BY HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS, M.D., LL.D. ASSISTED BY EDWARD H. WILLIAMS, M.D. IN FIVE VOLUMES VOLUME III.
CONTENTS
BOOK III. MODERN DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES
I. THE SUCCESSORS OF NEWTON IN ASTRONOMY
II. THE PROGRESS OF MODERN ASTRONOMY
III. THE NEW SCIENCE OF PALEONTOLOGY
IV. THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN GEOLOGY
V. THE NEW SCIENCE OF METEOROLOGY
VI. MODERN THEORIES OF HEAT AND LIGHT
VII. THE MODERN DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM GALVANI AND VOLTA
VIII. THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY
IX. THE ETHER AND PONDERABLE MATTER
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