The Mindful Hand: Inquiry and Invention from the Late Renaissance to Early Industrialisation (History of Science and Scholarship in the Netherlands)

Although manual labor and theoretical invention might now seem separate ventures, they are closely linked processes. The Mindful Hand explores innovative areas of European society between the late Renaissance and the period of early industrialization where the enterprise of knowledge and production relied on the most intimate connections of thought and toil. It explains how philosophers and laborers collaborated to pioneer technical change alongside knowledge formation. The essays gathered here help show how these projects were pursued together, yet why, in retrospect, the very categories of science and technology emerged as seemingly distinct endeavors. Inquiry and invention from the late Renaissance to early industrialisation 20041102_00.pdf 1 The mindful hand - French page 1 History of Science and Scholarship in the Netherlands, volume 9 2 Colofon 4 The hand is the cutting edge of the mind 5 Acknowledgements 7 How to read this book 9 Contents 11 Preface -1 1. Workshops of the hand and mind -1 Introduction -1 Comets and cannonballs: reading technologyin a sixteenth-century library -1 In a sixteenth-century goldsmith’s workshop -1 Constructive thinking: a case for dioptrics -1 II. Nature’s oeconomy -1 Introduction -1 Between precedent and experiment: restoringthe Acqua Vergine in Rome (1560-70) -1 Amending nature: draining the English Fens -1 The Beemster Polder: conservative inventionand Holland’s great pleasure garden -1 Demonstration and verifi cation in engineering:ascertaining truth and telling fi ctions alongthe Canal du Midi -1 III. Geographies of skill -1 Introduction -1 Mapping steam engines and skill in eighteenth-century Holland -1 Wind-gun, air-gun or pop-gun:the fortunes of a philosophical instrument -1 Apothecary’s shops, laboratories andchemical manufacture in eighteenth-centuryGermany -1 ‘The charter’d Thames’: naval architectureand experimental spaces in Georgian Britain -1 IV. Art and industry -1 Introduction -1 From the grand whim to the gasworks:‘philosophical fi reworks’ in Georgian England -1 The intersection of industry and the state ineighteenth-century Britain -1 Becoming competitive:England’s papermaking apprenticeship,1700-1800 -1 The identity engine:printing and publishing at the beginning ofthe knowledge economy -1 Epilogues -1 Towards a genealogy of modern science -1 Thoughtful doing and early modernoeconomy -1 List of contributors -1 List of illustrations -1 Cumulative bibliography -1 Index -1 20041102_01 13 20041102_02 29 20041102_03 41 20041102_04 63 20041102_05 89 20041102_06 113 20041102_07 125 20041102_08 147 20041102_09 175 20041102_10 199 20041102_11 217 20041102_12 227 20041102_13 251 20041102_14 277 20041102_15 309 20041102_16 337 20041102_17 355 20041102_18 379 20041102_19 409 20041102_20 433 20041102_21 459 20041102_22 473 20041102_23 483 20041102_24 487 20041102_25 491 Comets And Cannonballs : Reading Technology In A Sixteenth-century Library / Mary Henninger-voss -- In A Sixteenth-century Goldsmith's Workshop / Pamela H. Smith -- Constructive Thinking : A Case For Dioptrics / Fokko Jan Dijksterhuis -- Between Precedent And Experiment : Restoring The Acqua Vergine In Rome (1560-70) / Katherine W. Rinne -- Amending Nature : Draining The English Fens / Eric H. Ash -- The Beemster Polder : Conservative Invention And Holland's Great Pleasure Garden / Alette Fleischer -- Demonstration And Verification In Engineering : Ascertaining Truth And Telling Fictions Along The Canal Du Midi / Chandra Mukerji -- Mapping Stream Engines And Skill In Eighteenth-century Holland / Lissa Roberts -- Wind-gun, Air-gun Or Pop-gun : The Fortunes Of A Philosophical Instrument / Jim Bennett -- Apothecary Shops, Laboratories And Chemical Manufacture In Eighteenth-century Germany / Ursula Klein -- 'the Charter'd Thames' : Naval Architecture And Experimental Spaces In Georgian Britain / Simon Schaffer -- From The Grand Whim To The Gasworks : 'philosophical Fireworks' In Georgian England / Simon Werrett -- The Intersection Of Industry And State In Eighteenth-century Britain / William Ashworth -- Becoming Competitive : England's Papermaking Apprenticeship, 1700-1800 / Leonard Rosenband -- The Identity Engine : Printing And Publishing At The Beginning Of The Knowledge Economy / Adrian Johns. Edited By Lissa Roberts, Simon Schaffer, Peter Dear. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 461-489) And Index. The mindful hand - French page......Page 1 History of Science and Scholarship in the Netherlands, volume 9......Page 2 Colofon......Page 4 The hand is the cutting edge of the mind......Page 5 Acknowledgements......Page 7 How to read this book......Page 9 Contents......Page 11 Index......Page 0 20041102_01......Page 13 20041102_02......Page 29 20041102_03......Page 41 20041102_04......Page 63 20041102_05......Page 89 20041102_06......Page 113 20041102_07......Page 125 20041102_08......Page 147 20041102_09......Page 175 20041102_10......Page 199 20041102_11......Page 217 20041102_12......Page 227 20041102_13......Page 251 20041102_14......Page 277 20041102_15......Page 309 20041102_16......Page 337 20041102_17......Page 355 20041102_18......Page 379 20041102_19......Page 409 20041102_20......Page 433 20041102_21......Page 459 20041102_22......Page 473 20041102_23......Page 483 20041102_24......Page 487 20041102_25......Page 491 "Although manual labour and theoretical invention might now seem separate ventures, history teaches us that they are closely linked processes. The mindful hand explores innovative areas of European society between the late Renaissance and the period of early industrialisation where the enterprise of knowledge and production relied on the most intimate connexions of thought and toil. This volume explains how philosophers and labourers collaborated in an environment where artisans and instrument-makers, administrators and entrepreneurs simultaneously pioneered technical change alongside knowledge formation. The essays gathered here help show how these projects were pursued together, yet why, in retrospect, the very categories of science and technology emerged as seemingly distinct endeavors."--BOOK JACKET