Away, Away to Falun! – J.G Gahn and the application of enlightenment chemistry to smelting

Hjalmar Fors ()
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Hjalmar Fors: Division of History of Science and Technology, KTH

No 210, Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation from Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies

Abstract: What happened when Enlightenment chemical reformers came face to face with the complex world of artisanal production? How did they gain access to and, eventually, authority over this area of “otherness”? These are the main questions discussed in this paper, which studies an episode in which a young chemist, Johan Gottlieb Gahn, sought to reform existing craft processes.

Keywords: enlightment; chemistry; chemical reforms; technology history (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N70 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2009-12-18
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