History of the inductive sciences
Subtitle: from the earliest to the present time
By: by William Whewell.
Edition: A new ed., rev. and continued.
Publisher: John W. Parker
Published: 1847
Place of publication: London
Subjects: Science -- History
Table of contents: title: v. 1. I. The Greek school philosophy, with reference to physical science. II. The physical sciences in ancient Greece. III. Greek astronomy. IV. Physical science in the middle ages. V. Formal astronomy after the stationary period; title: v. 2. VI. Mechanics, including fluid mechanics. VII. Physical astronomy. VIII. Acoustics. IX. Optics, formal and physical. X. Thermotics and atmology; title: v. 3. XI. Electricity. XII. Magnetism. XIII. Galvanism, or Voltaic electricity. XIV. Chemistry. XV. Mineralogy. XVI. Systematic botany and zoology. XVII. Physiology and comparative anatomy. XVIII. Geology.