Follow the data: administering science at Edward Sabine's magnetic department, Woolwich, 1841–57

IF 0.4 3区 哲学 Q3 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
M. Goodman
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Abstract

This paper considers the transmission of magnetic observations from overseas, colonial, observatories and the removal of these data from manuscripts to become the printed results of the so-called magnetic crusade, between 1841 and 1857. The processes adopted by Edward Sabine's magnetic department at Woolwich Arsenal to cope with the accumulation of very literal masses of data are considered, as well as the politicking that attended Sabine's attempts to have this department installed within the space occupied by, and the bureaucracy of, the Board of Ordnance. The magnetic crusade was one of the largest data-collecting enterprises of the nineteenth century, and a history of its data-management processes provides an important contribution to recent attempts to historicize discussions about Big Data and perceptions of information overload.
跟着数据走:1841年至1857年,在伍尔维奇,爱德华·萨宾的磁学部门管理科学
本文考虑了1841年至1857年间,从海外、殖民地、天文台传输的磁观测数据,以及从手稿中删除这些数据,成为所谓的磁十字军东征的印刷结果。我们考虑了爱德华·萨宾在伍尔维奇兵工厂的磁性部门处理大量数据的过程,以及萨宾试图将该部门安置在军械局的官僚机构中所进行的政治活动。磁性十字军是19世纪最大的数据收集企业之一,其数据管理过程的历史为最近试图将关于大数据的讨论和信息过载的看法历史化提供了重要贡献。
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期刊介绍: Notes and Records is an international journal which publishes original research in the history of science, technology and medicine. In addition to publishing peer-reviewed research articles in all areas of the history of science, technology and medicine, Notes and Records welcomes other forms of contribution including: research notes elucidating recent archival discoveries (in the collections of the Royal Society and elsewhere); news of research projects and online and other resources of interest to historians; essay reviews, on material relating primarily to the history of the Royal Society; and recollections or autobiographical accounts written by Fellows and others recording important moments in science from the recent past.
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