Divining science : treasure hunting and earth science in early modern Germany /
The patronage of dowsers by mining administrations through the eighteenth century challenges common assumptions about the Enlightenment. Rather than decline in importance like alchemy and astrology, dowsing transformed from a study of mineral vapors into an experimental branch of geophysics.
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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Collection: | Studies in Central European histories ;
v. 52. |
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
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