Parrot’s Laboratory in the Borderland
Journal: Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum
Year: 2018

Parrot, professor of physics at the university of tartu/Dorpat from 1802 until 1826, founded the best physics laboratory in the russian empire, containing ca. 450 experimental devices of which more than 60 had been invented by Parrot himself. of the total number of instruments approximately 50 are still preserved in the university of tartu Museum collections. The article is the first attempt to give a historical background of the laboratory, using Parrot's own writings, archival sources and the