At Heidelberg, Leonhard restarted his business in the early 1820s and again, it rapidly became well known: for several decades the Heidelberger Mineralien-Compoir was one of Europe’s leading mineral shops. He ran the shop for about ten years before he moved, first to Munich, and then in 1818 to Heidelberg where he became a professor of mineralogy and geology. Making objects move: On minerals and their dealers in 19th century GermanyĪround 1804, the mineralogist and geognost Carl Caesar Leonhard (1779-1862) started a mineral business at Hanau (Germany), which immediately became widely known among mineral collectors. Packing techniques and political obedience as scientific issues
Past issues > Vol.5, Spring 2012 > articleĪnnalisa Managlia, Umberto Mossetti, Ariane Dröscher HOST - Journal of History of Science and Technology
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