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This two-volume collection first appeared in 1912 and includes much previously unpublished material by the astronomer William Herschel (1738-1822).

This two-volume collection first appeared in 1912 and includes much previously unpublished material by the astronomer William Herschel (1738-1822).

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Originally published in 1830, this book can be called the first modern work in the philosophy of science, covering an extraordinary range of philosophical, methodological, and scientific subjects. "Herschel's book . . . brilliantly analyzes both the history and nature of science."--Keith Stewart Thomson, "American Scientist

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Excerpt from A Manual of Scientific Enquiry: Prepared for the Use of Officers in Her Majesty's Navy, and Travellers in General It is the opinion of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty that it would be to the honour and advantage of the Navy, and conduce to the general interests of Science, if new facilities and encouragement were given to the collection of information upon scientific subjects by the officers, and more particularly by the...

Excerpt from A Collection of Examples of the Applications of the Calculus of Finite DifferencesThe want of a regular treatise, on the Calculus of Differ ences in our language, has long been a serious obstacle to the progress of the enquiring student. The Appendix annexed to the translation of Lacroix's Differential and Integral Calculus, although from the necessity of studying compression it is not so complete as its author could have wished, ...

Excerpt from Meteorology: From the Encyclopædia Britannica Where anything beyond mere numerical cor rections and slight alteration of expressions has been introduced, the interpolations have been. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to di...

Excerpt from Familiar Lectures on Scientific SubjectsNow, to make this clear, I must go a little out of my way and say something about the first principles of geology. Geology does not pretend to go back to the creation of the world, or concern itself about its primitive state, but it does concern itself with the changes it sees going on in it now, and with the evi dence of a long series of such changes it can produce in the most unmistakable ...

Excerpt from Treatises on Physical Astronomy, Light and Sound: Contributed to the Encyclopaedia MetropolitanaM of nature is to arrange and classify facts and pheno mena, with a view to trace the agency of their remote, or, at least, their proximate causes, and ascend as high as the imperfection of human means of observation, and the limited powers of the human intellect will allow us in the scale of generalization.About the PublisherForgotten ...

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Excerpt from Outlines of Astronomy, Vol. 1 Of the Moon, as a Satellite of the Earth - General Proximity of Satel lites to their Primaries, and consequent Subordination of their Motions - Masses of the Primaries reminded from the Periods of their Satellites - Maintenance of Xc ler's Laws in S terns - Of Jupiter's Satellites eir Eclipses. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more ...

Excerpt from A New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, Being the Catalogue of the Late Sir John F. W. Herschel In the case of form, the scale was supposed arranged in the order round, very little extended, elliptic or oval, considerably extended, pretty much extended, much extended, very much extended, extremely extended. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more...

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed w...

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