OF THE

INDUCTIVE SCIENCES,

FROM THE

EARLIEST TO THE PRESENT TIME.

BY WILLIAM WHEWELL, D. D.,

MASTER OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

A NEW EDITION, REVISED AND CONTINUED.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

Λαμπάδια ἔχοντες διαδώσουσιν ἀλλήλοις.

VOLUME THE FIRST.

LONDON:

JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND.

M.DCCC.XLVII.

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