Abstract:THE VISCOUNT OF BARBACENA AND JOSÉ ÁLVARES MACIEL: CONNECTION IN SCIENCE AND DISCONNECTION IN POLITICS. These two men were former natural philosophy students from the University of Coimbra. Barbacena finished in 1775 and obtained a doctorate in 1776, whereas Maciel graduated in 1785 and then did scientific and industrial work in Portugal and England. The Viscount was a founder member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences in 1779, and its secretary for 9 years. Both came to Brazil in 1788, when the Viscount was nam… Show more
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