Chemistry as Peer of Physics: A Response to Donovan and Melhado on Lavoisier

It is argued that Arthur Donovan and Evan Melhado's articles urge historians to turn their focus from a traditional emphasis on the chemical background to the role of experimental physics in the transformation of chemistry. An examination of the assumptions employed in Donovan and Melhado'...

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Atmospheric chemistry
Chemicals
Chemistry
Critiques & Contentions
Donovan, Arthur
General points and theorical chemistry
History of science
History of science and technology
Melhado, Evan
Phlogiston theory
Physical chemistry
Physical sciences and techniques
Physics
Political revolutions
Roasting
title Chemistry as Peer of Physics: A Response to Donovan and Melhado on Lavoisier
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