Divining Science : Treasure Hunting and Earth Science in Early Modern Germany
Warren Dym
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.
Year:
2010
Edition:
1
Publisher:
BRILL
Language:
english
Pages:
230
ISBN 10:
9004188711
ISBN 13:
9789004188716
Series:
Studies in Central European Histories Ser.
File:
PDF, 3.02 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2010