pt. I. The Greek school philosophy, with reference to physical science. pt. II. The physical sciences in ancient Greece. pt. III. Greek astronomy. pt. IV. Physical sciences in the middle ages. pt. V. Formal astronomy after the stationary period

J.W. Parker, 1837

BOOK I	21

Primitive Mistake in Greek Physical Philosophy	32

The Aristotelian Physical Philosophy	41

Technical Forms of the Greek Schools	55

Result of the Greek School Philosophy	67

losophy	77

Introduction	89

Hydrostatics	95

Neglect of Physical Reasoning in Christendom	252

Popular Opinions	260

Natural Bias to Authority	266

Greek Commentators on Plato and others	275

OF THE MYSTICISM OF THE MIDDLE	281

Mystical Arithmetic	289

Alchemy	303

OF THE DOGMATISM OF THE MIDDLE	311

EARLIEST STAGES OF HARMONICS	102

Introduction	109

Correction of the Civil Year	120

Invention of Lunisolar Years	126

The Constellations	132

The Circles of the Sphere	140

The Phases of the Moon	150

INDUCTIVE EPOCH OF HIPPARCHUS	169

Discovery of the Precession of the Equinoxes	186

Methods of Observation of the Greek Astronomers	197

Period from Hipparchus to Ptolemy	205

Measures of the Earth	211

Conclusion of the History of Greek Astronomy	220

BOOK IV	233

Collections of Opinions	239

3	246

Scholastic Physics	324

157	326

PROGRESS OF THE ARTS IN THE MIDDLE	331

Experimental Philosophy of the Arabians	338

Treatises on Architecture	347

BOOK V	353

PRELUDE TO THE INDUCTIVE EPOCH	359

Eccentrics	361

INDUCTION OF COPERNICUS THE HELIO	368

SEQUEL TO COPERNICUS THE RECEPTION	381

The Heliocentric Theory confirmed by Facts	392

The Heliocentric Theory confirmed on Physical	404

Intellectual Character of Kepler	410

Keplers Discovery of his First and Second Laws	421

SEQUEL TO THE EPOCH OF KEPLER RECEPTION	430

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Título	pt. I. The Greek school philosophy, with reference to physical science. pt. II. The physical sciences in ancient Greece. pt. III. Greek astronomy. pt. IV. Physical sciences in the middle ages. pt. V. Formal astronomy after the stationary period Volumen1 de History of the Inductive Sciences: From the Earliest to the Present Times, John William Parker
Autor	William Whewell
Colaboradores	John William Parker, J. and J.J. Deighton
Editor	J.W. Parker, 1837
Procedencia del original	Universidad de Harvard
Digitalizado	16 Jul. 2007

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