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Andrew Hodges
Andrew Hodges (born 1949)

mathematician, physicist, historian of mathematics, biographer

  • University of London

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Love's Labours Lost
Jean-Pierre Luminet
Jean-Pierre Luminet (born 1951)

poet, astronomer, astrophysicist, lecturer

  • Aix-Marseille University, Paris Diderot University

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David Brewster
David Brewster (1781-1868)

botanist, civil engineer, physicist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, inventor, biographer

  • University of Edinburgh

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The martyrs of science
Memoirs of the life, writings, and discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton
Letters on Natural Magic
The life of Sir Isaac Newton
Brewster and Wheatstone on vision
More Worlds Than One: The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian
The stereoscope; its history, theory, and construction
More worlds than one
The stereoscope
The kaleidoscope, its history, theory and construction with its application to the fine and useful arts
The history of free masonry
More Worlds Than One
A treatise on optics
More worlds than one
A treatise on magnetism
Letters on natural magic addressed to Sir Walter Scott, bart
More Worlds Than One
Letters on Natural Magic Addressed to Sir Walter Scott 1832
Nouveau manuel de magie naturelle et amusante
The martyrs of science
Observations on the mean temperature of the globe
Letters on natural magic, addressed to Sir Walter Scott
On the existence of two new fluids in the cavities of minerals, which are immiscible, and possess remarkable physical properties
Account of two remarkable rainbows
On a new analysis of solar light
On the refractive power of the two new fluids in minerals
The life of Sir Isaac Newton, the great philosopher, rev. and edited by W.T. Lynn
Observations on the relation between the optical structure and the chemical composition of the apophyllite and other minerals of the zeolite family
Description of a monochromatic lamp for microscopical and other purposes, &c
On the absorption of polarized light by doubly refracting crystals
Description of a new reflecting telescope
Notice respecting the existence of the new fluid in a large cavity in a specimen of sapphire
Observations on the optical structure of lithion-mica
A treatise on new philosophical instruments, for various purposes in the arts and sciences. With experiments on light and colours
On the connexion between the optical structure and chemical composition of minerals
On some remarkable affections of the retina
Description of a copper battle-axe found in Ratho Bog
On the optical properties and mechanical condition of amber
On the phenomena and laws of elliptic polarization
Memoirs of the life, writings and discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton
On a singular development of crystalline structure by phosphorescence
Letters on natural magic, addressed to Sir Walter Scott, Bart
On the formation of single microscopes from the lenses of fishes, etc
Account of the native hydrate of magnesia, discovered by Dr. Hibbert in Shetland
On the separation of epistilibite from heulandite, as demonstrated by optical characters
Notice respecting Professor Hansteen's chart of the variation and dip of the needle
More worlds than one
On a new series of periodical colours produced by the grooved surfaces of metallic and transparent bodies
Optics
A treatise on new philosophical instruments, for various purposes in the arts and sciences
Observations on the pyro-electricity of minerals
Observations on the structure and crystalline forms of haytorite
On the action of the second surfaces of transparent plates upon light
On the optical and general properties of tabasheer
A treatise on magnetism
On a new cleavage in calcareous spar
On some properties of light
On the phenomena of dichroism, or the absorption of common light by crystallised bodies
Description of gmelimite, a new mineral speries
On the mean temperature of the equator
Observations on the diurnal variation of the needle from 1775-1780, at Zwanenburg in Holland
Results of the thermometrical observations made at Leith Fort every hour of the day and night during the whole of the years 1824 and 1825
Account of comptonite, a new mineral from Vesuvius
Notice respecting a method of producing an intense heat from gas for various purposes in the arts
On the existence of a group of moveable crystals of carbonate of lime in a fluid cavity of quartz
On the phosphorescence of minerals
The life of Sir Isaac Newton, the great philosopher
Treatise on the kaleidoscope
Account of some single microscopes upon a new construction
More worlds than one
Account of a remarkable peculiarity in the structure of glaberite
Letters on natural magic
Description of withamite, a new mineral species found in Glenco
On a singular luminous property of wood &c. steeped in solutions of lime and magnesia
Reply to a note in the Annales de chimie by M. Arago, on the phosphorescence of fluor-spar
Description of two surfaces composed of siliceous filaments incapable of reflecting light
On the natural history and properties of tabasheer, the siliceous concretion in the bamboo
Account of the establishment of a scientific prize by the late Alexander Keith
Observations relative to the motions of the molecules of bodies
On the law of partial polarization of light by reflection
On the accomodation [sic] of the eye to different distances
On the principle of illumination for microscopic objects
Farther observations on levyne, a new mineral species
Notice respecting some new species of lead-ore from Wanlockhead and Lead Hills
Description of levyne, a new mineral species
Experiments on the structure and refractive power of the coats and humours of the human eye
Observations on vision through coloured glasses
On the reflection and decomposition of light at the separating surfaces of media of the same and of different refractive powers
On a new species of double refraction, accompanying a remarkable structure in analcime
On the construction of polyzonal lenses and mirrors of great magnitude
Account of an improvement on the nautical eye-tube
Description of a teinoscope for altering the lineal proportions of objects
Account of the new galvano-magnetic condenser invented by M. Poggendorff
On the laws of the polarization of light by refraction
Notice respecting a singular optical property of tabasheer
The Edinburgh encyclopædia
Account of meteorological observations made in North America by Dr. Holyoke and Prof. Dewey
Notice respecting the mean temperature of the equator
A treatise on new philosophical instruments for various purposes in the arts and sciences. With experiments on light and colours. By David Brewster
Description of a new double image micrometer for measuring the diameter of minute celestial objects
The kalaeidoscope
On a new optical and mineralogical structure, exhibited in certain specimens of apophyllite and other minerals
Description of a new reflecting microscope
Account of a new monochromatic lamp depending on the combustion of compressed gas
On the production of regular double refraction in the molecules of bodies by simple pressure
Reply to Mr. Brooke's observations on the connexion between the optical structure of minerals and their primitive forms
Observations on the visions of impressions on the retina
Account of a singular experiment depending on the polarization of light by reflexion
Description of oxahverite, a new mineral from oxahver, in Iceland
Notice respecting a singular structure in the diamond
Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry
The martyrs of science, or the lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler
A treatise on optics
Optics
On the life-boat, the lightning conductor, and the lighthouse
Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang

