Bibliographical history of electricity & magnetism : chronologically arranged / Researches into the domain of the early sciences, especially from the period of the revival of scholasticism, with biographical and other accounts of the most distinguished natural philosophers throughout the middle ages, comp. by Paul Fleury Mottelay ; with introduction by the late Prof. Silvanus P. Thompson and foreword by Sir R.T. Glazebrook.

  • Paul Fleury Mottelay
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1922
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Credit: Bibliographical history of electricity & magnetism : chronologically arranged / Researches into the domain of the early sciences, especially from the period of the revival of scholasticism, with biographical and other accounts of the most distinguished natural philosophers throughout the middle ages, comp. by Paul Fleury Mottelay ; with introduction by the late Prof. Silvanus P. Thompson and foreword by Sir R.T. Glazebrook. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    OF ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED RESEARCHES INTO THE DOMAIN OF THE EARLY SCIENCES, ESPECIALLY FROM THE PERIOD OF THE REVIVAL OF SCHOLASTICISM, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND OTHER ACCOUNTS OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED NATURAL PHILOSOPHERS THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE AGES COMPILED BY PAUL FLEURY MOTTELAY, Ph.D. AUTHOR OF “GILBERT OF COLCHESTER,” “THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ELECTRO-CHEMISTRY,” ETC. WITH INTRODUCTION BY THE LATE PROF. SILVANUS P. THOMPSON, D.Sc., F.R.S. AND FOREWORD BY SIR R. T. GLAZEBROOK, K.C.B., D.Sc., F.R.S. “ Historia, quoquo modo scripta delectat.”—Pliny. “ Felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.”—Virgil. “ II importe beaucoup de connaitre l’histoire de la science & laquelle on s’attache.”—Eloge de Boerhaave. “ It is of great advantage to the student of any subject to read in the original memoirs on that subject, for science is always most completely assimilated when it is found in its nascent state. Every student of science should, in fact, be an antiquary in his subject.”—J. Clerk Maxwell. “ Les titonnements de nos prdddcesseurs nous apprennent a marcher avec plus de stiret£, et Ton ne sait jamais mieux conduire la science en avant que lorsqu’on sait le chemin qu’elle a parcouru jusqu’a nous.”—J. P. Rossignol. WITH FRONTISPIECE AND PLATES LONDON CHARLES GRIFFIN & COMPANY LIMITED 12 EXETER STREET, STRAND, W.G, 2 1922 [All rights reserved,]