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II MEDIÆVAL SCIENCE AMONG THE ARABIANS

III MEDIÆVAL SCIENCE IN THE WEST

IV THE NEW COSMOLOGY—COPERNICUS TO KEPLER AND GALILEO

V GALILEO AND THE NEW PHYSICS

VI TWO PSEUDO-SCIENCES—ALCHEMY AND ASTROLOGY

VII FROM PARACELSUS TO HARVEY

VIII MEDICINE IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES

IX PHILOSOPHER-SCIENTISTS AND NEW INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING

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X THE SUCCESSORS OF GALILEO IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE

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XI NEWTON AND THE COMPOSITION OF LIGHT

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PROPOSITION V., THEOREM V.

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PROPOSITION VI., THEOREM VI.

PROPOSITION VII., THEOREM VII.

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XIII INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION IN THE AGE OF NEWTON

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XIV PROGRESS IN ELECTRICITY FROM GILBERT AND VON GUERICKE TO FRANKLIN

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XV NATURAL HISTORY TO THE TIME OF LINNÆUS

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"The force which retains the celestial bodies in their orbits has been hitherto called centripetal force; but it being now made plain that it can be no other than a gravitating force, we shall hereafter call it gravity. For the cause of the centripetal force which retains the moon in its orbit will extend itself to all the planets by Rules i., ii., and iii.

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