History of the inductive sciences from the earliest to the present time.
By: By William Whewell ...
Edition: 3d ed., with additions ...
Publisher: D. Appleton and company
Published: 1858
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
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. VI. Mechanics, including fluid mechanics. VII. Physical astronomy. Additions to the 3d ed.; title: v. 2. VIII. Acoustics. IX. Optics, formal and physical. X. Thermotics and atmology. 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. Additions to the 3d ed.