A History of Science, Volume 3, by Henry Smith Williams
A
HISTORY OF SCIENCE
BY
HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS, M.D., LL.D.
ASSISTED BY
EDWARD H. WILLIAMS, M.D.
IN FIVE VOLUMES
VOLUME III.
MODERN DEVELOPMENT OF THE
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
CONTENTS
BOOK III
CHAPTER I. THE SUCCESSORS OF NEWTON IN ASTRONOMY
The work of Johannes Hevelius--Halley and Hevelius--Halley's
observation of the transit of Mercury, and his method
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