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Classics of Modern Science

Classics of Modern Science

by William S. Knickerbocker

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Editor
Knickerbocker, William S. (William Skinkle), 1892-1972
Title
Classics of modern science : (Copernicus to Pasteur)
Original Publication
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927.
Credits
Tim Miller, Laura Natal and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
Q: Science
Subject
Science -- History
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 77076
Release Date
October 18, 2025
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.CLASSICS OF MODERN SCIENCE
  5. 5.Untitled
  6. 6.Untitled
  7. 7.PREFACE
  8. 8.FOOTNOTES:
  9. 9.CONTENTS
  10. 10.Untitled
  11. 11.I FRANCIS BACON 1561-1626 — FOOTNOTES:
  12. 12.II NICOLAUS COPERNICUS 1473-1543 — FOOTNOTES:
  13. 13.III JOHANN KEPLER 1571-1630 — FOOTNOTES:
  14. 14.IV GALILEO GALILEI 1564-1642 — FOOTNOTES:
  15. 15.V WILLIAM HARVEY 1578-1657 — FOOTNOTES:
  16. 16.VI ROBERT BOYLE 1627-1691 — FOOTNOTES:
  17. 17.VII CHRISTIAN HUYGHENS 1629-1695 — FOOTNOTES:
  18. 18.VIII ANTHONY VAN LEEUWENHOECK 1632-1723 — FOOTNOTES:
  19. 19.IX SIR ISAAC NEWTON 1642-1727 — FOOTNOTES:
  20. 20.X BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 1706-1790 — FOOTNOTES:
  21. 21.XI LINNAEUS 1707-1778 — FOOTNOTES:
  22. 22.XII JOSEPH BLACK 1728-1799 — FOOTNOTES:
  23. 23.XIII JOSEPH PRIESTLEY 1733-1804 — FOOTNOTES:
  24. 24.XIV HENRY CAVENDISH 1731-1810 — FOOTNOTES:
  25. 25.XV SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL 1738-1822 — FOOTNOTES:
  26. 26.XVI KARL WILHELM SCHEELE 1742-1786 — FOOTNOTES:
  27. 27.XVII ANTOINE LAURENT LAVOISIER 1743-1794 — FOOTNOTES:
  28. 28.XVIII ALESSANDRO VOLTA 1745-1827 — FOOTNOTES:
  29. 29.XIX PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE 1749-1827 — FOOTNOTES:
  30. 30.XX EDWARD JENNER 1749-1823 — FOOTNOTES:
  31. 31.XXI COUNT RUMFORD 1753-1814 — FOOTNOTES:
  32. 32.XXII JOHN DALTON 1766-1844 — FOOTNOTES:
  33. 33.XXIII MARIE FRANÇOIS XAVIER BICHAT 1771-1802 — FOOTNOTES:
  34. 34.XXIV AMADEO AVOGADRO 1776-1856 — FOOTNOTES:
  35. 35.XXV SIR HUMPHREY DAVY 1778-1829 — FOOTNOTES:
  36. 36.XXVI MICHAEL FARADAY 1791-1867 — FOOTNOTES:
  37. 37.XXVII JOSEPH HENRY 1797-1878 — FOOTNOTES:
  38. 38.XXVIII SIR CHARLES LYELL 1797-1875 — FOOTNOTES:
  39. 39.XXIX CHARLES DARWIN 1809-1882 — FOOTNOTES:
  40. 40.XXX THEODOR SCHWANN 1810-1882 — FOOTNOTES:
  41. 41.XXXI HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ 1821-1894 — FOOTNOTES:
  42. 42.XXXII LOUIS PASTEUR 1822-1895 — FOOTNOTES:
  43. 43.XXXIII JAMES CLERK MAXWELL 1831-1879 — FOOTNOTES:
  44. 44.XXXIV AUGUST WEISMANN 1834-1914 — FOOTNOTES:
  45. 45.XXXV SIR NORMAN LOCKYER 1836-1920 — FOOTNOTES:
  46. 46.XXXVI ROBERT KOCH 1843-1910 — FOOTNOTES:
  47. 47.Untitled

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