Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century chemists attempted to better understand the basic blocks of the material world, promising to explain how substances interacted with one another. This was, however, no easy task. Chemical investigations took place in a context of tightening monarchies, imperial expansion, and social unrest, and in turn resulted in complex, multifaceted knowledge about the… Continue reading Material Practice and Ideas of Matter in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-century Chemical Analysis