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T160. Topics in nineteenth-century physics
Thu 25 July, 09:10–12:40 ▪ Uni Place 4.214
T160-A. Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century physical sciences
Thu 25 July, 09:10–10:40 ▪ Uni Place 4.214
Chair: Katy Price twitter | Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom
Eri Yagi | Eri Yagi Institute for History of Science (NPO G.K.N.), Japan
Clausius on Nagaoka’s development of his atomic model
Rika Okamoto, nee Tadokoro twitter | The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan
A study of statistical approaches to Rudolf Clausius’s theory of electricity
Kenichi Natsume | Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Japan
An atomistic interpretation of the concept of ‘mass’ given by Faraday
Masanori Kaji | Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
The classification of elements and responses to the periodic law in Japan up to the 1920s
Michael Bycroft twitter | University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
What has natural history done for physics? The case of electricity in eighteenth-century France
Qu'a fait l'histoire naturelle pour la physique? Le cas de l'électricité en France au dix-huitième siècle
T160-B. Discipline and metrology
Thu 25 July, 11:10–12:40 ▪ Uni Place 4.214
Chair: Jay Malone twitter | History of Science Society, United States
Tapio Markkanen | University of Helsinki, Finland
The origins of the classical observatory: turning the temple of science into a functional shelter for the telescope.
Yuto Ishibashi | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, United Kingdom
Maintaining the ‘accuracy’ of standard time: George Biddell Airy’s contribution to time distribution at the Royal Observatory, 1850-1880
Frédéric Soulu | Independant scholar, France
The diffusion of the electro-chronograph in French astronomical practices
Location: University Place 4.214
Part of: University Place