Author: Jennifer M. Rampling
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226826546
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
A 400-year history of the development of alchemy in England that brings to light the evolution of the practice. In medieval and early modern Europe, the practice of alchemy promised extraordinary physical transformations. Who would not be amazed to see base metals turned into silver and gold, hard iron into soft water, and deadly poison into elixirs that could heal the human body? To defend such claims, alchemists turned to the past, scouring ancient books for evidence of a lost alchemical heritage and seeking to translate their secret language and obscure imagery into replicable, practical effects. Tracing the development of alchemy in England over four hundred years, from the beginning of the fourteenth century to the end of the seventeenth, Jennifer M. Rampling illuminates the role of alchemical reading and experimental practice in the broader context of national and scientific history. Using new manuscript sources, she shows how practitioners like George Ripley, John Dee, and Edward Kelley, as well as many previously unknown alchemists, devised new practical approaches to alchemy while seeking the support of English monarchs. By reconstructing their alchemical ideas, practices, and disputes, Rampling reveals how English alchemy was continually reinvented over the space of four centuries, resulting in changes to the science itself. In so doing, The Experimental Fire bridges the intellectual history of chemistry and the wider worlds of early modern patronage, medicine, and science.
The Experimental Fire
Author: Jennifer M. Rampling
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226826546
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
A 400-year history of the development of alchemy in England that brings to light the evolution of the practice. In medieval and early modern Europe, the practice of alchemy promised extraordinary physical transformations. Who would not be amazed to see base metals turned into silver and gold, hard iron into soft water, and deadly poison into elixirs that could heal the human body? To defend such claims, alchemists turned to the past, scouring ancient books for evidence of a lost alchemical heritage and seeking to translate their secret language and obscure imagery into replicable, practical effects. Tracing the development of alchemy in England over four hundred years, from the beginning of the fourteenth century to the end of the seventeenth, Jennifer M. Rampling illuminates the role of alchemical reading and experimental practice in the broader context of national and scientific history. Using new manuscript sources, she shows how practitioners like George Ripley, John Dee, and Edward Kelley, as well as many previously unknown alchemists, devised new practical approaches to alchemy while seeking the support of English monarchs. By reconstructing their alchemical ideas, practices, and disputes, Rampling reveals how English alchemy was continually reinvented over the space of four centuries, resulting in changes to the science itself. In so doing, The Experimental Fire bridges the intellectual history of chemistry and the wider worlds of early modern patronage, medicine, and science.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226826546
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 427
Book Description
A 400-year history of the development of alchemy in England that brings to light the evolution of the practice. In medieval and early modern Europe, the practice of alchemy promised extraordinary physical transformations. Who would not be amazed to see base metals turned into silver and gold, hard iron into soft water, and deadly poison into elixirs that could heal the human body? To defend such claims, alchemists turned to the past, scouring ancient books for evidence of a lost alchemical heritage and seeking to translate their secret language and obscure imagery into replicable, practical effects. Tracing the development of alchemy in England over four hundred years, from the beginning of the fourteenth century to the end of the seventeenth, Jennifer M. Rampling illuminates the role of alchemical reading and experimental practice in the broader context of national and scientific history. Using new manuscript sources, she shows how practitioners like George Ripley, John Dee, and Edward Kelley, as well as many previously unknown alchemists, devised new practical approaches to alchemy while seeking the support of English monarchs. By reconstructing their alchemical ideas, practices, and disputes, Rampling reveals how English alchemy was continually reinvented over the space of four centuries, resulting in changes to the science itself. In so doing, The Experimental Fire bridges the intellectual history of chemistry and the wider worlds of early modern patronage, medicine, and science.
Fires & Fire Test
Author: British Fire Prevention Committee
Publisher:
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Category : Fire prevention
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Fire prevention
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Experimental and Numerical Study of Glass Façade Breakage Behavior under Fire Conditions
Author: Yu Wang
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9811364842
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
This book presents the comprehensive results of experimental and numerical investigations of glass façade breakage behavior under fire conditions. First of all, full-scale frame and point-supported glass façades, incorporating single, double and coated glazing, were tested under pool fire conductions. The results determined the effects of different glass frames, types of glass, and thermal shocks on breakage behavior. Small-scale tests, using the Material Testing System (MTS) 810, Netzsch Dilatometer and FE-SEM, were also performed at different temperatures to determine the basic mechanical properties of glazing. In addition, a three-dimensional dynamic model was developed to predict stress distribution, crack initiation and propagation, and has since been employed to identify the breakage mechanisms of different types of glass façade. The numerical results showed very good agreement with the experimental results and verified the model’s ability to accurately predict breakage. Lastly, a theoretical model based on incident heat flux was developed to predict the breakage time and heat transfer in glazing, which served to reveal the nature of interactions between fire and glass.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9811364842
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
This book presents the comprehensive results of experimental and numerical investigations of glass façade breakage behavior under fire conditions. First of all, full-scale frame and point-supported glass façades, incorporating single, double and coated glazing, were tested under pool fire conductions. The results determined the effects of different glass frames, types of glass, and thermal shocks on breakage behavior. Small-scale tests, using the Material Testing System (MTS) 810, Netzsch Dilatometer and FE-SEM, were also performed at different temperatures to determine the basic mechanical properties of glazing. In addition, a three-dimensional dynamic model was developed to predict stress distribution, crack initiation and propagation, and has since been employed to identify the breakage mechanisms of different types of glass façade. The numerical results showed very good agreement with the experimental results and verified the model’s ability to accurately predict breakage. Lastly, a theoretical model based on incident heat flux was developed to predict the breakage time and heat transfer in glazing, which served to reveal the nature of interactions between fire and glass.
Progress Report on Experimental Use of Fire-breaks Within National Forest Timber Sale Areas in the California Region
Author: Trueman Doane Woodbury
Publisher:
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Category : Forest fires
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Forest fires
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Mechanisms of Fire Spread Research Progress Report No. 1
Author: Hal E. Anderson
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Category : Flame spread
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Flame spread
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Tubular Structures XV
Author: Eduardo de Miranda Batista
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1315675498
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Tubular Structures XV contains the latest scientific and engineering developments in the field of tubular structures, as presented at the 15th International Symposium on Tubular Structures (ISTS15, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 27-29 May 2015). The International Symposium on Tubular Structures (ISTS) has a long-standing reputation for being the principal
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1315675498
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
Tubular Structures XV contains the latest scientific and engineering developments in the field of tubular structures, as presented at the 15th International Symposium on Tubular Structures (ISTS15, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 27-29 May 2015). The International Symposium on Tubular Structures (ISTS) has a long-standing reputation for being the principal
Report of Investigations
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Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mineral industries
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Monthly Bulletin of Books Added to the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Boston Public Library
Publisher:
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Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
NIST Building & Fire Research Laboratory Publications
Author:
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Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
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Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Research Paper SE.
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Forests and forestry
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description