R H van Gent
Biographic Data
| ID | 5111742 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R H van Gent |
| GIVEN NAMES | R H |
| FAMILY NAME | van Gent |
| SIGNATURE | VAN GENT R H |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4214-3897 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Bare Outpost of Learned European Culture on the Edge of the Jungles of Java
The transits of Venus in 1761 and 1769 appear to mark the starting point of instrumental science in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). This essay examines the conditions that triggered and constituted instrumental and institutional science on Indonesian soil in the late eighteenth century. In 1765 the Reverend J. M. Mohr, whose wife had received a large inheritance, undertook to build a fully equipped private observatory in Batavia (now Jakar…
A Bare Outpost of Learned European Culture on the Edge of the Jungles of Java
The transits of Venus in 1761 and 1769 appear to mark the starting point of instrumental science in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). This essay examines the conditions that triggered and constituted instrumental and institutional science on Indonesian soil in the late eighteenth century. In 1765 the Reverend J. M. Mohr, whose wife had received a large inheritance, undertook to build a fully equipped private observatory in Batavia (now Jakar…
A Bare Outpost of Learned European Culture on the Edge of the Jungles of Java
The transits of Venus in 1761 and 1769 appear to mark the starting point of instrumental science in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). This essay examines the conditions that triggered and constituted instrumental and institutional science on Indonesian soil in the late eighteenth century. In 1765 the Reverend J. M. Mohr, whose wife had received a large inheritance, undertook to build a fully equipped private observatory in Batavia (now Jakar…
Ancient history (1 work) · Australian Indigenous Culture and History (1 work) · Enlightenment (1 work) · Genealogy (1 work) · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies (1 work) · History (1 work) · History (1 work) · History and Developments in Astronomy (1 work) · Indonesian (1 work) · Law (1 work)