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Les cartes géologiques du département de Loire-Inférieure
Cahiers François Viète, 2015 Detailed geological mapping began in France at the beginning of the 19th century with the departmental maps, the work of local scholars and mining engineers. The Loire-Inférieure was mapped successively by the first curator of the Nantes Museum, François-
Pascal Rétif
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« Un vaste local pour y étaler ses richesses » : inaugurer la Galerie de zoologie à Lyon en 1837
Cahiers François Viète, 2021 In 1837, a brand-new Gallery of Zoology was opened within the Museum of Natural History of Lyon. The inaugural speech of the foundation of this place of knowledge was given by the deputy-mayor Chinard.
Déborah Dubald
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'Leave it or take it away': ethical considerations on the removal of overpainting: the case of the Ghent Altarpiece [PDF]
, 2015 During the current conservation of the Ghent Altarpiece, carried out by a team of KIK-IRPA, a large amount of old overpaint has been discovered. These are studied with a number of innovative analytical techniques.
Martens, Maximiliaan
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Making Sense of Chemistry: Synthetic Rubber in German Popular Scientific Literature (1929-2009)
Cahiers François Viète, 2017 The chapter analyzes the popular literature on synthetic rubber between 1929 and 2009 and asks how popular science books explained and interpreted rubber research and development to a general (German) public. How does popular literature produce different
Jens Soentgen
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Cahiers François Viète, 2017 The material degradation of an historical artifact through chemical breakdown may place the object at the end of its useful heritage “life” in terms of aesthetic value and appearance.
Anita Quye
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Cahiers François Viète, 2023 When founding a new observatory, the choice of instrumentation is of great importance for its recognition in the international network of astronomical institutions.
Julien Gressot, Romain Jeanneret
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Introduction - Re-Assembling the History of Meridian Circles
Cahiers François Viète, 2023 Meridian circles were tools of science, state and empire. Besides being used for astronomical observations, the by-products of observations made also had more utilitarian purposes applicable to commerce, transportation, industry and the expansion of ...
Daniel Belteki, Julien Gressot
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Les cartes géologiques départementales : entre savants et ingénieurs des mines
Cahiers François Viète, 2011 The first detailed geological mapping of France was first and foremost an individual and local work, heir to the geognostic ideas of the late 18th century and the first attempts at modern geological maps. However, these departmental maps were part of the
Pierre Savaton
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Cahiers François Viète, 2021 This paper explores the history of Vincenzo Coronelli’s globes, highlighting the material, social and spatial determinants of their making. My study suggests various ways of writing a complex history of these objects by looking at globes as media in a ...
Martin Vailly
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Le procès de numérisation de la culture : Un défi pour la pensée du texte [PDF]
, 2004 Le projet de numériser la culture affecte la pérennité des objets culturels. Mais qu’en est-il de la pérennité des formes mêmes de cette conservation ? Que devient la forme texte, comme mode de capture et de légitimation des savoirs, avec le passage de l’
Jeanneret, Yves
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