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Introduction The study of visual representation on the one hand, and the study of the circulation of knowledge on the other, are today among the most active areas in the history of science. This issue of Nuncius aims to bring together scholars from both fields to reflect upon the production, circulation and use of visual representation in scholarly journals from the late 17th to the 19th centuries. It originated out of a panel discussion held in Manchester in 2013 at the 24th International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine. 1 The presence of visual representations – images, maps, graphical devices, diagrams – in the earliest learned journals is a largely neglected phenomenon. We wish to investigate the fascinating variety of functions served by visual elements in publications ranging from the early learned journals to modern scientific periodicals. Images will be considered here as instruments of communication, but also as a crucial element in the process of knowledge-making. A first question concerns the nature of visual representations in periodicals. If there is something specifically characteristic about images printed in periodicals, then we will have to answer the question as to what distinguishes them from images printed in other http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Nuncius (successor of "Annali") Brill

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
Copyright 2015 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
ISSN
0394-7394
eISSN
1825-3911
DOI
10.1163/18253911-03003018
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Abstract

The study of visual representation on the one hand, and the study of the circulation of knowledge on the other, are today among the most active areas in the history of science. This issue of Nuncius aims to bring together scholars from both fields to reflect upon the production, circulation and use of visual representation in scholarly journals from the late 17th to the 19th centuries. It originated out of a panel discussion held in Manchester in 2013 at the 24th International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine. 1 The presence of visual representations – images, maps, graphical devices, diagrams – in the earliest learned journals is a largely neglected phenomenon. We wish to investigate the fascinating variety of functions served by visual elements in publications ranging from the early learned journals to modern scientific periodicals. Images will be considered here as instruments of communication, but also as a crucial element in the process of knowledge-making. A first question concerns the nature of visual representations in periodicals. If there is something specifically characteristic about images printed in periodicals, then we will have to answer the question as to what distinguishes them from images printed in other

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Nuncius (successor of "Annali")Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2015

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