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A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science

  
SIR ISAAC NEWTON
  
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CONTENTS BOOK II
  
ILLUSTRATIONS
  
A HISTORY OF SCIENCE BOOK II THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN SCIENCE

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I SCIENCE IN THE DARK AGE
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II MEDIÆVAL SCIENCE AMONG THE ARABIANS
  
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ARABIAN MEDICINE
  
ARABIAN HOSPITALS
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III MEDIÆVAL SCIENCE IN THE WEST
  
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THIRTEENTH-CENTURY MEDICINE
  
FIFTEENTH-CENTURY MEDICINE
  
NEW BEGINNINGS IN GENERAL SCIENCE
  
ROGER BACON
  
LEONARDO DA VINCI
  
Notes
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IV THE NEW COSMOLOGY—COPERNICUS TO KEPLER AND GALILEO
  
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JOHANN KEPLER AND THE LAWS OF PLANETARY MOTION
  
GALILEO GALILEI
  
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V GALILEO AND THE NEW PHYSICS
  
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STEVINUS AND THE LAW OF EQUILIBRIUM
  
GALILEO AND THE EQUILIBRIUM OF FLUIDS
  
WILLIAM GILBERT AND THE STUDY OF MAGNETISM
  
STUDIES OF LIGHT, HEAT, AND ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
  
TORRICELLI
  
Notes
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VI TWO PSEUDO-SCIENCES—ALCHEMY AND ASTROLOGY
  
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ASTROLOGY
  
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VII FROM PARACELSUS TO HARVEY
  
PARACELSUS
  
THE GREAT ANATOMISTS
  
THE COMING OF HARVEY
  
LEEUWENHOEK DISCOVERS BACTERIA
  
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VIII MEDICINE IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES
  
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THOMAS SYDENHAM
  
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IX PHILOSOPHER-SCIENTISTS AND NEW INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING
  
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SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
  
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X THE SUCCESSORS OF GALILEO IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE
  
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ROBERT BOYLE (1627-1691)
  
MARIOTTE AND VON GUERICKE
  
ROBERT HOOKE
  
CHRISTIAN HUYGENS
  
Notes
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XI NEWTON AND THE COMPOSITION OF LIGHT
  
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THE COMPOSITION OF WHITE LIGHT
  
THE NATURE OF COLOR
  
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XII NEWTON AND THE LAW OF GRAVITATION
  
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PROPOSITION V., THEOREM V.
  
SCHOLIUM
  
PROPOSITION VI., THEOREM VI.
  
PROPOSITION VII., THEOREM VII.
  
Notes
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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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THE EXPERIMENTS OF STEPHEN GRAY
  
EXPERIMENTS OF CISTERNAY DUFAY
  
Dufay Discovers Vitreous and Resinous Electricity
  
LUDOLFF'S EXPERIMENT WITH THE ELECTRIC SPARK
  
THE LEYDEN JAR DISCOVERED
  
WILLIAM WATSON
  
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
  
Franklin's Theory of Electricity
  
Franklin Invents the Lightning-rod
  
Franklin Proves that Lightning is Electricity
  
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XV NATURAL HISTORY TO THE TIME OF LINNÆUS

  
APPENDIX REFERENCE-LIST
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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 II.

THE BEGINNINGS OF SCIENCE
ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS MCMIV
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