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Experiments And Observations On Electricity - Made At Philadelphia In America

by Benjamin Franklin

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 This 1769 work brings together published and unpublished letters both from and to Benjamin Franklin, which demonstrate the range of his interests. The letters show a lively transatlantic group of scientific friends and colleagues describing their experiments, interpreting each others' results, and theorizing on all aspects of the natural world.
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Conferences Held In Connection With The Special Loan Collection Of Scientific Apparatus, 1876 - Physics And Mechanics

by Various Authors

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 In 1876 the South Kensington Museum held a major international exhibition of scientific instruments and equipment, both historical and contemporary. A series of conferences in May allowed many distinguished scientists to discuss the items on display. This two-volume collection of their reports covers physics, mechanics, chemistry, biology, and earth sciences.
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The Cobham Journals - Abstracts And Summaries Of Meteorological And Phenological Observations Made By Miss Caroline Molesworth, At Cobham, Surrey, In The Years 1825 To 1850

by Caroline Molesworth

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 Caroline Molesworth began to make scientific observations in the garden of her home in Cobham, Surrey in 1823, and continued until 1867. This 1880 publication, edited by the entomologist Eleanor Ormerod, summarises Molesworth's records for the period 1825â€"50, providing a record of use to anyone investigating long-term climate change.
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The Arrangement Of Atoms In Space

by Jacobus Henricus Van 'T Hoff

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 Awarded the first Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1901, Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852â€"1911) pioneered the field of stereochemistry (the three-dimensional analysis of chemical structures). This 1898 translation is based on the revised version of his major work, La chimie dans l'espace, and covers organic and inorganic compounds.
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A Mathematical And Philosophical Dictionary - Containing An Explanation Of The Terms, And An Account Of The Several Subjects, Comprized Under The Heads Mathematics, Astronomy, And Philosophy, Both

by Charles Hutton

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 Charles Hutton (1737â€"1823) was professor of mathematics at the Royal Military Academy when he published this two-volume encyclopaedia in 1795â€"6. He aimed to cover contemporary mathematics and natural philosophy, as well as engineering. The excellent historical and biographical articles make the work a valuable record of eighteenth-century science.
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A Mathematical And Philosophical Dictionary - Containing An Explanation Of The Terms, And An Account Of The Several Subjects, Comprized Under The Heads Mathematics, Astronomy, And Philosophy, Both

by Charles Hutton

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 Charles Hutton (1737â€"1823) was professor of mathematics at the Royal Military Academy when he published this two-volume encyclopaedia in 1795â€"6. He aimed to cover contemporary mathematics and natural philosophy, as well as engineering. The excellent historical and biographical articles make the work a valuable record of eighteenth-century science.
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An Experimental Inquiry Into The Nature And Propagation Of Heat

by John Leslie

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 In this 1804 publication, Scottish mathematician and natural philosopher Sir John Leslie (1766â€"1832) investigates the nature of heat radiation using a set of carefully devised experiments. Although Leslie established several basic laws of heat radiation, and also made innovations in instrumentation, the work caused controversy among Scottish clergymen.
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The Common Sense Of The Exact Sciences

by William Kingdon Clifford

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 The mathematician William Kingdon Clifford (1845â€"79) intended this work to be intelligible to non-specialists. Unfinished at his death, the book was completed by Karl Pearson and published in 1885. It explores five fundamental areas of mathematics - number, space, quantity, position and motion - delivering several original results along the way.
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Sound - A Course Of Eight Lectures Delivered At The Royal Institution Of Great Britain

by John Tyndall

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 Professor of natural philosophy at the Royal Institution between 1853 and 1887, the British physicist John Tyndall (1820â€"93) sought to share scientific understanding with the Victorian public. In this collection of eight illustrated lectures, first published in 1867, he explains numerous acoustic phenomena for a non-specialist audience.
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History And Root Of The Principle Of The Conservation Of Energy

by Ernst Mach

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 The Austrian scientist Ernst Mach (1838â€"1916) carried out work of importance in several fields of enquiry, including physics and physiology. First published in German in 1872, and translated here in 1911 from the 1909 second edition, this short work discusses the formulation of one of science's most fundamental theories.
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Heat Considered As A Mode Of Motion - Being A Course Of Twelve Lectures Delivered At The Royal Institution Of Great Britain In The Season Of 1862

by John Tyndall

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 Professor of natural philosophy at the Royal Institution between 1853 and 1887, the physicist John Tyndall (1820â€"93) sought to share scientific understanding with the Victorian public. In this collection of twelve illustrated lectures, first published in 1863, he discusses the properties of heat and its associated physical processes.
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Conversations On Natural Philosophy - In Which The Elements Of That Science Are Familiarly Explained And Adapted To The Comprehension Of Young Pupils

by Jane Haldimand Marcet

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 Inspired by conversations with the famous scientists she entertained, Jane Haldimand Marcet (1769â€"1858) wrote a series of textbooks in the form of discussions between teacher and pupils. Published in 1819, this introduction to physics and astronomy served as one of the first scientific primers for young people, especially girls.
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Space And Geometry In The Light Of Physiological, Psychological And Physical Inquiry

