Williams, Henry Smith, 1863-1943. A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science
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[6] (p. 101). Rothmann, History of Astronomy (in the Library of Useful Knowledge), London, 1834.
[7] (p. 102). William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences, 3 Vols, London, 1847-Vol. II., p. 48.
[8] (p. 111). The Lives of Eminent Persons, by Biot, Jardine, Bethune, etc., London, 1833.
[9] (p. 113). William Gilbert, De Magnete, translated by P. Fleury Motteley, London, 1893. In the biographical memoir, p. xvi.
[10] (p. 114). Gilbert, op. cit., p. xivii.
[11] (p. 114). Gilbert, op. cit., p. 24.
Chapter 6
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TWO PSEUDO-SCIENCES -- ALCHEMY AND
ASTROLOGY