The making of extraordinary facts: Authentication of singularities of nature at the Royal Society of London in the first half of the eighteenth century

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 265-288

  Fontes Da Costa, Palmira ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Authentication; Competence; Monstrous births; Royal Society of London; Singular; Testimony

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036084047     PISSN: 00393681     EISSN: 18792510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-3681(02)00012-2     Document Type: Article

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