poet, historian, philosopher, astronomer, politician, librarian

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Edward Waldo Emerson
Edward Waldo Emerson (1844-1930)

physician, physicist

  • Harvard Medical School, Harvard University

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Emerson in Concord
Life and letters of Charles Russell Lowell
The early years of the Saturday Club, 1855-1870
Henry Thoreau as remembered by a young friend
Henry Thoreau, as remembered by a young friend, Edward Waldo Emerson
Charles Eliot Norton
Life and letters of Charles Russell Lowell, captain Sixth United States Cavalry, colonel Second Massachusetts Cavalry, brigadier-general United States Volunteers
The Early Years of the Saturday Club 1855 to 1870
The winning game
Henry Thoreau
A Correspondence Between John Sterling And Ralph Waldo Emerson
A History of the gift of painless surgery
The Early Years Of The Saturday Club
Emerson in Concords
Address on Oliver Wendell Holmes, April 27, 1909
Letters to Edwin B. Hill
The man as doctor
Emerson in Concord
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essays, addresses and poems of Edward Waldo Emerson
Emerson in Concord
Christoph Ruths
Christoph Ruths (1851-1922)

psychologist, astronomer

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Russell Burns
Russell Burns

physicist, historian

  • Durham University, University of Leicester

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Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage (1791-1871)

mathematician, computer scientist, inventor, economist, philosopher, engineer, astronomer

