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476 Index Ulm, Germany  125 Ulva caprina, algae  222 ungesellige Geselligkeit  270. See also Kant, Immanuel University of Salzburg  93 University of Trnava  62, 64–65, 74, 376 University of Vienna  6, 34, 57, 59, 62, 64, 68–69, 94, 139, 147, 167, 206, 208, 234, 236, 314, 345, 374 Unzer, Johann Christoph  359 Uppsala, Sweden  113, 154, 158, 164, 175, 178, 181, 184, 209–10, 221, 225, 263, 280 Urania  75, 96, 119, 375–77 Urania-Sternwarten  96 Uranus  71, 375, 377 Vaissète, Jean-Joseph  242, 326 vampirism  98–100, 254 van Musschenbroek, Pieter Elementa physicae  118 van Swieten, Gérard  51, 60–61, 64, 92, 99, 105, 107, 127, 253–54, 256, 311 van Swieten, Gottfried  318 Vanossius  131 Varanger Peninsula  211 Varaždin (Varasd, Varasdinum, Warasdin), Croatia  124, 397 Várdai, Pál  41 Vardø (Vardøhus), Norway  122, 137–38, 146, 156, 172, 178, 183, 185–86, 189, 194–95, 199–202, 204–11, 216, 218, 221–26, 229, 231, 234, 236–37, 250, 253–54, 258–66, 268–69, 273–74, 276, 279–81, 283–84, 286–92, 294, 296, 298–301, 303, 305–6, 335, 339, 356, 390 Varia compendia praxesque operationum arithmeticarum (Hell)  88 Venice, Italy  45, 70, 152, 223–24, 320 Venus  2–6, 32–33, 35, 69, 71, 103, 111, 116, 121–122, 125, 133–72, 174, 177–94, 199, 201–2, 207, 209–11, 214–15, 217–18, 220, 225, 236, 258–63, 265–69, 271–93, 295–97, 299–303, 305–6, 334–35, 340–41, 363, 367, 378, 389–90 1761 transit observations  2–4, 32–33, 35, 103, 111, 116, 121–22, 125, 133–46, 148–66, 168–72, 174, 177–94, 199, 201–2, 209, 211, 215, 217–18, 225, 236, 258, 260–63, 265–69, 271–74, 276–80, 282, 284–86, 288, 291, 293, 295–96, 301–3, 305–6, 334–35, 340, 367, 389–90 recorded transits of  134 transit project of 1761  140, 148, 154 Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (voc)  192 Verestói, György  85–86 vernacular language  13, 56, 77, 81, 87, 94, 100, 104, 110, 217, 232, 314–16, 325, 353, 355, 396, 398 Vienna, Austria  1, 5–6, 9, 13, 33–34, 37, 45–47, 50–53, 56–73, 75, 78, 80, 82–88, 90–94, 96, 98, 100–103, 105–7, 109–11, 113, 116, 119–32, 137, 139–41, 144–49, 151–53, 155–56, 163–67, 170–72, 180, 185–93, 195–200, 202, 204–9, 216, 220, 222, 224, 227, 229, 234–36, 239–40, 248–49, 252–55, 259–61, 264–65, 274, 277, 286, 288–89, 293–95, 300, 302, 305–8, 310–11, 314–16, 318–19, 321–22, 324, 328–38, 340–46, 349–54, 357–60, 363–65, 367–75, 386–87, 397 Imperial and Royal Observatory (Vienna University Observatory), Vienna  1, 34–35, 67, 86, 90–93, 95–97, 105–8, 111, 117, 122, 124, 127–29, 133, 140, 143, 145–49, 154, 166–67, 187, 202, 253, 264, 295, 300, 302–3, 306–7, 331–34, 340–42, 349, 352, 375, 388, 391 Jesuit Observatory, Vienna  60, 67–68, 91, 103, 119, 122–25, 127, 143, 146–47, 333–36, 341 siege of  45 Viennese Academy of Sciences  64, 392 Viennese Botanical Gardens  51, 347 Viennese Imperial and Royal Academy for Engineering  91 Vilnius, Lithuania  113, 367 Voltaire  2, 12, 60, 103, 136, 272, 316, 323, 326–27, 331 von Borié, Egid Valentin  316 von Born, Ignaz  52, 73, 75, 82, 320–22, 337, 356, 361–64, 366 Briefe über mineralogische Gegenstände...  320 Specimen monachologiae, methodo Linnaeano, tabulis tribus aeneis illustratum  361
