The four elements in Robert Grosseteste's De Impressionibus Elementorum
History and Philosophy of Physics
2018-05-01 v1
Abstract
In De Impressionibus Elementorum, a treatise written by Grosseteste shortly after 1220, we can find a discussion of some phenomena involving the four classical elements (air, water, fire and earth), in the framework of an Aristotelian physics of the atmosphere. However this treatise strongly differentiates from similar works of the twelfth century for its referring to experiments. In fact, it contains some descriptions of phase transitions which are rather interesting, in particular when Grosseteste is discussing of bubbles.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1301.3037,
title = {The four elements in Robert Grosseteste's De Impressionibus Elementorum},
author = {Amelia Carolina Sparavigna},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.3037},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
Robert Grosseteste, Classical elements as states matter. Aristotle