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Measuring the New World

Enlightenment Science and South America

By: Neil Safier

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Measuring the New World

Enlightenment Science and South America

By: Neil Safier

Prior to 1735, South America was terra incognita to many Europeans. But that year, the Paris Academy of Sciences sent a mission to the Spanish American province of Quito (in present-day Ecuador) to study the curvature of the earth at the Equator. Equipped with quadrants and telescopes, the mission’s participants referred to the transfer of scientific knowledge from Europe to the Andes as a “sacred fire” passing mysteriously through European astronomical instruments to observers in South America.By taking an innovative interdisciplinary look at the traces of this expedition, Measuring the New World examines the transatlantic flow of knowledge from West to East. Through ephemeral monuments and geographical maps, this book explores how the social and cultural worlds of South America contributed to the production of European scientific knowledge during the Enlightenment. Neil Safier uses the notebooks of traveling philosophers, as well as specimens from the expedition, to place this particular scientific endeavor in the larger context of early modern print culture and the emerging intellectual category of scientist as author.

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University of Chicago Press

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Enlightenment Science and South America

By: Neil Safier

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Appointment, Duties, Powers and Liability, Second Edition

By: Hugh Sims,Simon Passfield,Stefan Ramel,Holly Doyle,James Hannant,Rachel Lai,Neil Levy,Samuel Parsons

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Appointment, Duties, Powers and Liability, Second Edition

By: Hugh Sims,Simon Passfield,Stefan Ramel,Holly Doyle,James Hannant,Rachel Lai,Neil Levy,Samuel Parsons

This thoroughly revised second edition provides a clear overview of the functions and liabilities of insolvency practitioners (IPs). It considers the circumstances in which IPs are appointed, their duties and their powers, before offering a detailed investigation into their potential professional liabilities, as well as in-depth guidance to practitioners and advisers as to how claims might be framed and defended.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1035311909

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