Meteorology, Timekeeping and “Scientific Occupation”: Colonial Observatories in the Third Portuguese Empire
This paper presents a tentative overview of colonial observatories in the Third Portuguese Empire (1825-1957). The main issue under focus is the problem of action from a distance, that is, the attempts to steer an imperial network of observation from Lisbon, the tensions and obstacles that emerged i...
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| Izdano u: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cahierscfv, |
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Jezik: | Anglais |
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Cahiers François Viète
2022
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| Online pristup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |