Christopher Merret's use of experiment
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20314871 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Albert J Koinm (Sam Houston State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23-32 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-9149 • E-ISSN: 1743-0178 |
| Publisher | The Royal Society (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1098/rsnr.2000.0093 |
| OpenAlex | W2075717428 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Christopher Merret's Pinax Rerum Naturalium Britannicarum has been criticized because he only collected material rather than doing research himself. However, Merret, first Harveian Librarian of the Royal College of Physicians and charter member of the Royal Society of London, used his talents as curator to ensure as accurate a description of plants and animals as was possible in 1666, to make the most complete compilation of his day. His steps to collect new plants, his translation of and interpolations to Neri's The Art of Glass , his garden of herbs, and his reports to the Royal Society on his experiments show his recognition of the importance of experiment
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| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2022 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |