%0 Journal Article %1 peter_heering_enlightened_2008 %A Heering, Peter %D 2008 %J The British Journal for the History of Science %K Besorgen Medizingeschichte Mikroskop %N 03 %P 345--367 %R 10.1017/S0007087408000836 %T The Enlightened Microscope: Re-Enactment and Analysis of Projections with Eighteenth-Century Solar Microscopes %U http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=2131076&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0007087408000836 %V 41 %X Solar microscopes and their techniques attracted particular attention in the second half of the eighteenth century. This paper investigates the grounds for this interest. After a general introduction to the solar microscope, it discusses the use of original instruments to gain access to the visual culture of solar microscopes and the issues raised by these re-enactments. Experiences involved in this process serve as a basis for reassessing the original source materials. Thence emerges a different account of the meaning of the solar microscope in the eighteenth century and possible reasons for its popularity.

@article{peter_heering_enlightened_2008, abstract = {Solar microscopes and their techniques attracted particular attention in the second half of the eighteenth century. This paper investigates the grounds for this interest. After a general introduction to the solar microscope, it discusses the use of original instruments to gain access to the visual culture of solar microscopes and the issues raised by these re-enactments. Experiences involved in this process serve as a basis for reassessing the original source materials. Thence emerges a different account of the meaning of the solar microscope in the eighteenth century and possible reasons for its popularity.}, added-at = {2009-11-07T13:09:50.000+0100}, author = {Heering, Peter}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/202d6195b68df34d16ce74abcdaa8aa59/orcival}, doi = {10.1017/S0007087408000836}, interhash = {5562ea88cd3b0a2cb48d9189868541ce}, intrahash = {02d6195b68df34d16ce74abcdaa8aa59}, journal = {The British Journal for the History of Science}, keywords = {Besorgen Medizingeschichte Mikroskop}, number = 03, pages = {345--367}, shorttitle = {The Enlightened Microscope}, timestamp = {2009-11-07T13:42:45.000+0100}, title = {The Enlightened Microscope: {Re-Enactment} and Analysis of Projections with {Eighteenth-Century} Solar Microscopes}, url = {http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=2131076&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S0007087408000836}, volume = 41, year = 2008 }