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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


Copyright, 1904, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

All rights reserved Published November, 1904.