Utility and audience in eighteenth-century chemistry : case studies of William Cullen and Joseph Priestley / J.V Golinski.
Abstract:
'Because it was seen as having applications in fields such as agriculture, medicine, metallurgy, mining, bleaching and dyeing, chemistry was accorded prestige and interest in Enlightenment Europe ... This paper presents two case studies of the way in which [the ùtility' of chemistry] was communicated to an Enlightenment public.'
British journal for the history of science Vol. 21 (1988), p. 1-31