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  • Een Middelnederlands centiloquium 
    Huizenga, Erwin (Igitur, 1992-03-05)
    SUMMARY: Some aspects of the medieval astrological world view are described as a background for the Middle Dutch MS 2818 of the Oesterreichische Nationalbibliothek in Vienna. The author accentuates the close connection ...
  • Ibn Bāṣo's universal plate and its influence on European astronomy 
    Calvo, Emilia (Igitur, 1992-03-05)
    SUMMARY: Ibn Bāṣo, an astronomer who lived in Granada in the 13th century, wrote a treatise on the use of a universal plate devised to be used in conjunction with an astrolabe. This plate was widely diffused in the Islamic ...
  • Some remarks on Islamic astronomical instruments 
    King, David A. (Igitur, 1992-03-05)
    SUMMARY: Islamic astronomical instruments bear witness to a tradition of over one thousand years of serious activity in astronomy in the Muslim world. Even some of the earliest and most important of these instruments are ...
  • Le traite de l'emploi du globe celeste d'al-'Urdī 
    Elkhadem, Hossam (Igitur, 1992-03-05)
    SUMMARY: The first part of this article presents an overview of the general principles of construction and fabrication of Islamic celestial globes. The second part analyses the treatise Risalat al-'amal bi al-kura (On the ...
  • Berichten 
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  • Ten geleide 
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  • Boekbesprekingen 
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  • Bibliografische nota's. Notes bibliographiques. Bibliographical data. 102 (1991) 
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  • James P. White (1811-1881) en "demonstrative midwifery" 
    Thiery, Michel (Igitur, 1991-03-05)
    SUMMARY: The gynaecologist James Pratt White (1811-1881) was a pioneer in the history of medical education in the United States. He introduced bedside teaching in gynaecology and demonstrative midwifery, at a time when ...
  • Jeremias de Drijvere: een Renaissance geneesheer uit Vlaanderen 
    Van Hee, R. (Igitur, 1991-03-05)
    SUMMARY: This paper offers a brief biographical sketch of Jeremias De Drijvere or Thriverius (1504-1554) who became professor at the medical faculty of Leuven University. In particular, the author analyses two of De ...
  • Reflections on the history of information in early modern Europe 
    Burke, Peter (Igitur, 1991-03-05)
    SUMMARY: This paper offers an outline for a possible history of information and its communication in early modern Europe. Noting the vast size of the topic, the problematic nature of the concept 'information', and the need ...
  • Wie is deze auteur? 
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  • Berichten 
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  • Bij het derde decennium van Zuid Gewina (1960-1990) 
    Vandewiele, L.J. (Igitur, 1991-03-05)
    SUMMARY: The author recalls the motives and circumstances at the time when the Belgian Society for the History of Science, Medicine and Mathematics (Zuid GeWiNa) was created in 1960. During its subsequent development Zuid ...
  • Techniekkritiek in Nederland in de negentiende eeuw 
    Van Lente, Dick (Igitur, 1991-03-05)
    SUMMARY: In this paper the author examines some of the nineteenth century ideological responses to the industrialization and in particular the various views on the role of technical innovation. After summarizing the ...
  • Recent developments in the history of evolution theory 
    Bowler, Peter J. (Igitur, 1991-03-05)
    SUMMARY: The conventional image of the 'Darwinian Revolution' has recently been challenged by a number of new historical studies. For example, it has been pointed out that eighteenth and nineteenth-century discussions on ...
  • Das älteste Niederländische Rezept und seine Quellen 
    Keil, Gundolf (Igitur, 1991-03-05)
    SUMMARY: After a discussion of the various historical and textual transformations of both single recipes as well as of larger collections, a brief sketch is given of the reception of ancient pharmaceutical knowledge in ...
  • Van de redactie 
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  • Boekbesprekingen 
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