“A Chimica entre Nós”, de João Martins Teixeira: Breve Análise e Transcrição de um Texto Pioneiro sobre a História (do Ensino) da Química no Brasil

Resumo

In 1875, João Martins Teixeira, then professor at the Medical School of Rio de Janeiro, published the
textbook Noções de chimica geral (Notions of general chemistry). The work concludes with a section
dedicated to the history of chemistry, whose final text is entitled “A chimica entre nós” (Chemistry among
us). In the present work, after outlining the conditions of production of the textbook and reviewing some
researches on it, we carry out a meta-historiographical analysis of this pioneering text, examining its
nature as a source on the history of chemistry teaching in Brazil, its use of the term “scientific revolution”
and its possible philosophical inspirations (regarding statements about scientific work). The article ends
with a transcription of “A chimica entre nós”, with updated spelling.