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Julius Thomsen and classical thermochemistry Julius Thomsen and classical thermochemistry

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Helge Kragh

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 255 - 272

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400021294 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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L'esprit de la science anglaise et les Français au XIXème siècle L'esprit de la science anglaise et les Français au XIXème siècle

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Annie Petit

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 273 - 293

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400021300 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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Beyond the planets: early nineteenth-century studies of double stars Beyond the planets: early nineteenth-century studies of double stars

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Mari Williams

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 295 - 309

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400021312 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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James Sterling Wilkie: 1906–1982 James Sterling Wilkie: 1906–1982

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A. C. Crombie

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 310 - 311

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400021324 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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Book Reviews

History of Natural History Edmund Berkeley and Dorothy Smith Berkeley, The life and travels of John Bartram. From Lake Ontario to the River St. John, Tallahassee: University Presses of Florida, 1982. Pp. xvi + 376. ISBN 0-8130-0700-3. (No price stated.) History of Natural History Edmund Berkeley and Dorothy Smith Berkeley, The life and travels of John Bartram. From Lake Ontario to the River St. John, Tallahassee: University Presses of Florida, 1982. Pp. xvi + 376. ISBN 0-8130-0700-3. (No price stated.)

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D. E. Allen

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 311 - 312

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400021336 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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History of Natural History Adrian Desmond, Archetypes and ancestors: palaeontology in Victorian London, 1850–1870. London: Blond and Briggs, 1982. Pp. 287. ISBN 0-85634-121-5. £15.95. History of Natural History Adrian Desmond, Archetypes and ancestors: palaeontology in Victorian London, 1850–1870. London: Blond and Briggs, 1982. Pp. 287. ISBN 0-85634-121-5. £15.95.

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J. C. Thackray

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 312 - 313

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400021348 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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History of Natural History Gordon L. Herries Davies, Sheets of Many Colours. The Mapping of Ireland's Rocks. 1750–1890. Dublin: The Royal Dublin Society, 1983. Pp. xiv + 242 ISBN 0-86027-014-9 IR £ 15.00. History of Natural History Gordon L. Herries Davies, Sheets of Many Colours. The Mapping of Ireland's Rocks. 1750–1890. Dublin: The Royal Dublin Society, 1983. Pp. xiv + 242 ISBN 0-86027-014-9 IR £ 15.00.

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Beryl M. Hamilton

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 313 - 313

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S000708740002135X (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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History of Natural History Mott T. Greene, Geology in the Nineteenth Century. Changing Views of a Changing World. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1983. Pp. 324. ISBN 0-8014-1467-9. £23.50, $38.35. Nicolaas A. Rupke, The Great Chain of History. William Buckland and the English School of Geology (1814–1849). Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983. Pp. xii + 322. ISBN 0-19-822907-0. £22.50 History of Natural History Mott T. Greene, Geology in the Nineteenth Century. Changing Views of a Changing World. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1983. Pp. 324. ISBN 0-8014-1467-9. £23.50, \$38.35. Nicolaas A. Rupke, The Great Chain of History. William Buckland and the English School of Geology (1814–1849). Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983. Pp. xii + 322. ISBN 0-19-822907-0. £22.50

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Martin Rudwick

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 314 - 316

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400021361 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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History of Natural History William Glen, The Road to Jaramillo: Critical Years of the Revolution in Earth Science. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1982. Pp. xx + 459. ISBN 0-8047-1119-4. $37.50. History of Natural History William Glen, The Road to Jaramillo: Critical Years of the Revolution in Earth Science. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1982. Pp. xx + 459. ISBN 0-8047-1119-4. \$37.50.

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James A. Secord

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 316 - 318

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400021373 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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History of Natural History K. Thomas, Man and the natural world: changing attitudes in England, 1500–1800, London: Allen Lane, 1983. Pp. 426, illus. ISBN: 0-7139-1227-8. £14.95. History of Natural History K. Thomas, Man and the natural world: changing attitudes in England, 1500–1800, London: Allen Lane, 1983. Pp. 426, illus. ISBN: 0-7139-1227-8. £14.95.

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David Knight

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 318 - 318

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400021385 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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History of Natural History Timothy Lenoir, The strategy of life: teleology and mechanics in nineteenth century German biology. Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1982. Pp. xii + 314. ISBN 90-277-1363-4. DFL 135.00, $59.00. History of Natural History Timothy Lenoir, The strategy of life: teleology and mechanics in nineteenth century German biology. Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1982. Pp. xii + 314. ISBN 90-277-1363-4. DFL 135.00, \$59.00.

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David Knight

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 318 - 319

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400021397 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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History of Natural History Madeleine Barthélemy-Madaule, Lamarck the mythical precursor: a study of the relations between science and ideology. Translated by M. H. Shank. Cambridge, Mass., and London: The M.I.T. Press, 1982. Pp. xv + 174. ISBN 0-262-02179-X. £12.25. History of Natural History Madeleine Barthélemy-Madaule, Lamarck the mythical precursor: a study of the relations between science and ideology. Translated by M. H. Shank. Cambridge, Mass., and London: The M.I.T. Press, 1982. Pp. xv + 174. ISBN 0-262-02179-X. £12.25.

