Wilhelm Homberg et la chimie de la lumière

In 1705, Wilhelm Homberg, the chief chemist of the Académie Royale des Sciences, proposed a new chemical theory that the Sulphur principle of mixed bodies was identical with light. He claimed further that this embodied light was the sole source of activity and change in material substances. This pap...

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Main Author: Lawrence M. Principe
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Université de Lille 2008-03-01
Series:Methodos
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/methodos/1223