Robert Grosseteste and the Four Elements

Amelia Carolina Sparavigna

International Journal of Sciences, 2013, vol. 2, issue 12, 42-45

Abstract: De Impressionibus Elementorum is a treatise written by Robert Grosseteste, English scientist and philosopher, shortly after 1220 AD. In this treatise we can find a discussion of some phenomena involving the four classical elements (air, water, fire and earth), in the framework of an Aristotelian physics of the atmosphere. For its referring to experiments, this treatise strongly differentiates from similar previous works. Moreover, it contains some descriptions of phase transitions which are rather interesting, in particular when Grosseteste is discussing of bubbles.

Keywords: History of Science; Medieval Science (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.18483/ijSci.362

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