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Turning tradition into an instrument of research : the editorship of William Nicholson (1753–1815)

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Date
2020
Author
Gielas, Anna
Keywords
Early nineteenth century
Joseph Banks
Editorship
Late eighteenth century
Royal Society
Scientific journals
William Nicholson
D204 Modern History
Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources
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Abstract
Mainly known for its links to the periodical market and radical politics, this article recontextualizes the editorship of William Nicholson (1753–1815) in terms of its roots in the metropolitan natural philosophical circles of the second half of the 18th century as well as its impact on experimenters and men of science after 1797. The article argues that Nicholson's editorship of the Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts was a means to expand his philosophical significance among natural philosophers at home and abroad—and was, in fact, a form of epistemological subversion that challenged the “Banksian Learned Empire.”
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Gielas , A 2020 , ' Turning tradition into an instrument of research : the editorship of William Nicholson (1753–1815) ' , Centaurus , vol. 62 , no. 1 , pp. 38-53 . https://doi.org/10.1111/1600-0498.12283
Publication
Centaurus
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/1600-0498.12283
ISSN
0008-8994
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2020 The Author. Centaurus published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/16000498/2020/62/1
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10023/19957

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