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Volume 19; Issue 2

The British Journal for the History of Science

Volume 19; Issue 2

1

The Berthollet-Proust Controversy and Dalton's Chemical Atomic Theory 1800–1820

Fujii, Kiyohisa

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1986

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Thomas Harriot: A Biographyby John W. Shirley

Review by: Jon V. Pepper

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1986

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Front Matter

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Robert FitzRoy and the Early History of the Meteorological Office

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1986

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The Berthollet-Proust Controversy and Dalton's Chemical Atomic Theory 1800-1820

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1986

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Loads and Roads in Scotland and beyond: Road Transport over 6000 Yearsby Alexander Fenton; Geoffrey Stell

Review by: Brian Austen

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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7

The Optical Papers of Isaac Newtonby Isaac Newton; Alan E. Shapiro

Review by: A. Rupert Hall

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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8

Gentlemen of Science: Early Correspondence of the British Association for the Advancement of Scienceby Jack Morrell; A. Thackray

Review by: Elizabeth C. Patterson

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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9

Voyage into Substance. Art, Science, Nature, and the Illustrated Travel Account, 1760-1840by Barbara Maria Stafford

Review by: Patrick Connor

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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10

Le Developpement de l'Astronomie en U.R.S.S., 1917-1935by E. Nicolaidis

Review by: Robert A. McCutcheon and Elizabelth de Lima Dantas

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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11

Books Received

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1986

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Robert FitzRoy and the Early History of the Meteorological Office

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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13

Sidney J. Blatt. Continuity and Change in Art: the Development of Modes of Representation. In collaboration with Ethel S. Blatt. Hillsdale, N.J., and London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1984. Pp. xix + 411. ISBN 0-89859-342-5. £35.50, $49.95.

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1986

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14

Jagdish Mehra & Helmut Rechenberg. The Historical Development of Quantum Theory. Volume 1, The Quantum Theory of Planck, Einstein, Bohr and Sommerfeld: Its Foundations and the Rise of its Difficulties 1900–1925. Volume 2, The Discovery of the Quantum Mechanics 1925. Volume 3, The Formulation of Matrix Mechanics and its Modifications 1925–1926. Volume 4, The Fundamental Equations of Quantum Mechanics 1925–1926 and The Reception of the New Quantum Mechanics 1925–1926. New York, Heidelberg and Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1982. Volume 1 in two parts, pp. xlvii + 372, vi + 506. ISBN 3-540-90642-8, 3-540-90667-3. DM 75, DM 85. Volume 2, pp. vii + 355. ISBN 3-540-90674-6. DM 65. Volume 3, pp. vii + 334. ISBN 3-540-90675-4. DM 75. Volume 4, pp. viii +

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John W. Shirley. Thomas Harriot: a Biography. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983. Pp. xii + 508. ISBN 0-19-822901-1. £25.00.

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Barbara Maria Stafford. Voyage into Substance. Art, Science, Nature, and the Illustrated Travel Account, 1760–1840. Cambridge, Mass., and London: MIT Press, 1984. Pp. xxiii + 645. ISBN 0-262-19223-3. £37.95.

Connor, Patrick

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1986

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BJH volume 19 issue 2 Cover and Back matter

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Mario Morselli. Amedeo Avogadro. Dordrecht, Boston, Lancaster: D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1984. ISBN 90-277-1624-2. Pp. xi + 375. Dfl, 160; $59.50.

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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W. H. Brock. From Protyle to Proton. William Prout and the Nature of Matter, 1785–1985. Bristol and Boston: Adam Hilger, Ltd., 1985. Pp. xii + 252. ISBN 0-85274-801-9. £25.00, $45.00.

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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20

Alexander Vucinich. Empire of Knowledge. The Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1917–1970). Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. Pp. x + 484. ISBN 0-520-04871-7. £23.95.

Roll-Hansen, Nils

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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Svante Lindqvist. Technology on Trial. The Introduction of Steam Power Technology into Sweden, 1715–1736. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1984. Pp. 392. ISBN 91-22-00716-4. SEK 248.

