Emergence of modern scientific discourse in the American continent: knowledge claims in the discovery of Erythronium/Vanadium in Mexico (1802–1832)
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- 作者：Francisco Collazo-Reyes ; María Elena Luna-Morales ; Jane M. Russell…
- 关键词：Modern science ; America ; Andrés Manuel del Río ; Erythronium ; Vanadium ; Knowledge claims ; Science history ; Mexico
- 刊名：Scientometrics
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：March 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：110
- 期：3
- 页码：1505-1521
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- 刊物主题：Information Storage and Retrieval; Library Science;
- 出版者：Springer Netherlands
- ISSN：1588-2861
- 卷排序：110
文摘
In the present paper, we study the discovery of the chemical element number 23, Erythronium/Vanadium (E/V), as an early example of the modern process of validating knowledge claims in México. We examined the published work between 1802 and 1832 of Andrés Manuel del Río (AMR) in the Royal Mining Seminar of México and contrasted the styles of argument and forms of certification between his teaching and experimental writings concerning his claim to the paternity of E/V discovery. We also analyze the respective papers of European authors that replicated, rediscovered and certified AMR’s finding. We use a combination of bibliometric, sociotechnical network and literary critical analysis in order to show that the certification of E/V spawned an emerging mode for producing and validating new knowledge in the American continent and particularly in México. In turn, this approach supports AMR’s claim to the discovery of E/V from the production process of the lead brown ore in Zimapán, México.