations, original comments and novel contributions. Despite being the only Portuguese chemistry textbook written during
this period, it had hardly any readers, even among its natural audience at the University of Coimbra. |
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