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Web of nature [electronic resource] : Martin Lister (1639-1712), the first arachnologist / by Anna Marie Roos

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Roos, Anna Marie Eleanor
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
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xx, 478 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE THE BIRTH OF A NATURALIST, 1663-1668 -- I.Introduction -- II.Early Life and Letters, 1639-1663 -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Early Influences -- 3.The Birth of a Naturalist -- 4.Lister's Years at Cambridge, 1655-1663 -- III.French Connection: The Voyage to Montpellier, 1663-1666 -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Arrival into France -- 3.An Introduction to John Ray -- IV.Lister's Early Contributions to Natural History, 1666-1668: The Influence of John Ray -- 1.Lister and his Views of Natural History -- 2.Debates About Spontaneous Generation -- 3.The Resignation of a Fellowship -- pt. TWO IN LOCATION AT THE PERIPHERY OF THE WEB, IN THE MIND AT ITS VERY CENTER: LISTER'S YEARS IN YORK (1669-1683) -- V.Spider Threads and a Tangled Web of Misunderstanding, 1668-1671 -- 1.Introduction -- 2.The "Ballooning" Debate over Arachnid Flight -- 3.Taxonomic Questions and Doubts -- 4.A Waning Friendship -- VI."My Dear Hart": Lister's Marriage to Hannah Parkinson and his Medical Practice in York -- 1.Introduction -- 2.A Doctor in York -- VII.Lister and the Royal Society's Debates about Plant Circulation in the 1670s -- 1.Introduction -- 2.The Royal Society and the Circulation of Sap -- 3.The Argument with Nehemiah Grew -- VIII.Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral? Lister, Ray, Crinoids, and the Fossil Debate in the Royal Society -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Lister and "Rock-plants" -- 3.Chemical Theories of Fossil Formation -- IX."All that Glitters": Martin Lister and Fools' Gold, 1677-1684 -- 1.Introduction -- 2.The Chemistry of Pyrites -- 3.Pyrites and the Quarrel over Spa Waters -- 4.Pyrites and Natural History -- 5.Petrifaction Within the Body: The Production of Gall and Bladder Stones -- 6.Formation of Magnetic Stones in the Body -- X.A Speculum of Chemical Practice: Lister, Newton, and Telescopic Mirrors -- 1.Introduction -- 2.The Chemistry of the Glass of Antimony -- 3.Antimony, the Royal Society, and Newton's Mirrors -- 4.Antimony, Cawk, and Newtonian Alchemy -- 5.The Move to London -- pt. THREE AT THE WEB'S CENTER: LISTER IN LONDON, THE ROYAL SOCIETY, AND THE PRODUCTION OF MASTERWORKS: 1684-1692 -- XI.Lister's London Beginnings: Virtuoso, Antiquarian, and Benefactor -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Medical Meteorology and the Histogram -- 3.Lister's Quest for Medical Qualifications and his Antiquarian Enterprise -- XII.The Art of Science: The Historiae Conchyliorum and the Historia Piscium -- 1.Introduction -- 2.The Path to the Historiae Conchyliorum -- 3.Slugs, Fishes, and Snails, but no Puppy Dog Tails: The Making of Masterworks in Conchology and Ichthyology -- 4.The Historia Piscium -- pt. FOUR TIME SPINS AWAY: 1692-1712 -- XIII.Publication and Prestige: The Sex Exercitationes Medicinales and the Royal College of Physicians -- 1.Introduction -- 2.Professional Prestige and New Ontologies of Medicine and Natural History -- 3.Journeys and Losses -- XIV.The Spice of Life: A Journey to Paris and a Cookery Book -- 1.Introduction -- 2.The Journey to Paris -- 3.Lister's Last Years.
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9789004209565
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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