| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 270 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Groundbreaking scientific experiments, inventions, and discoveries through the ages
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Groundbreaking scientific experiments, inventions, and discoveries through the ages.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-260) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Analytical geometry -- Animal generation -- Atomic theory -- Barometer -- Binomial theorem -- Blood circulation -- Botanical classification -- Boyle's Law -- Calculating machines -- Calculus -- Cells -- Chemistry -- Combustion -- Electricity -- Embryology -- Entomology -- Fermat's last theorem -- Fossils -- Gases -- Geology -- Gravitation -- Halley's Comet -- Heliocentrism -- Hooke's Law -- Human physiology -- Hydrologic cycle -- Hydromechanics -- Hygrometers and hygroscopes -- Jupiter -- Kepler's Theory of Planetary Motion -- Law of Falling Bodies -- Laws of motion -- Light spectrum -- Light speed -- Light waves -- Logarithms -- Lymphatic system -- Magnetic declination -- Magnetism -- Mars -- Meteorology -- Micrometer -- Microscope -- The moon -- Nebula -- Ocean tides -- Optics -- Pendulum clock -- Phosphorus -- Plant morphology -- Probability -- Saturn -- Scientific reasoning -- Slide rule -- Sound -- Star atlases -- Steam engine -- Telescope -- Refracting telescopes -- Long telescopes -- Reflecting telescopes -- Thermometer -- Vacuum pump. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Chronological Term |
1600-1699 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Windelspecht, Michael, 1963- Groundbreaking scientific experiments, inventions, and discoveries of the 17th century. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002 0313315019 (DLC) 2001023316 (OCoLC)45963189 |
| ISBN |
0313006938 (electronic book) |
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9780313006937 (electronic book) |
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9780313315015 (Cloth) |
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0313315019 (Cloth) |
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