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Sir Hugh Plat
- The Search for Useful Knowledge in Early-modern London
Engelsk Hardback
Sir Hugh Plat
- The Search for Useful Knowledge in Early-modern London
Engelsk Hardback

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Udkommer 31-07-2025

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Sir Hugh Plat (1552-1608) is remembered today for his two books, The Jewell House of Art and Nature (1594) and Delightes for Ladies (1602), but he was more than a mere occasional author, cookery writer or agricultural improver. The son of a London brewer and a lawyer by training, he spent much of his life exploring the mysteries of the world around him, his interests spanning alchemy, agriculture, gardening, cookery, cosmetics, distilling, food preservation, medicine, arms and armaments, military transport and raising rabbits in suburban surroundings. He was an inventor and adapter, a man of science in all but name. He takes his place in the community of innovators of early modern London, precursors of the age of science and reason that was about to flower.

While much quoted, Plat''s life and works have been little studied for what they can tell us about his own career and his scientific and technological preoccupations. Malcolm Thick describes a man whose ideas came to be valued in the later 17th century; he explores his pioneering work on agricultural fertilizers and the recycling of the by-products of London''s nascent industries; and he discusses the interface between speculative alchemy and practical invention and innovation. Sir Hugh Plat was the man who brought pasta and macaroni to the notice of the English. For that, and for much else, he should be celebrated.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
320
ISBN-13:
9781903018651
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
190301865X
Udg. Dato:
31 jul 2025
Længde:
41mm
Bredde:
182mm
Højde:
251mm
Forlag:
Prospect Books
Oplagsdato:
31 jul 2025
Forfatter(e):
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