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Maximilian Hell (1720–92) And the Ends of Jesuit Science in Enlightenment Europe
Title
Maximilian Hell (1720–92)
Subtitle
And the Ends of Jesuit Science in Enlightenment Europe
Authors
Per Pippin Aspaas
László Kontler
Publisher
Brill
Location
Leiden
Date
2020
Language
English
License
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
ISBN
978-90-04-41683-3
Size
15.5 x 24.1 cm
Pages
492
Categories
Naturwissenschaften Physik

Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgments VII
  2. List of Illustrations IX
  3. Bibliographic Abbreviations X
  4. Introduction 1
    1. 1 Enlightenment(s) 7
    2. 2 Catholic Enlightenment—Enlightenment Catholicism 11
    3. 3 The Society of Jesus and Jesuit Science 17
    4. 4 What’s in a Life? 26
  5. 1 Shafts and Stars, Crafts and Sciences: The Making of a Jesuit Astronomer in the Habsburg Provinces 37
    1. 1 A Regional Life World 37
    2. 2 Turbulent Times and an Immigrant Family around the Mines 44
    3. 3 Apprenticeship 53
    4. 4 Professor on the Frontier 76
  6. 2 Metropolitan Lures: Enlightened and Jesuit Networks, and a New Node of Science 91
    1. 1 An Agenda for Astronomic Advance 91
    2. 2 Science in the City and in the World: Hell and the respublica astronomica 106
  7. 3 A New Node of Science in Action: The 1761 Transit of Venus and Hell’s Transition to Fame 134
    1. 1 A Golden Opportunity 134
    2. 2 An Imperial Astronomer’s Network Displayed 144
    3. 3 Lessons Learned 155
    4. 4 “Quonam autem fructu?” Taking Stock 166
  8. 4 The North Beckons: “A desperate voyage by desperate persons” 172
    1. 1 Scandinavian Self-Assertions 174
    2. 2 The Invitation from Copenhagen: Providence and Rhetoric 185
    3. 3 From Vienna to Vardø 195
  9. 5 He Came, He Saw, He Conquered? The Expeditio litteraria ad Polum Arcticum 209
    1. 1 A Journey Finished and Yet Unfinished 210
    2. 2 Enigmas of the Northern Sky and Earth 220
    3. 3 On Hungarians and Laplanders 230
    4. 4 Authority Crumbling 256
  10. 6 “Tahiti and Vardø will be the two columns […]”: Observing Venus andDebating the Parallax 258
    1. 1 Mission Accomplished 260
    2. 2 Accomplishment Contested 269
    3. 3 A Peculiar Nachleben 298
  11. 7 Disruption of Old Structures 305
    1. 1 Habsburg Centralization and the De-centering of Hell 306
    2. 2 Critical Publics: Vienna, Hungary 315
    3. 3 Ex-Jesuit Astronomy: Institutions and Trajectories 330
  12. 8 Coping with Enlightenments 344
    1. 1 Viennese Struggles 344
    2. 2 Redefining the Center 366
    3. Conclusion: Borders and Crossings 388
  13. Appendix 1 Map of the Austrian Province of the Society of Jesus (with Glossary of Geographic Names) 394
  14. Appendix 2 Instruction for the Imperial and Royal Astronomer Maximilian Hell, S.J 398
  15. Bibliography 400
  16. Index 459
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