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  • The Correspondence of John Flamsteed, The First Astronomer Royal

    Volume 2

    Edited by Eric Gray Forbes, Lesley Murdin, Frances Wilmoth ...
    The Correspondence of John Flamsteed: The First Astronomer Royal, Volume Two contains the letters Flamsteed wrote and received from June 1682 to the spring of 1703. A leading figure in the final phases of the seventeenth-century scientific revolution, his extensive correspondence with 129 British and foreign scholars touches on many of the scientific discussions of the day. Some of these exchanges ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • The Correspondence of John Flamsteed, The First Astronomer Royal

    Volume 1

    Edited by Eric Gray Forbes, Lesley Murdin, Frances Wilmoth ...
    Professor Eric Forbes left behind at his death an important collection of the letters of John Flamsteed (1646-1719), First Astronomer Royal. A leading figure in the final phases of the seventeenth-century scientific revolution, his extensive correspondence with 129 British and foreign scholars all over the world touches on many of the scientific discussions of the day. A detailed, scholarly work ... Read more

    $765.00 USD

  • The Correspondence of John Flamsteed, The First Astronomer Royal

    Volume 3

    Edited by Eric Gray Forbes, Lesley Murdin, Frances Wilmoth ...
    The Correspondence of John Flamsteed discusses this leading figure in the final phases of the seventeenth-century scientific revolution, presents his extensive correspondence with 129 British and foreign scholars all over the world, and touches on many of the scientific discussions of the day. This book, the last volume of the set, contains his let ... Read more

    $800.00 USD

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  • Correspondence of Sir Isaac Newton and Professor Cotes

    by Sir Isaac Newton, J. Edleston, R. Cope ...
    First Published in 1969. This is an exact facsimile reproduction of the 1850 edition of Edleston’s Correspondence of Sir Isaac Newton and Professor Cotes. An index, prepared under the General Editor’s supervision, has been added at the end of the volume. ... Read more

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  • Out of the Shadow of a Giant

    Hooke, Halley, & the Birth of Science

    by John Gribbin, Mary Gribbin ...
    The authors of Ice Age "present a well-documented argument that [Newton] owed more to the ideas of others than he admitted" ( Kirkus Reviews).Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were pioneering scientists within their own right, and instrumental in establishing the Royal Society.Although Newton is widely regarded as one of the ... Read more

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  • Alchemy: Ancient and Modern

    Being a Brief Account of the Alchemistic Doctrines, and Their Relations, to Mysticism on the One Hand, and to Recent Discoveries in Physical Science on the Other Hand

    by H. Stanley Redgrove ...
    This edition features• illustrations• a linked Table of Contents and FootnotesCONTENTSChapter I. The Meaning of AlchemyChapter II. The Theory of Physical AlchemyChapter III. The Alchemists (A. Before Paracelsus)Chapter IV. The Alchemists (B. Paracelsus and after)Chapter V. The Outcome of AlchemyChapter VI. The Age of Modern ChemistryChapter VII. Modern Alchemy ... Read more

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  • Complete Works of Sir Isaac Newton (Delphi Classics)

    by Isaac Newton, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 26 - Delphi Series Six
    English physicist and mathematician, Sir Isaac Newton is widely regarded as one of the most influential scientists of all time. Newton’s book ‘Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica’ laid the foundations for classical mechanics and ‘Optiks’ made seminal contributions to modern physical optics. This comprehensive eBook presents Newton’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, ... Read more

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  • Delphi Collected Works of Francis Bacon (Illustrated)

    by Francis Bacon ...
    Series Book 21 - Delphi Series Eight
    The father of Empiricism, the Elizabethan philosopher Francis Bacon was an advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution. His pioneering works argued for the possibility of scientific knowledge based only upon inductive reasoning and careful observation of events in nature. This comprehensive eBook presents Bacon’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, ... Read more

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  • Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Gray (Delphi Classics)

    by Thomas Gray, Delphi Classics ...
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    Thomas Gray, the eighteenth century poet, classical scholar and professor of Cambridge University is widely known for his ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the complete works of Thomas Gray, with beautiful illustrations, rare texts and the usual Delphi bonus material ... Read more

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  • Hieroglyphic Monad

    by John Dee ...
    John Dee, court astrologer to Queen Elizabeth, wrote his Monas Hieroglyphica in 1564. It is an exhaustive interpretation of a glyph, of his own design, that is meant to express the mystical unity of all creation. He traveled to Hungary to personally present a copy to Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor.The Hieroglyphic embodies Dee's vision of the unity of the Cosmos and is a composite of various ... Read more

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  • The Private Diary of DR. John Dee

    by John Dee ...
    The present volume contains two curious documents concerning Dr. Dee, the eminent philosopher of Mortlake, now for the first time published from the original manuscripts. I. His Private Diary, written in a very small illegible hand on the margins of old Almanacs, discovered a few years ago by Mr. W. H. Black, in the library of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford. II. A Catalogue of his Library of ... Read more

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