Programska knjižica - Hrvatsko filozofsko društvo

IVICA MARTINOVIĆ, MARIN MARTINIĆ JERČIĆ
Institut za filozofiju, Zagreb, Hrvatska /
Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia
OD PRIESTLEYA DO FARADAYA: KAKO JE DIGITALIZIRANA
RANA RECEPCIJA BOŠKOVIĆEVE PRIRODNE FILOZOFIJE
NA BRITANSKOM OTOČJU (1772–1855)
U najutjecajniju ranu recepciju Boškovićeve prirodne filozofije na Britanskom
otočju treba uvrstiti ove knjige i članke, popisane u kronološkom poretku
njihova objavljivanja:
1. Joseph Priestley, The history and present state of discoveries relating
to vision, light, and colours (London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1772),
s poglavljem o Boškoviću: »Chapter III. Of the extreme subtilty and
momentum of light, and M. Boscovich’s general hypothesis«, pp.
383–394;
2. Joseph Priestley, Disquisitions relating to matter and the spirit (London:
Printed for J. Johnson, 1777), u: »Section II. Of impenetrability, as
ascribed to matter«, pp. 11–23, s velikim navodom o Boškoviću na pp.
19–23, preuzetim iz prethodne knjige;
3. John Robison, »On the motion of light, as affected by refracting and
reflecting substances, which are also in motion«, Transactions of the
Royal Society of Edinburgh 2 (1790), pp. 83–111, figg. 1–4, s nadnevkom
čitanja »Read by Mr Playfair, April 7, 1788«, koji sadržava
i divljenje Boškovićevoj Teoriji i kritiku dviju Boškovićevih optičkih
rasprava tiskanih 1785. godine;
4. Dugald Stewart, Elements of the philosophy of the human mind, the
second edition, corrected. (London: Printed by A. Strahan, Printers-
Street; for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, in the Strand; and W. Creech,
Edinburgh, 1802), o Boškovićevu sustavu ili teoriji na pp. 86-87, 90,
400; o Boškovićevoj analogiji prostora i vremena na p. 350;
5. Thomas Thomson, System of chemistry in four volumes, Vol. I. (Edinburgh:
Printed by John Brown, 1802), u poglavlju »Chap. VI. Of simple
bodies in general«, pp. 380–386, o Boškovićevoj teoriji na p. 386;
6. John Leslie, Experimental inquiry into the nature, and propagation,
of heat (Edinburgh: Printed for J. Mawman, 1804), u: »Note XI. p.
125«, pp. 515–516, s opisom i crtežom Boškovićeve krivulje silā, te
u Chapter VIII., pp. 115–136, u kojem Leslie želi otkriti princip koji
»zajedno povezuje ove zanimljive činjenice«, na pp. 118–129;
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