Mineralogy, chemistry, botany, medicine, geology, agriculture, meteorology, classification,…: The life and times of John Walker , Professor of Natural History at Edinburgh University: Matthew D. Eddy: The language of mineralogy: John Walker, chemistry and the Edinburgh medical school, 1750–1800. Farnham and Burlington: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2008, xxi+309pp, £60.00 HB [Book Review]

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Mineralogy, chemistry, botany, medicine, geology, agriculture, meteorology, classification,…: The life and times of John Walker, Professor of Natural History at Edinburgh University Content Type Journal Article DOI 10.1007/s11016-010-9471-7 Authors David Oldroyd, School of History and Philosophy, University of New South Wales, Sydney, 2052 Australia Journal Metascience Online ISSN 1467-9981 Print ISSN 0815-0796

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