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    Travelling Scientist, Circulating Images and the Making of the Modern Scientific Journal
    Brill ; 2015
    In:  Nuncius Vol. 30, No. 3 ( 2015), p. 675-698
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    In: Nuncius, Brill, Vol. 30, No. 3 ( 2015), p. 675-698
    Abstract: The early astrophysicist Norman Lockyer was both editor of the journal Nature from its creation in 1869 and for the following five decades, and an early practioner of the new astronomy. He frequently used the journal to expound his scientific theories, report on his work and send news home while on expeditions. I look into the particular visual culture of astrophysics developed by Lockyer in Nature , its evolution at a time of rapid development both of the techniques of astrophysical observation and visualization and of the techniques of image reproduction in print. A study of the use and reuse of visual materials in different settings also makes it possible to sketch the circulating economy of Lockyer’s images and the ways in which he put himself forward as a scientist, at a time when he was advocating the State support of research and scientists and helping create the modern scientific journal.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0394-7394 , 1825-3911
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1163/18253911-03003002
    RVK:
    TA 6720
    Language: Unknown
    Publisher: Brill
    Publication Date: 2015
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    Illustrating Pathologies in the First Years of the Miscellanea Curiosa, 1670–1687
    Brill ; 2015
    In:  Nuncius Vol. 30, No. 3 ( 2015), p. 570-609
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    In: Nuncius, Brill, Vol. 30, No. 3 ( 2015), p. 570-609
    Abstract: The Miscellanea Curiosa, sive Ephemeridum Medico-Physicarum Germanicarum , the learned periodical published in different German cities under the aegis of the Academia Leopoldina Naturae Curiosorum, contained many cases of an anatomical nature. The Miscellanea Curiosa in its first years actively participated in the development of anatomia practica , the anatomical practice of observing the signs of diseases in cadavers and connecting them to what had been observed at the bedside. The illustrations that accompanied the post-mortem reports published in the Miscellanea Curiosa allow one to assess the evolution of the pathological illustration itself. This article is thus intended to serve as a contribution to the rediscovery of the origins of this visual genre. A learned journal like the Miscellanea Curiosa , which appeared regularly, provided an ideal venue for the process of accumulating, cross-referencing and – in the final analysis – selecting, serializing and systematizing the knowledge that would form the foundations of modern pathology, by providing a wealth of evidence and images observed at the dissection table.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0394-7394 , 1825-3911
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1163/18253911-03003006
    RVK:
    TA 6720
    Language: Unknown
    Publisher: Brill
    Publication Date: 2015
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    Authoritative Images
    Brill ; 2015
    In:  Nuncius Vol. 30, No. 3 ( 2015), p. 637-674
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    In: Nuncius, Brill, Vol. 30, No. 3 ( 2015), p. 637-674
    Abstract: The first exemplar of a kiwi, the wingless bird of New Zealand, arrived in the form of a lifeless specimen in Europe in 1812. A debate was sparked over the appearance and nature of this strange creature and indeed whether it actually existed. In 1833 the Transactions of the Zoological Society of London entered the debate and the illustrations published in this journal contributed greatly to the acceptance and further study of the kiwi. Some of the most eminent British zoologists and anatomists of the time were involved, from William Yarrell to Richard Owen, and from John Gould to Abraham Dee Bartlett. This crucial period in the discussion, which would extend over two decades and would only be brought to a close with the arrival of the first living specimen in the London Zoological Garden in 1851, will be analyzed based on a detailed examination of the reports published in the Transactions and other journals. This essay will show how images of the bird were produced and used by zoologists during different stages in the early research on the bird and how these figures circulated inside and outside the zoologists’ community.
    Type of Medium: Online Resource
    ISSN: 0394-7394 , 1825-3911
    URL: Article
    DOI: 10.1163/18253911-03003001
    RVK:
    TA 6720
    Language: Unknown
    Publisher: Brill
    Publication Date: 2015
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