caa a22 4500 463205669 CHVBK 20180405153125.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11191-006-9017-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11191-006-9017-y Hochadel Oliver Kultur- und Wissenschaftsanalyse, IFF, 1070, Vienna, Austria aut The Business of Experimental Physics: Instrument Makers and Itinerant Lecturers in the German Enlightenment [Elektronische Daten] [Oliver Hochadel] While it is a commonplace in the historiography of electricity that itinerant lecturers and instrument makers were ‘somehow' part of the ‘electrical flare' of the 18th century, very little is actually known about them, about their background, their careers and their self-understanding. Yet, research focusing on these practitioners of experimental physics outside the established institutions can contribute immensely to our understanding of the scientific culture of the Enlightenment. The development of electrical machines, the supply for increasing demand for instruments and instruction, the creation of interest in electricity through public demonstrations, relied heavily on these men. Furthermore, these ‘scientific salesmen' offered a perfect contrast, a foil for the natural philosophers from whom to distinguish themselves. Natural philosophers tried to discredit their extra-academic competitors, thereby forging their own image as serious, honest, truth-seeking, independent researchers. This essay focuses on this situation in the German Empire, tracing the steps of the itinerant lecturer Jakob von Bianchy on his way from court to college, from the workshop to the theatre, from Lake Como, to Vienna and Paris. Springer, 2006 18th century nationallicence Jakob von Bianchy nationallicence demonstration experiment nationallicence electricity nationallicence enlightenment nationallicence experimental physics nationallicence instrument maker nationallicence itinerant lecturer nationallicence Science & Education Springer-Verlag 16/6(2007-06-01), 525-537 0926-7220 16:6<525 2007 16 11191 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-006-9017-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-006-9017-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Hochadel Oliver Kultur- und Wissenschaftsanalyse, IFF, 1070, Vienna, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Science & Education Springer-Verlag 16/6(2007-06-01), 525-537 0926-7220 16:6<525 2007 16 11191 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer