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A History of Science

  
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CONTENTS
  
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A HISTORY OF SCIENCEBOOK IIIMODERN DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES

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I THE SUCCESSORS OF NEWTON IN ASTRONOMY
  
HEVELIUS AND HALLEY
  
BRADLEY AND THE ABERRATION OF LIGHT
  
FRENCH ASTRONOMERS
  
LEONARD EULER
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II THE PROGRESS OF MODERN ASTRONOMY
  
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THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS OF KANT
  
LAPLACE AND THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS
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ASTEROIDS AND SATELLITES
  
The Discovery of Neptune
  
The Rings of Saturn
  
Studies of the Moon
  
COMETS AND METEORS
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THE FIXED STARS
  
Double Stars
  
The Distance of the Stars
  
Revelations of the Spectroscope
  
The Astronomy of the Invisible
  
The Structure of Nebulæ
  
Lockyer's Meteoric Hypothesis
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III THE NEW SCIENCE OF PALEONTOLOGY
  
WILLIAM SMITH AND FOSSIL SHELLS
  
CUVIER AND FOSSIL VERTEBRATES
  
CHARLES LYELL COMBATS CATASTROPHISM
  
THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
  
FOSSIL MAN
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THE FOSSIL-BEDS OF AMERICA
  
Marsh Describes the Fossil Horse
  
PALEONTOLOGY OF EVOLUTION
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IV THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN GEOLOGY
  
JAMES HUTTON
  
MODERN GEOLOGY
  
NEPTUNISTS VERSUS PLUTONISTS
  
LYELL AND UNIFORMITARIANISM
  
AGASSIZ AND THE GLACIAL THEORY
  
THE GEOLOGICAL AGES
  
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
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VTHE NEW SCIENCE OF METEOROLOGY
  
METEORITES
  
THE AURORA BOREALIS
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EVAPORATION, CLOUD FORMATION, AND DEW
  
Dr. Wells's Essay on Dew
  
ISOTHERMS AND OCEAN CURRENTS
  
CYCLONES AND ANTI-CYCLONES
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VI MODERN THEORIES OF HEAT AND LIGHT
  
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COUNT RUMFORD AND THE VIBRATORY THEORY OF HEAT
  
THOMAS YOUNG AND THE WAVE THEORY OF LIGHT
  
ARAGO AND FRESNEL CHAMPION THE WAVE THEORY
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VII THE MODERN DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
  
GALVANI AND VOLTA
  
DAVY AND ELECTRIC LIGHT
  
ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
  
FARADAY AND ELECTRO-MAGNETIC INDUCTION
  
STORAGE BATTERIES
  
ROENTGEN RAYS, OR X-RAYS
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VIIITHE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
  
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MAYER'S PAPER OF 1842
  
MAYER AND HELMHOLTZ
  
JOULE'S PAPER OF 1843
  
JOULE OR MAYER?
  
LORD KELVIN AND THE DISSIPATION OF ENERGY
  
THE FINAL UNIFICATION
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IX THE ETHER AND PONDERABLE MATTER

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APPENDIX REFERENCE-LIST
  
CHAPTER ITHE SUCCESSORS OF NEWTON IN ASTRONOMY
  
CHAPTER IITHE PROGRESS OF MODERN ASTRONOMY
  
CHAPTER IIITHE NEW SCIENCE OF PALEONTOLOGY
  
CHAPTER IVTHE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN GEOLOGY
  
CHAPTER VTHE NEW SCIENCE OF METEOROLOGY
  
CHAPTER VIMODERN THEORIES OF HEAT AND LIGHT
  
CHAPTER VIITHE MODERN DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
  
CHAPTER VIIITHE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
  
CHAPTER IXTHE ETHER AND PONDERABLE MATTER
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A
HISTORY OF SCIENCE

BY

HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS, M.D., LL.D.

ASSISTED BY
EDWARD H. WILLIAMS, M.D.


IN FIVE VOLUMES
VOLUME III.

MODERN DEVELOPMENT OF THE
PHYSICAL SCIENCES

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK AND LONDON

HARPER & BROTHERS
PUBLISHERS MCMIV

Copyright, 1904, by HARPER & BROTHERS.
All rights reserved Published November, 1904.
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