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Away, Away to Falun! – J.G Gahn and the application of enlightenment chemistry to smelting

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  • Fors, Hjalmar

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    What happened when Enlightenment chemical reformers came face to face with the complex world of artisanal production? How did they gain access to and, eventually, authority over this area of “otherness”? These are the main questions discussed in this paper, which studies an episode in which a young chemist, Johan Gottlieb Gahn, sought to reform existing craft processes.

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    Paper provided by Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies in its series Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation with number 210.

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    Length: 26 pages
    Date of creation: 18 Dec 2009
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    Handle: RePEc:hhs:cesisp:0210

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    Keywords: enlightment; chemistry; chemical reforms; technology history;

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