Author: John KeillPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
An introduction to natural philosophy or, Philosophical lectures. To which are added. The demonstrations of monsieur Huygen's Theorems, concerning the centrifugal force and circular motion. Transl
An introduction to natural philosophy: or, Philosophical lectures ... To which are added, the demonstrations of Monsieur Huygens's theorems, concerning the centrifugal force and circular motion ... Translated from the last edition of the Latin. The second edition
Author: John KEILLCatalogue of the Library of the Great Seal Patent Office
Author: Great Britain. Patent Office. LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Industrial arts
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
An Introduction to Natural Philosophy
Author: John KeillPublisher:
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Category : Mechanics
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A book of lectures about classical or Newtonian physics.
The Development of Newtonian Calculus in Britain, 1700-1800
Author: Niccol- GuicciardiniPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521524841
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
This book examines how calculus developed in Britain during the century following Newton.
Mechanism and Materialism
Author: Robert E. SchofieldPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400871026
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Robert Schofield explores the rational elements of British experimental natural philosophy in the 18th century by tracing the influence of two opposing concepts of the nature of matter and its action—mechanism and materialism. Both concepts rested on the Newtonian interpretation of their proponents, although each developed more or less independently. By integrating the developments in all the areas of experimental natural philosophy, describing their connections and the influences of Continental science, natural theology, and to a lesser degree social and institutional changes, the author demonstrates that mechanistic concepts dominated interpretations from about 1687 to 1740, when they were replaced by materialistic concepts. A revival of the mechanistic approach early in the next century made England a fertile field for ideas on the dynamic interaction of forces. Originally published in 1970. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
The Making of Copernicus
Author: Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004281126
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
The contributions to Making of Copernicus examine exemplarily how some of the Copernicus myths came about and if they could hold their ground or have vanished again. Are there links between a factual or postulated transformation of world images and the application of certain scientific metaphors, especially the metaphor of a revolution? Were there interactions and amalgamations of the literary and scientific enthronement, or outlawry of Copernicus and if so, how did they take place? On the other hand, are there repercussions of the scientific-historical reconstructions and hagiographies on the literary image of Copernicus as sketched by novelists even in the 20th century? The history of the reception of Copernicus shall not be dominantly dealt with from the point of view of a factual affirmation and rejection of the astronomer and his doctrine but rather as accomplishments of transformation respectively. Thus, the essays in this volume investigate transformations: methodological, institutional, textual, and visual transformations of the Copernican doctrine and the topical, rhetorical and literary transformations of the historical person of Copernicus respectively.
Oxford's Savilian Professors of Geometry
Author: Robin WilsonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192639935
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Savilian Professorships in Geometry and Astronomy at Oxford University were founded in 1619 by Sir Henry Savile, distinguished scholar and Warden of Merton College. The Geometry chair, in particular, is the earliest University-based mathematics professorship in England, predating the first Cambridge equivalent by about sixty years. To celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of the geometry chair, a meeting was held at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, and the talks presented at this meeting have formed the basis for this fully edited and lavishly illustrated book, which outlines the first 400 years of Oxford's Savilian Professors of Geometry. Starting with Henry Briggs, the co-inventor of logarithms, this volume proceeds via such figures as John Wallis, a founder member of the Royal Society, and Edmond Halley, via the 19th-century figures of Stephen Rigaud, Baden Powell, Henry Smith, and James Joseph Sylvester, to the 20th century and the present day. Oxford's Savilian Professors of Geometry: The First 400 Years assumes no mathematical background, and should therefore appeal to the interested general reader with an interest in mathematics and the sciences. It should also be of interest to anyone interested in the history of mathematics or of the development of Oxford and its namesake university. To all of these audiences it offers portraits of mathematicians at work and an accessible exposition of historical mathematics in the context of its times.
Much Ado about Nothing
Author: Edward GrantPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521229839
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Provides a description of the major ideas about void space within and beyond the world that were formulated between the fourteenth and early eighteenth centuries.
Process and Form in Geomorphology
Author: David StoddartPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134682859
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
Process and Form in Geomorphology marks a turning point in geomorphological research. Stoddart has brought together a team of the leading international experts to offer important new studies into the processes, theory and history of landforms, and to present a framework for taking research forward into the new millenium. Illustrated throughout, Process and Form in Geomorphology takes up the challenges of the research agenda set by Richard Chorley and offers fresh insights into his unique contribution.