Eyewitnesses to the Phenomenon of Russian Cold: Robert Boyle and the Accounts of Early Travelers North
The article was submitted on 23.08.2021. I want to thank Professor Paul Bushkovitch for his helpful comments and kindness in reading this text. This article examines the Russian cold as reflected in accounts of early travelers to the north. For his study of the phenomenon of cold in the early 1660s,...
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fturalfuniv:oai:elar.urfu.ru:10995/116444 2024-01-21T10:10:04+01:00 Eyewitnesses to the Phenomenon of Russian Cold: Robert Boyle and the Accounts of Early Travelers North Jansson, М. Янссон, М. 2022 http://elar.urfu.ru/handle/10995/116444 https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=49304739 https://doi.org/10.15826/qr.2022.3.716 en eng Уральский федеральный университет Quaestio Rossica. 2022. Т. 10. № 3 Jansson М. Eyewitnesses to the Phenomenon of Russian Cold: Robert Boyle and the Accounts of Early Travelers North / М. Jansson // Quaestio Rossica. — 2022. — Т. 10, № 3. — С. 1057–1083. 2311-911X 2313-6871 http://elar.urfu.ru/handle/10995/116444 https://www.elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=49304739 doi:10.15826/qr.2022.3.716 TRAVELING AROUND RUSSIA 17TH CENTURY ROBERT BOYLE GILES FLETCHER MUSCOVY COMPANY ROYAL SOCIETY COLD ПУТЕШЕСТВИЯ ПО РОССИИ XVII В РОБЕРТ БОЙЛЬ ДЖИЛЬС ФЛЕТЧЕР МОСКОВСКАЯ КОМПАНИЯ КОРОЛЕВСКОЕ ОБЩЕСТВО ХОЛОД Article info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2022 fturalfuniv https://doi.org/10.15826/qr.2022.3.716 2023-12-26T02:13:16Z The article was submitted on 23.08.2021. I want to thank Professor Paul Bushkovitch for his helpful comments and kindness in reading this text. This article examines the Russian cold as reflected in accounts of early travelers to the north. For his study of the phenomenon of cold in the early 1660s, Robert Boyle repurposed parts of Giles Fletcher’s travel account of Russia written seventy-seven years earlier. Inspired by Sir Francis Bacon’s work on heat, Boyle sought to understand the extremes of cold but found himself hampered by its absence in northern England. Consequently, he turned, among other sources, to the printed account of Ambassador Fletcher who, sailing north on a Muscovy Company ship, had kept a journal following the Instructions and Ordinances drafted for that Company by Sebastian Cabot. Boyle found verification of the accuracy of Fletcher’s eyewitness description of cold through his friends and compatriots in the Royal Society who had been to Russia. Ultimately, this is the story of the impact of England’s mid-sixteenth century navigational technology and commercial and diplomatic relations with Russia on Robert Boyle’s late seventeenth century early scientific study of cold which, according to the author’s conclusion, demonstrates how the study of the Russian north impacted the early development of natural science in England. Статья посвящена изучению восприятия русского холода, отраженного в свидетельствах иностранцев, совершавших первые путешествия на север. Исследуя в начале 1660‑х гг. физические свойства феномена холода, Роберт Бойль адаптировал под свои задачи сообщения Джильса Флетчера о путешествии по России, написанные 77 годами ранее. Вдохновленный работой сэра Фрэнсиса Бэкона о тепле, Бойль стремился понять характеристики его противоположности – холода, но обнаружил, что его исследованиям мешает отсутствие такового в северной Англии. Поэтому он обратился, среди прочего, к печатному отчету посла Флетчера, который, плывя на север на корабле Московской компании, вел журнал, следуя ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Russian North Ural Federal University (URFU): ELAR Cabot ENVELOPE(-54.600,-54.600,-63.383,-63.383) Giles ENVELOPE(-137.617,-137.617,-75.150,-75.150) Quaestio Rossica 10 3 |
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TRAVELING AROUND RUSSIA 17TH CENTURY ROBERT BOYLE GILES FLETCHER MUSCOVY COMPANY ROYAL SOCIETY COLD ПУТЕШЕСТВИЯ ПО РОССИИ XVII В РОБЕРТ БОЙЛЬ ДЖИЛЬС ФЛЕТЧЕР МОСКОВСКАЯ КОМПАНИЯ КОРОЛЕВСКОЕ ОБЩЕСТВО ХОЛОД |
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TRAVELING AROUND RUSSIA 17TH CENTURY ROBERT BOYLE GILES FLETCHER MUSCOVY COMPANY ROYAL SOCIETY COLD ПУТЕШЕСТВИЯ ПО РОССИИ XVII В РОБЕРТ БОЙЛЬ ДЖИЛЬС ФЛЕТЧЕР МОСКОВСКАЯ КОМПАНИЯ КОРОЛЕВСКОЕ ОБЩЕСТВО ХОЛОД Jansson, М. Янссон, М. Eyewitnesses to the Phenomenon of Russian Cold: Robert Boyle and the Accounts of Early Travelers North |
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The article was submitted on 23.08.2021. I want to thank Professor Paul Bushkovitch for his helpful comments and kindness in reading this text. This article examines the Russian cold as reflected in accounts of early travelers to the north. For his study of the phenomenon of cold in the early 1660s, Robert Boyle repurposed parts of Giles Fletcher’s travel account of Russia written seventy-seven years earlier. Inspired by Sir Francis Bacon’s work on heat, Boyle sought to understand the extremes of cold but found himself hampered by its absence in northern England. Consequently, he turned, among other sources, to the printed account of Ambassador Fletcher who, sailing north on a Muscovy Company ship, had kept a journal following the Instructions and Ordinances drafted for that Company by Sebastian Cabot. Boyle found verification of the accuracy of Fletcher’s eyewitness description of cold through his friends and compatriots in the Royal Society who had been to Russia. Ultimately, this is the story of the impact of England’s mid-sixteenth century navigational technology and commercial and diplomatic relations with Russia on Robert Boyle’s late seventeenth century early scientific study of cold which, according to the author’s conclusion, demonstrates how the study of the Russian north impacted the early development of natural science in England. Статья посвящена изучению восприятия русского холода, отраженного в свидетельствах иностранцев, совершавших первые путешествия на север. Исследуя в начале 1660‑х гг. физические свойства феномена холода, Роберт Бойль адаптировал под свои задачи сообщения Джильса Флетчера о путешествии по России, написанные 77 годами ранее. Вдохновленный работой сэра Фрэнсиса Бэкона о тепле, Бойль стремился понять характеристики его противоположности – холода, но обнаружил, что его исследованиям мешает отсутствие такового в северной Англии. Поэтому он обратился, среди прочего, к печатному отчету посла Флетчера, который, плывя на север на корабле Московской компании, вел журнал, следуя ... |
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Eyewitnesses to the Phenomenon of Russian Cold: Robert Boyle and the Accounts of Early Travelers North |
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Eyewitnesses to the Phenomenon of Russian Cold: Robert Boyle and the Accounts of Early Travelers North |
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Eyewitnesses to the Phenomenon of Russian Cold: Robert Boyle and the Accounts of Early Travelers North |
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