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Theorizing the distinction between solids, liquids and air

pressure from Stevin to Pascal

Alan F. Chalmers

pp. 55-67

Abstract

Seventeenth-century scholars could take for granted distinctions between solids, liquids and air that were by no means novel. In this paper I explore the way in which these distinctions were gradually sharpened up, by way of experimentation and the theorising accompanying it, to the point where important beginnings of a theoretical grasp of the essential distinctions between the three states of matter was achieved.

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Stadler Friedrich (2017) Integrated history and philosophy of science: problems, perspectives, and case studies. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 55-67

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-53258-5_5

Full citation:

Chalmers Alan F. (2017) „Theorizing the distinction between solids, liquids and air: pressure from Stevin to Pascal“, In: F. Stadler (ed.), Integrated history and philosophy of science, Dordrecht, Springer, 55–67.