Gems and the New Science

List of Abbreviations
Note on Terminology

Introduction
Gems
Matter
Value
The Scientific Revolution
Matter and Value in the Scientific Revolution
Seven New Sciences
Alternative Histories of Gem Science
1. Gem Classification and Renaissance Natural History
From Luxuries to Virtues
Trade and the Orient
Tools and Hardness
Oriental Hardness
Classification Without Systematics
2. Gems and Technical Writing in the Age of Louis XIV
Manuals
Inventories
Travel Narratives
Maps
Letters
The Mutual Influence of the Crafts
3. Gem Collecting and Experimental Philosophy
A Virtual Collection
The Jewel House
Strange Proofs
Trials of Goodness
4. Gems and the French Origins of Experimental Physics
Material-Driven Experimentation
Assaying Gems
Physics as Gem Collecting
Electricity as a Science of Materials
The Varieties of Matter
5. Precision and Preciousness in Enlightenment Mineralogy
From Lapidaries to Mineralogies
Color and Nuance
Refraction and Structure
Density and Variety
Crystals and Correlation
Gems and the Quantifying Spirit
6. Gems, the Crafts, and Chemical Composition
Metals and Porcelain
Diamond and Porcelain
Drugs and Glass
Gems and Metals
Compositionism About What?
7. The End of Gems and the Origins of Gemology
Books
Collections
Tests
Expertise
Value-Free Evaluation
Conclusion
A Brief History of Garnet
From Materialism to Transmaterialism
From Production to Evaluation
Gems Beyond the Scientific Revolution

Acknowledgments
Appendix 1. Diamonds Used in the Argument of Boyle's Gems
Appendix 2. Gem Specimens from the Regent's Survey, 1714-1719
Appendix 3. Gems in Dufay's Experiments
Appendix 4. Comparative Table of Enlightenment Gem Taxonomies
Appendix 5. Refraction Data from Buffon and Rochon
Bibliography
Index

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