This chapter investigates Franz Aepinus’ theory of electrical phenomena. His ideas were based on Benjamin Franklin’s one fluid theory, but with a Newtonian action-at-a-distance replacing Franklin’s electrical atmospheres. His explanations, most heavily mathematized, and the influence of mathematics in devising arguments and experiments show that his theory was mathematics-oriented instead of mechanistic-oriented (Johann Euler’s case).

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Franz Aepinus’ Mathematization

  • Lucas Marcelo Cavalari Nardi

摘要

This chapter investigates Franz Aepinus’ theory of electrical phenomena. His ideas were based on Benjamin Franklin’s one fluid theory, but with a Newtonian action-at-a-distance replacing Franklin’s electrical atmospheres. His explanations, most heavily mathematized, and the influence of mathematics in devising arguments and experiments show that his theory was mathematics-oriented instead of mechanistic-oriented (Johann Euler’s case).