Williams, Henry Smith, 1863-1943. A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science
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  • Front Matter
  • Chapter 1 I SCIENCE IN THE DARK AGE
  • Chapter 2 II MEDIÆVAL SCIENCE AMONG THE ARABIANS
  • Chapter 3 III MEDIÆVAL SCIENCE IN THE WEST
    • Section NEW BEGINNINGS IN GENERAL SCIENCE
  • Chapter 4 IV THE NEW COSMOLOGY--COPERNICUS TO KEPLER AND GALILEO
    • Section JOHANN KEPLER AND THE LAWS OF PLANETARY MOTION
  • Chapter 5 V GALILEO AND THE NEW PHYSICS
    • Section STEVINUS AND THE LAW OF EQUILIBRIUM
    • Section GALILEO AND THE EQUILIBRIUM OF FLUIDS
    • Section WILLIAM GILBERT AND THE STUDY OF MAGNETISM
    • Section STUDIES OF LIGHT, HEAT, AND ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
  • Chapter 6 VI TWO PSEUDO-SCIENCES--ALCHEMY AND ASTROLOGY
  • Chapter 7 VII FROM PARACELSUS TO HARVEY
  • Chapter 8 VIII MEDICINE IN THE SIXTEENTH AND SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES
  • Chapter 9 IX PHILOSOPHER-SCIENTISTS AND NEW INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING
  • Chapter 10 X THE SUCCESSORS OF GALILEO IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE
  • Chapter 11 XI NEWTON AND THE COMPOSITION OF LIGHT
  • Chapter 12 XII NEWTON AND THE LAW OF GRAVITATION
  • Chapter 13 XIII INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION IN THE AGE OF NEWTON
  • Chapter 14 XIV PROGRESS IN ELECTRICITY FROM GILBERT AND VON GUERICKE TO FRANKLIN
    • Section THE EXPERIMENTS OF STEPHEN GRAY
    • Section Dufay Discovers Vitreous and Resinous Electricity
    • Section LUDOLFF'S EXPERIMENT WITH THE ELECTRIC SPARK
    • Section Franklin's Theory of Electricity
    • Section Franklin Invents the Lightning-rod
    • Section Franklin Proves that Lightning is Electricity
  • Chapter 15 XV NATURAL HISTORY TO THE TIME OF LINNÆUS
  • Back Matter