  • University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge

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The works of Charles Babbage
The economy of machinery and manufactures
Charles Babbage
Passages from the life of a philisopher
Charles Babbage and his calculating engines
Charles Babbage and his calculating engines
The exposition of 1851
Decline of Science in England
Testt
The ninth Bridgewater treatise
Table of the logarithms of the natural numbers, from 1 to 108000
Observations on the temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli near Naples
Thoughts on the principles of taxation, with reference to a property tax, and its exceptions
A comparative view of the various institutions for the assurance of lives
Examples of the solutions of functional equations
The analytical engine and mechanical notation
Ninth Bridgwater Treatise Fragment
Abstract of a paper entitled Observations on the Temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli
Science and reform
Memoirs of the Analytical Society
Works of Charles Babbage Vol 9
Demonstration of a theorem relating to prime numbers
Works of Charles Babbage Vol 3
Works of Charles Babbage Vol 5
Works of Charles Babbage Vol 10
Abstract of a Paper entitled. Observations on the Temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli
The Exposition of 1851; or, Views of the industry, the science, and the government of England
Examples of the Solutions of Functional Equations
The history of science and technology
Works of Charles Babbage Vol 1
Geometry and Faith: A Fragmentary Supplement to the Ninth Bridgewater Treatise
Charles Babbage and his calculating engines
Table of the logarithms of the natural numbers
Works of Charles Babbage Vol 2
How to invent machinery
A letter to sir Humphry Davy, Bart. president of the Royal Society, etc. etc. on the application of machinery to the purpose of calculating and printing mathematical tables
Observations on the measurement of heights by the barometer
On the theoretical principles of the machinery for calculating tables
Charles Babbage on the Principles and Development of the Calculator and Other Seminal Writings
On the advantage of a collection of numbers, to be entitled the constants of nature and of art
Ninth Bridgewater Treatise
On machinery for calculating and printing mathematical tables
Babbage's occulting telegraph
Works of Charles Babbage Vol 8
Report of the Committee, appointed by the Council of the Royal Society, to consider the subject refferd to in Mr. Stewart' Letter, relative to Mr. Babbage's Calculating machine, and to report thereupon / [I.T.W. Herschel]
Reflections on the Decline of Science in England
Memoir of the life and labours of Charles Babbage ..
Works of Charles Babbage Vol 11
An examination of some questions connected with games of chance. By Charles Babbage ..
On the Principles and Development of the Calculator and Other Seminal Writings
Examples of the Solutions of Functional Equations
Preussens Deutsche Politik und Ihre Gegner
On the application of analysis to the discovery of local theorems and porisms. By Charles Babbage ..
Works of Charles Babbage
Works of Charles Babbage Vol 6
Babbage's Calculating Engines
Ninth Bridgewater Treatise
The Exposition of Eighteen Fifty-One
Tables of logarithms of the natural numbers from 1 to 108,000
The difference engine and table making
Exposition Of 1851
Works of Charles Babbage Vol 4
On the advantage of a collection of numbers, to be entitled the constants of nature and art / by Charles Babbage
A chapter on street nuisances
Mathematical papers
An examination of some questions connected with games of chance
La macchina analitica
Ninth Bridgwater Treatise Fragment
Ninth Bridgewater Treatise. a Fragment
Observations on the analogy which subsists between the calculus of functions and other branches of analysis. By Charles Babbage ..
Observations on the Temple of Serapis at Pozzuoli Near Naples; With an Attempt to Explain the Causes of the Frequent Elevation and Depression of Large ... Prove That Those Causes Continue in Action at
Laws of mechanical notation (for consideration) / [C. Babbage]
Scientific and miscellaneous papers
Account of the repetition of M. Arago's experiments on the magnetism manifested by various substances during the act of rotation. By C. Babbage ... and J. F. W. Herschel ..
The Exposition of 1851
Table of logarithms of the natural numbers from 1 to 108,000
Table of Logarithms of the Natural Numbers
Barometrical observations made at the fall of the Staubbach
Minutes of the Council of the Royal Society relating to the report of the Committee on Mr. Babbage's Calculating machine. February 12, 1829
On currency, on a new system of manufacturing, andon the effet of machinery on human labour
Observations on the discovery in various localities of the remains of human art
Specimen of logarithmic tables printed with different coloured inks on variously coloured papers
Essay on General Principles Which Regulate the Application of Machinery to Manufactures
A letter to T.P. Courtenay, on the proportionate number of births of the two sexes under different circumstances
Table of the Logarithms of the Natural Numbers
Works of Charles Babbage Vol 7
Scientific and miscellaneous papers II
Thoughts on the principles of taxation
The ninth Bridgewater treatise
Of the constants of nature
A chapter on street nuisances
Charles Babbage on the principles and development of the calculator
Table of logarithms of the natural numbers
The Exposition of 1851
The ninth Bridgewater treatise
On the influence of signs in mathematical reasoning
An analysis of the statistics of the Clearing House during the year 1839
Thoughts on the principles of taxation, with reference to a property tax, and its exceptions
Observations addressed at the last anniversary, to the President and Fellows of the Royal Society, after the delivery of the medals
Scientific and miscellaneous papers I.
A comparative view of the various institutions for the assurance of lives
The ninth Bridgewater treatise
The Exposition of 1851, or, Views of the industry, the science, and the government, of England
The Exposition of 1851, or, Views of the industry, the science, and the government, of England