| Description |
xii, 244 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge English prose texts |
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Cambridge English prose texts.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Acknowledgements; Introduction; Francis Bacon (1561 1626) 1. Preparative towards a Natural and Experimental History, 1620; 2. New Atlantis, c.1624; Robert Boyle (1627 1691) 3. Experiments with the air pump, 1660; 4. The Sceptical Chymist, 1661; Henry Power (1623 1668) 5. Experimental Philosophy, 1664; Robert Hooke (1635 1702) 6. Micrographia, 1665; 7. On Earthquakes and Fossils, 1668; Thomas Sprat (1635 1713) 8. History of the Royal Society, 1667; John Wilkins (1614 1672) 9. An Essay Towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language, 1668; Isaac Newton (1642 1727) 10. A New Theory about Light and Colours, 1672; Appendix; Glossary; Notes; Select Bibliography |
| Analysis |
England Science, ca 1600-1700 |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 227-244 |
| Subject |
Science -- Great Britain -- History.
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| Author |
Vickers, Brian.
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| LC no. |
86019265 |
| ISBN |
0521304083 |
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0521316839 (paperback) |
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