Hollister-Short, Graham

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1986

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Books Received

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1986

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BJH volume 19 issue 2 Cover and Front matter

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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24

Hooke on Earthquakes: Lectures, Strategy and Audience

Rappaport, Rhoda

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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Brian Vickers, ed. Occult and Scientific Mentalities in the Renaissance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984. Pp. xiv + 408. ISBN 0-521-25879. £27.50, $39.50.

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1986

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John G. Burke, ed. The Uses of Science in the Age of Newton. Berkeley and London: University of California Press, 1984. Pp. xxii + 204. ISBN 0-520-04970-5. £17.30.

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1986

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John Shaw. Water Power in Scotland, 1550–1870. Edinburgh: John Donald, 1984. Pp. xi + 606 ISBN 0-85976-072-3. £25.

Hills, Richard L.

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1986

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Witelo. Perspectivae liber quintius. Book V of Witelo's Perspectiva. Translation, introduction, commentary, and Latin edition by A. Mark Smith. Studia Copernicana, 23 Wroclaw: Ossolineum, 1983. Pp. 267.

Eastwood, Bruce

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1986

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Alexander Fenton & Geoffrey Stell, eds. Loads and Roads in Scotland and Beyond: Road Transport over 6000 Years. Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers Ltd, 1984 Pp. vii + 144. ISBN 0-85976-107-X £8.50.

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1986

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Michael W. Dols & Adil S. Gamal, eds. Medieval Islamic Medicine. Ibn Ridwan's Treatise ‘On the Prevention of Bodily Ills in Egypt’. Translated and introduced by M. W. Dols, with Arabic text by A. S. Gamal. Berkeley and London: University of California Press, 1984. Pp. xv + 186 + 63. ISBN 0-420-04836-9. $28.

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1986

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Oliver M. Ashford. Prophet or Professor? The Life and Work of Lewis Fry Richardson. Bristol: Adam Hilger, 1985. Pp. xiv + 364. ISBN 0-85274-774-8. £18/$29.

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1986

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Alan E. Shapiro (ed.). The Optical Papers of Isaac Newton. Volume 1. The Optical Lectures, 1670–1672. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984. Pp. xix + 627. ISBN 0-521-25248 2 (v.1). £75.

Hall, A. Rupert

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1986

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Janet Oppenheim. The Other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850–1914. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Pp. xii + 503. ISBN 0-521-26505-3. £25, $44.50.

Shortland, Michael

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1986

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John Peter Oleson. Greek and Roman Mechanical Water-lifting Devices: the History of a Technology. Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1984. Pp. xiv + 458 + 173 ills. ISBN 90-277-1693-5. Dfl. 345, £71.75, $58.

Hall, A. Rupert

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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Jack Morrell & A. Thackray (eds). Gentlemen of Science: Early Correspondence of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. (Camden Fourth Series, Volume 30). London: Offices of the Royal Historical Society, University College, London, Cower Street WC 1, 1984. Pp. 382. ISBN 0-86193-103-3. £7.50.

Patterson, Elizabeth C.

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1986

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Ernst Bäumler. Paul Ehrlich. Scientist for Life. Translated by Grant Edwards. New York and London: Holmes and Meier, 1984. Pp. xvi + 288. ISBN 0-8419-0837-0.

Weindling, Paul

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1986

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James E. Force. William Whiston: Honest Newtonian. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Pp. xxiii + 208. ISBN 0-521-26590-8. £25.

Schaffer, Simon

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1986

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Elizabeth Crawford. The Beginning of the Nobel Institution. The Science Prizes, 1901–1915. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Pp. ix + 281. ISBN 0-521-26584-3. £22.50.

Rechenberg, Helmut

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1986

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english

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David Cassidy & Martha Baker. Werner Heisenberg. A Bibliography of his Writings (Berkeley Papers in History of Science, IX), Berkeley: Office for History of Science and Technology, University of California, 1984. pp. 153.W. Heisenberg. Gesammelte Werke/Collected Works, Series B. Eds, W. Blum, H.-P. Dürr and H. Rechenberg. Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo: Springer-Verlag, 1984. Pp. 947.Elisabeth Heisenberg. Inner Exile. Recollections of a Life with Werner Heisenberg. Translated by S. Cappellari and C. Morris, Boston, Basel, Stuttgart: Birkhäuser, 1984. Pp. 170.

