The enlightened microscope: re-enactment and analysis of projections with eighteenth-century solar microscopes

Heering, Peter

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“…Second, we expect a lot from participant observation of musical instrument construction by STS scholars. From the history of science, we already know that re-enacting scientific experiments can be crucial for understanding the use of particular scientific instruments (Heering 2008). The same approach might be fruitful when studying musical instrument development.…”

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Composing Claims on Musical Instrument Development: A Science and Technology Studies' Contribution

Bijsterveld

Peters

2010

Interdisciplinary Science Reviews

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The historiography of musical instrument design has long been dominated by organology: the science of musical instruments and their classification. Recently, however, scholars from Science & Technology Studies (STS) have also taken up the study of musical instrument development. This article reviews the newest organological and STS literature on musical instruments to show which questions and approaches STS has added to the rich work of the organologists. We first address the contribution of theories on innovation to the organologists’ discussions of what counts as a genuinely new musical instrument, as well as to their explanations for the rise of such instruments. Second, our argument will show how STS scholars have studied settings of musical instrument design that are beyond the dominant paradigm of the organologists. One example is the recent interest in STS for the use and development of musical instruments in the context of the laboratory. Another example is the study of contemporary practices of ‘retro-innovation': the reconstruction of early musical instruments, such as the replica design and restoration of North European baroque organs, and the reinvention of obsolete instruments. This article concludes with a few suggestions for the future study of musical instrument design from the perspective of STS.

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Composing Claims on Musical Instrument Development: A Science and Technology Studies' Contribution

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Peters

2010

Interdisciplinary Science Reviews

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“…Lieberkühn’s tryst with pioneering contributions towards refining the optical efficiency of microscope continued as he invented the solar microscope in 1740 after he had settled in Berlin [ 2 ]. The solar microscope was an improvised device that required very bright light (such as sunlight) and an intense reflection of the same was focussed on the transparent specimen by the highly polished reflector (designed by Lieberkühn himself) to provide excellent resolution of the minute anatomical details to the viewer [ 21 ]. To be precise, this device provided the viewer a highly magnified image in sufficiently high resolution so as to appreciate the micro-anatomical details ( Fig.…”

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Johannes Nathanael Lieberkühn (1711-1756): luminary eighteenth century anatomist and his illuminating discovery of intestinal glands

Ghosh

2023

Anat Cell Biol

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Johannes Nathanael Lieberkühn was a prodigious anatomist whose meticulous experiments and precise detailing helped in comprehending the microscopic anatomy of digestive system during early part of eighteenth century. Notably, his inventions in the field of microscopy aptly complemented his quest for anatomical knowledge at microscopic level. He designed a reflector (Lieberkühn reflector) which enhanced the amount of focussed light leading to bright illumination of tissue specimen. He invented the solar microscope which provided excellent resolution of minute anatomical details. Lieberkühn discovered the digestive juice secreting tubular glands (glands of Lieberkühn) present at the base of intestinal villi producing epithelial invaginations (crypts of Lieberkühn). He also described the intricate juxtaposition of blood vessels in relation to a single intestinal villi. Moreover, through empirically designed experimental set up, Lieberkühn was able to demonstrate the flow of lymph from intestinal villi to collecting lymphatic vessels. Also, his grandiose collection of laboratory specimens involving vascular anatomy are a testimony of his untiring efforts in academia. His contributions were seminal in comprehending the anatomy of digestive system and paved the way for future revelations. His work unveiled the enormous scope of microanatomy in medical science and catalysed the advent of histological staining methods a century later.

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“…Work done by our colleagues Peter Heering and Aleks Kolkowski was a source of inspiration. Peter Heering is a former member of the "Oldenburg School" in the history of science, which analyzed historical experimental practices by replicating scientific experiments from the past, greatly improving historians' understanding of the affordances of particular tools and why they were worthwhile for scientists and wider audiences at the time (Heering 2008). Aleks Kolkowski is a researcher, artist, and violinist with extensive experience in reconstructing past practices of sound recording, using period technologies such as the mechanical phonograph, the electrical phonograph, and 78 rpm gramophones.…”

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Listening for Knowledge: Introduction

Bijsterveld

2018

Sonic Skills

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We tend to associate the sciences with seeing-but scientists, engineers, and physicians also use their ears as a means for acquiring knowledge. This chapter introduces this essay's key questions about the role of sound and practices of listening in the sciences, and explicates their relevance for understanding the dynamics of science more generally. It defines the notion of sonic skills, situating it in the wider literature on the auditory dimensions of making knowledge. It presents the case studies on which the essay draws, explaining their geographical, temporal, and methodological scope and the researchers behind them. Keywords Listening for knowledge • Sonic skills • Science • Medicine • Engineering Acoustic signAtures On the afternoon of July 11, 2014, Dutch Public Radio 1 broadcast an interview with science journalist Diederik Jekel. He had breaking news: American geologists had discovered a "super ocean" some 300 miles below the earth's surface. The journalist immediately added a qualification. What the Americans had actually found were some stone minerals, originating from the earth's deep layers, that included water molecules. This prompted the talk show host to ask how certain scientists could be of the super ocean's existence. The journalist explained that the CHAPTER 1

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The enlightened microscope: re-enactment and analysis of projections with eighteenth-century solar microscopes

Abstract: Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0007087408000836How to cite this article: PETER HEERING (2008). The enlightened microscope: re-enactment and analysis of projections with eighteenth-century solar microscopes.

Cited by 24 publications

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Composing Claims on Musical Instrument Development: A Science and Technology Studies' Contribution

Composing Claims on Musical Instrument Development: A Science and Technology Studies' Contribution

Johannes Nathanael Lieberkühn (1711-1756): luminary eighteenth century anatomist and his illuminating discovery of intestinal glands

Listening for Knowledge: Introduction

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