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“Confirmed by Experiment”: Notes on Physics Instruments and Experimentation in 19th-Century Istanbul (1809-1876)

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“Confirmed by Experiment”: Notes on Physics Instruments and Experimentation in 19th-Century Istanbul (1809-1876)

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The present study examines the emergence of experimentation in the Ottoman schools of engineering, medicine, and military arts that were founded in Istanbul to teach modern sciences, as well as in Mekteb-i Sultani, an Ottoman-French secondary school. The study also addresses how the Istanbul population encountered experiments through the public conferences organized at Darülfünun [House of Sciences] that opened in 1863. This article also questions the fate of experimentation in Darülfünun-i Osmani, which was established in 1870. The students in these institutions first encountered experiments in the Turkish translations of European physics textbooks. Because demonstrations (bi’t-tecrübe ispat) depend on the availability of scientific instruments, didactic instruments were purchased from European instrument makers in order to establish cabinets of physics in these schools. However, the scarcity of archival documents related to imported instruments and the absence of collections render making a full assessment of experimental teaching in Istanbul’s educational institutions difficult. The present article is introductory in nature, and future research on instruments purchased for Ottoman secondary schools and the collections kept in non-Muslim schools of the Empire will surely provide a greater picture.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Kaynakça

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Genel Türk Tarihi (Diğer)

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

6 Temmuz 2023

Gönderilme Tarihi

10 Nisan 2023

Kabul Tarihi

2 Mayıs 2023

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2023 Cilt: 24 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA
Günergun, F. (2023). “Confirmed by Experiment”: Notes on Physics Instruments and Experimentation in 19th-Century Istanbul (1809-1876). Osmanli Bilimi Arastirmalari (Studies in Ottoman Science), 24(2), 743-799. https://doi.org/10.26650/oba.232413
AMA
1.Günergun F. “Confirmed by Experiment”: Notes on Physics Instruments and Experimentation in 19th-Century Istanbul (1809-1876). Osmanli Bilimi Arastirmalari (Studies in Ottoman Science). 2023;24(2):743-799. doi:10.26650/oba.232413
Chicago
Günergun, Feza. 2023. “‘Confirmed by Experiment’: Notes on Physics Instruments and Experimentation in 19th-Century Istanbul (1809-1876)”. Osmanli Bilimi Arastirmalari (Studies in Ottoman Science) 24 (2): 743-99. https://doi.org/10.26650/oba.232413.
EndNote
Günergun F (01 Temmuz 2023) “Confirmed by Experiment”: Notes on Physics Instruments and Experimentation in 19th-Century Istanbul (1809-1876). Osmanli Bilimi Arastirmalari (Studies in Ottoman Science) 24 2 743–799.
IEEE
[1]F. Günergun, “‘Confirmed by Experiment’: Notes on Physics Instruments and Experimentation in 19th-Century Istanbul (1809-1876)”, Osmanli Bilimi Arastirmalari (Studies in Ottoman Science), c. 24, sy 2, ss. 743–799, Tem. 2023, doi: 10.26650/oba.232413.
ISNAD
Günergun, Feza. “‘Confirmed by Experiment’: Notes on Physics Instruments and Experimentation in 19th-Century Istanbul (1809-1876)”. Osmanli Bilimi Arastirmalari (Studies in Ottoman Science) 24/2 (01 Temmuz 2023): 743-799. https://doi.org/10.26650/oba.232413.
JAMA
1.Günergun F. “Confirmed by Experiment”: Notes on Physics Instruments and Experimentation in 19th-Century Istanbul (1809-1876). Osmanli Bilimi Arastirmalari (Studies in Ottoman Science). 2023;24:743–799.
MLA
Günergun, Feza. “‘Confirmed by Experiment’: Notes on Physics Instruments and Experimentation in 19th-Century Istanbul (1809-1876)”. Osmanli Bilimi Arastirmalari (Studies in Ottoman Science), c. 24, sy 2, Temmuz 2023, ss. 743-99, doi:10.26650/oba.232413.
Vancouver
1.Feza Günergun. “Confirmed by Experiment”: Notes on Physics Instruments and Experimentation in 19th-Century Istanbul (1809-1876). Osmanli Bilimi Arastirmalari (Studies in Ottoman Science). 01 Temmuz 2023;24(2):743-99. doi:10.26650/oba.232413