The beginnings of modern science : scientific writings of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries / edited by Holmes Boynton. - Roslyn, N.Y. : Published for the Classics Club by W. J. Black, c1948. - xxi, 634 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Contents

1. Matter and motion

2.Light, heat, and fire

3. The study of air and of chemistry

4. Electricity

5. The earth and its waters

6. How plants grow

7. The structure of the human body

8. The science of healing

9. Scientists think about science

Includes index.


Science.

508.2 / BEG