A History of Science, Volume 3, by Henry Smith Williams

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A
HISTORY OF SCIENCE
BY
HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS, M.D., LL.D.
ASSISTED BY
EDWARD H. WILLIAMS, M.D.

IN FIVE VOLUMES
VOLUME III.

MODERN DEVELOPMENT OF THE
PHYSICAL SCIENCES




CONTENTS

BOOK III

CHAPTER I. THE SUCCESSORS OF NEWTON IN ASTRONOMY