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1986

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E. Nicolaidis. Le Developpement de l'Astronomie en U.R.S.S., 1917–1935. Paris: Observatoire, 1984. Pp. 253.

McCutcheon, Robert A., de Lima Dantas, Elizabelth

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1986

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Jean-Michael Chaplain. La Chambre des Tisseurs, Louviers: Cité Drapière 1680–1840. Champ Vallon, 1984. Pp. 302. ISBN 2-903528-40-3.

Hills, Richard L.

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1986

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english

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A. Thackray, J. L. Sturchio, P. T. Carroll & R. Bud. Chemistry in America, 1876–1976: Historical Indicators. Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1985. Pp. xxiii + 564. ISBN 90-277-1720-6. Dfl 210.00, $79.50, £53.50.

James, Frank A. J. L.

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1986

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William Whiston: Honest Newtonianby James E. Force

Review by: Simon Schaffer

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1986

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Back Matter

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1986

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La Chambre des Tisseurs, Louviers: Cité Drapière 1680-1840by Jean-Michael Chaplain

Review by: Richard L. Hills

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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46

Water Power in Scotland, 1550-1870by John Shaw

Review by: Richard L. Hills

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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Paul Ehrlich. Scientist for Lifeby Ernst Bäumler; Grant Edwards

Review by: Paul Weindling

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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Perspectivae liber quintius. Book V of Witelo's Perspectivaby Witelo; A. Mark Smith

Review by: Bruce Eastwood

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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The Other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850-1914by Janet Oppenheim

Review by: Michael Shortland

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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The Historical Development of Quantum Theoryby Jagdish Mehra; Helmut Rechenberg;Constructing Quarks. A Sociological History of Particle Physicsby Andrew Pickering

Review by: John Hendry

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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Chemistry in America, 1876-1976: Historical Indicatorsby A. Thackray; J. L. Sturchio; P. T. Carroll; R. Bud

Review by: Frank A. J. L. James

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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From Protyle to Proton. William Prout and the Nature of Matter, 1785-1985by W. H. Brock

Review by: Mary Jo Nye

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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53

Medieval Islamic Medicine. Ibn Ridwan's Treatise 'On the Prevention of Bodily Ills in Egypt'by Ibn Ridwan; Michael W. Dols; Adil S. Gamal

Review by: Roger French

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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54

Technology on Trial. The Introduction of Steam Power Technology into Sweden, 1715-1736by Svante Lindqvist

Review by: Graham Hollister-Short

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1986

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english

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The Uses of Science in the Age of Newtonby John G. Burke

Review by: Peter Dear

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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Prophet or Professor? The Life and Work of Lewis Fry Richardsonby Oliver M. Ashford

Review by: Philip Drazin

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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Continuity and Change in Art: The Development of Modes of Representationby Sidney J. Blatt; Ethel S. Blatt

Review by: J. V. Field

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The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1986

Language:

english

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The Beginning of the Nobel Institution. The Science Prizes, 1901-1915by Elizabeth Crawford

Review by: Helmut Rechenberg

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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Werner Heisenberg. A Bibliography of His Writingsby David Cassidy; Martha Baker;Gesammelte Werke/Collected Worksby W. Heisenberg; W. Blum; H.-P. Dürr; H. Rechenberg;Inner Exile. Recollections of a Life with Werner Heisenbergby Elisabeth Heisenberg; S. Cappellari; C. Morris

Review by: Helge Kragh

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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Occult and Scientific Mentalities in the Renaissanceby Brian Vickers

Review by: Peter Dear

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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Amedeo Avogadroby Mario Morselli

Review by: W. H. Brock

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

Language:

english

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Empire of Knowledge. The Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1917-1970)by Alexander Vucinich

Review by: Nils Roll-Hansen

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1986

Language:

english

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Greek and Roman Mechanical Water-Lifting Devices: The History of a Technologyby John Peter Oleson

Review by: A. Rupert Hall

Journal:

The British Journal for the History of Science

Year:

1986

Language:

english

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Hooke on Earthquakes: Lectures, Strategy and Audience

Rhoda Rappaport

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The British Journal for the History of Science

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1986

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english

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