Abstract

HILAIRE-PEREZ, Liliane. The heritage of technical knowledge, between History and memory: the case of the deposits of invention in France and England in the eighteenth century. Varia hist. [online]. 2011, vol.27, n.46, pp. 509-526. ISSN 0104-8775.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0104-87752011000200006.

This article examines the tension between history and memory in the process of knowledge heritage. From the example of the techniques and especially by the case of deposits of inventions that multiply in the eighteenth century in France and England discuss the opening of a new way of heritage distinct from the collections, cabinets of curiosities and museums.

Keywords : memory; inventions; patrimony.