by Ernst Mach

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 The Austrian scientist Ernst Mach (1838â€"1916) carried out work of importance in many fields of enquiry, including physics, physiology, psychology and philosophy. In these essays, published in this English translation in 1906, Mach examines geometry from three different perspectives, arguing that a mathematical standpoint alone is inadequate.
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Popular Scientific Lectures

by Ernst Mach

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 Austrian physicist Ernst Mach (1838â€"1916) gave the twelve lectures presented here between 1864 and 1894. This English translation appeared in 1895. Mach discusses a range of scientific topics, addressing electrostatics, the conservation of energy, and why humans have two eyes. The final four lectures are more philosophical in nature.
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The Science Of Mechanics - A Critical And Historical Exposition Of Its Principles

by Ernst Mach

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 This is the 1893 English translation of the 1888 second German edition of Ernst Mach's historical and philosophical account of mechanics. Discussing the development of statics and dynamics, it was originally written to clarify physical concepts without detailed mathematical discussion, and is best known for its criticism of Newtonian concepts of time and space.
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The History And Present State Of Electricity - With Original Experiments

by Joseph Priestley

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 Although Joseph Priestley (1733â€"1804) is best known now for his work in chemistry, he was also dedicated to promoting the investigation of electricity - a topic often overlooked by his contemporaries. In this 1767 work, he explores the history of electrical study from ancient Greece to the most recent experiments.
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Sundials And Roses Of Yesterday - Garden Delights Which Are Here Displayed In Every Truth And Are Moreover Regarded As Emblems

by Alice Morse Earle

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 The American author Alice Morse Earle (1851â€"1911) practised a distinctive form of historical writing which made innovative use of material evidence in its focus on the details of everyday life. Lavishly illustrated, this 1902 work illuminates the social history of two 'garden delights': sundials and roses.
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An Account Of Experiments To Determine The Figure Of The Earth By Means Of The Pendulum Vibrating Seconds In Different Latitudes - As Well As On Various Other Subjects Of Philosophical Inquiry

by Edward Sabine

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 By the early nineteenth century, it was widely accepted that gravity varied at different points across the Earth's surface, and that the Earth could not be perfectly spherical. This 1825 work documents the groundbreaking experiments of Edward Sabine (1788â€"1883), the first physicist to produce accurate measurements of this ellipticity.
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Consolations In Travel - Or, The Last Days Of A Philosopher

by Humphry Davy

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 Published posthumously in 1830, this collection of poetry, autobiographical sketches, descriptions of dreams, philosophical musings on the afterlife and, in the view of one contemporary review, 'some (matter) almost bordering on the absurd' proved a poignant and controversial postscript to the illustrious life of perhaps the first celebrity scientist.
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Bibliographia Zoologiae Et Geologiae: Volume 4 - A General Catalogue Of All Books, Tracts, And Memoirs On Zoology And Geology

by Louis Agassiz

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 Compiled by the eminent naturalist, geologist and palaeontologist Louis Agassiz (1807â€"73) and expanded by H. E. Strickland (1811â€"53), this four-volume catalogue, published between 1848 and 1854, provides an extensive list of the zoological and geological literature available just prior to the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species.
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Bibliographia Zoologiae Et Geologiae: Volume 3 - A General Catalogue Of All Books, Tracts, And Memoirs On Zoology And Geology

by Louis Agassiz

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 Compiled by the eminent naturalist, geologist and palaeontologist Louis Agassiz (1807â€"73) and expanded by H. E. Strickland (1811â€"53), this four-volume catalogue, published between 1848 and 1854, provides an extensive list of the zoological and geological literature available just prior to the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species.
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Bibliographia Zoologiae Et Geologiae: Volume 2 - A General Catalogue Of All Books, Tracts, And Memoirs On Zoology And Geology

by Louis Agassiz

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 Compiled by the eminent naturalist, geologist and palaeontologist Louis Agassiz (1807â€"73) and expanded by H. E. Strickland (1811â€"53), this four-volume catalogue, published between 1848 and 1854, provides an extensive list of the zoological and geological literature available just prior to the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species.
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Bibliographia Zoologiae Et Geologiae: Volume 1 - A General Catalogue Of All Books, Tracts, And Memoirs On Zoology And Geology

by Louis Agassiz

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 Compiled by the eminent naturalist, geologist and palaeontologist Louis Agassiz (1807â€"73) and expanded by H. E. Strickland (1811â€"53), this four-volume catalogue, published between 1848 and 1854, provides an extensive list of the zoological and geological literature available just prior to the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species.
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Meteorological Essays And Observations

by J. Frederic Daniell

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 Why does mercury move in a barometer? Why do plants require light? And did Pliny the Elder understand the theory behind atmospheric humidity better than the scientists of the early nineteenth century? This popular collection of essays, revised and published in 1827, tackles all these questions and more.
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