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Author Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871.

Title A preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy [electronic resource] / John F.W. Herschel ; with a new foreword by Arthur Fine.

Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1987.

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Description xxvii, 372 p.
Series Cabinet cyclopaedia ; v. 1.
Note Reprint. Originally published: London : Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and J. Taylor, 1830. (The Cabinet cyclopaedia ; v. 1).
Includes index.
Contents pt. 1. Of the general nature and advantages of the study of the physical sciences -- pt. 2. Of the principles on which physical science relies for its successful prosecution, and the rules by which a systematic examination of nature should be conducted, with illustrations of their influence as exemplified in the history of its progress -- pt. 3. Of the subdivision of physics into distinct branches, and their mutual relations.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Science -- Philosophy.
Science -- History.
Physics -- History.
Astronomy -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Fine, Arthur.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0226327779 (pbk.)
9780226327778
9780226327785 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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