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A History of Science
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CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
A HISTORY OF SCIENCEBOOK IIIMODERN DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES
1.
I THE SUCCESSORS OF NEWTON IN ASTRONOMY
HEVELIUS AND HALLEY
BRADLEY AND THE ABERRATION OF LIGHT
FRENCH ASTRONOMERS
LEONARD EULER
2.
II THE PROGRESS OF MODERN ASTRONOMY
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THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS OF KANT
LAPLACE AND THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS
ASTEROIDS AND SATELLITES
The Discovery of Neptune
The Rings of Saturn
Studies of the Moon
COMETS AND METEORS
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
3.
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
THE FOSSIL-BEDS OF AMERICA
Marsh Describes the Fossil Horse
PALEONTOLOGY OF EVOLUTION
4.
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
5.
VTHE NEW SCIENCE OF METEOROLOGY
METEORITES
THE AURORA BOREALIS
EVAPORATION, CLOUD FORMATION, AND DEW
Dr. Wells's Essay on Dew
ISOTHERMS AND OCEAN CURRENTS
CYCLONES AND ANTI-CYCLONES
6.
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
8.
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
9.
IX THE ETHER AND PONDERABLE MATTER
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
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.
A History of Science
