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

D. Appleton, 1858

INTRODUCTION	39

PRELUDE TO THE GREEK SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY	55

THE GREEK SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY	63

Introduction	95

EARLIEST STAGES OF HARMONICS	105

888888	106

Introduction	111

Correction of the Civil Year Julian Calendar	117

Keplers Discovery of his Third	293

SEQUEL TO THE EPOCH OF KEPLER RECEPTION	302

THE MECHANICAL SCIENCES	309

Revival of the Scientific Idea of Pressure Stevinus Equilib	316

Establishment of the First Law of Motion	322

Establishment of the Second Law of Motion Curvilinear	330

SEQUEL TO THE EPOCH OF Galileo Pe	340

Discovery of the Laws of Motion of Fluids	348

Generalization of the Third Law of Motion Centre of Oscilla	356

SEQUEL TO THE GENERALIZATION OF	362

Mécanique Céleste c	371

188	377

THE INDUCTIVE EPOCH OF NEWTON DIS	399

195	437

DISCOVERIES ADDed to the NewTONIAN THEORY	462

Discovery of Aberration Bradley	464

Instruments	470

Observatories	476

ADDITIONS TO THE THIRD EDITION	489

Aristotles Account of the Rainbow	495

Hero of Alexandria	501

The Eclipse of Thales	508

PAGE	511

FORMAL ASTRONOMY	523

Giordano Bruno	530

MECHANICS	536

PHYSICAL ASTRONOMY	544

Reception of the Principia	548

The Discovery of Neptune	554

Anomalies in the Action of Gravitation	560

Titel	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 ... Band 1 von History of the Inductive Sciences from the Earliest to the Present Time, William Whewell
Autor/in	William Whewell
Ausgabe	3
Verlag	D. Appleton, 1858
Original von	University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitalisiert	16. Mai 2012

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The Constellations	124

The Globular Form of the Earth	132

PRELUDE TO THE INDUCTIVE EPOCH	138

Establishment of the Theory of Epicyles and Eccentrics	151

SEQUEL TO THE INDUCTIVE EPOCH	157

Period from Hipparchus to Ptolemy	166

Conclusion of the History of Greek Astronomy	175

BOOK IV	183

3	191

Intellectual Condition of the Religious Orders	197

Character of Commentators	204

Greek Commentators of Plato and Others	207

Mystical Arithmetic	216

Alchemy	224

Scholastic Dogmas	230

Authority of Aristotle among the Schoolmen	236

Arabian Science	242

Treatises on Architecture	248

Introduction	255

INDUCTION OF COPERNICUS THE HELIOCEN	262

First Reception of the Copernican Theory	269

The Heliocentric Theory confirmed by Facts Galileos Astro	276

The Heliocentric Theory confirmed on Physical Considerations	287