晚清电学传播史若干问题考订

Some Corrections in the Study of the Transmission of Electrical Knowledge in Late Qing Dynasty

本文主要讨论四个问题。(1)就《博物通书》的文本解读和两位前辈学者商榷。(2)学界对《电学纲目》的出版时间说法不同,现考订为1880年11月至1882年间,并重估其历史地位。(3)对《中国物理学史(近现代卷)》一书中的电学介绍进行勘误。(4)纠正《晚清电磁学的传入——基于期刊的考察》一书中的史料误读和误解。

This paper does four things. First, it stages a critical debate with two earlier scholars on the question of the textual interpretation of Bo Wu Tong Shu. Secondly, joining the scholarly debate on the publication date of Dian Xue Gang Mu, it attempts to give its own estimate, locating the date to sometime between the November of 1880 and the year 1882. It also re-evaluates the historical significance of Dian Xue Gang Mu.Thirdly, it discusses and corrects the mistakes made in the introduction of electrical knowledge in History of Physics in China(Volume on Modern China). Lastly, it corrects the mis-interpretations of source material in the part on electrical knowledge in the book, The Transmission of Electromagnetism in Late Qing Dynasty: Based on the Examinations of Journals.