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Dorinda Outram

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 319 - 320

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400021403 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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History of Natural History Paul Lawrence Farber, The emergence of ornithology as a scientific discipline: 1760–1850. Dordrecht, Boston & London: D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1982. Pp. xxi+ 191. 339.50. History of Natural History Paul Lawrence Farber, The emergence of ornithology as a scientific discipline: 1760–1850. Dordrecht, Boston & London: D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1982. Pp. xxi+ 191. 339.50.

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Dorinda Outram

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 321 - 321

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400021415 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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History of Natural History John Lyon and Phillip R. Sloan, From natural history to the history of nature. Notre Dame and London: University of Notre Dame Press, 1981. Pp. xiv+ 406. £11.95. David Goodman, Buffon's Natural History. (The Open University Arts: A Second Level Course, The Enlightenment.) Milton Keynes: The Open University Press, 1980. Pp. 74. History of Natural History John Lyon and Phillip R. Sloan, From natural history to the history of nature. Notre Dame and London: University of Notre Dame Press, 1981. Pp. xiv+ 406. £11.95. David Goodman, Buffon's Natural History. (The Open University Arts: A Second Level Course, The Enlightenment.) Milton Keynes: The Open University Press, 1980. Pp. 74.

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Roy Porter

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 321 - 322

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400021427 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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History of Natural History Gunnar Broberg (ed), Linnaeus: progress and prospects in Linnean research. Stockholm and Pittsburgh: Almquist & Wiksell with the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, 1978. Pp 318. ISBN 91-22-00385-1. (No price stated.) History of Natural History Gunnar Broberg (ed), Linnaeus: progress and prospects in Linnean research. Stockholm and Pittsburgh: Almquist & Wiksell with the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, 1978. Pp 318. ISBN 91-22-00385-1. (No price stated.)

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Janet Browne

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 322 - 322

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400021439 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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History of Natural History Ron J. Cleevely, World palaeontological collections. London: British Museum (Natural History) and Mansell, 1982. Pp. 365. ISBN 0-56500-850-1/0-7201-1655-4. £50. History of Natural History Ron J. Cleevely, World palaeontological collections. London: British Museum (Natural History) and Mansell, 1982. Pp. 365. ISBN 0-56500-850-1/0-7201-1655-4. £50.

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John Thackray

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 322 - 323

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400021440 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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History of Natural History Ray Desmond, The India Museum 1801–1879. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1982. Pp. xi+ 215. ISBN 0-11-580088-3. £25.00. History of Natural History Ray Desmond, The India Museum 1801–1879. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1982. Pp. xi+ 215. ISBN 0-11-580088-3. £25.00.

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D. E. Allen

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 323 - 324

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400021452 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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History of Technology William H. McNeill, The Pursuit of Power: Technology Armed Force and Society since AD 1000. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1983. ISBN 0-631-13134-5. £15.00. History of Technology William H. McNeill, The Pursuit of Power: Technology Armed Force and Society since AD 1000. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1983. ISBN 0-631-13134-5. £15.00.

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Trevor I. Williams

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 324 - 325

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400021464 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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History of Technology Clayton R. Koppes, JPL and the American Space Programme: A History of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1982. Pp. viii+ 320. £16.95/$19.95. Joan Lisa Bromberg, Fusion: Science, Politics and the Invention of a New Energy Source. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1982. Pp. xxvi + 343. £24/$30. History of Technology Clayton R. Koppes, JPL and the American Space Programme: A History of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1982. Pp. viii+ 320. £16.95/\$19.95. Joan Lisa Bromberg, Fusion: Science, Politics and the Invention of a New Energy Source. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1982. Pp. xxvi + 343. £24/\$30.

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S. T. Keith

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 325 - 326

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400021476 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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History of Technology C. C. Gillispie, The Montgolfier Brothers and the Invention of Aviation, 1783–1784, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983. Pp. xi+ 210. ISBN 0-691-08321-5. £30.20. History of Technology C. C. Gillispie, The Montgolfier Brothers and the Invention of Aviation, 1783–1784, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983. Pp. xi+ 210. ISBN 0-691-08321-5. £30.20.

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Donald Cardwell

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 326 - 327

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400021488 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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History of Technology Woodruff Turner Sullivan III, (ed.), Classics in radio astronomy. Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1982. Pp. xxiv + 348. ISBN 90-277-1356-1. Dfl. 140.00, $59.50. History of Technology Woodruff Turner Sullivan III, (ed.), Classics in radio astronomy. Dordrecht: D. Reidel, 1982. Pp. xxiv + 348. ISBN 90-277-1356-1. Dfl. 140.00, \$59.50.

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David Edge

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 327 - 328

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S000708740002149X (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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History of Technology Trevor I. Williams, A short history of twentieth-century technology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. Pp. xix + 411. ISBN 0-19-858159-9. £12.50. History of Technology Trevor I. Williams, A short history of twentieth-century technology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. Pp. xix + 411. ISBN 0-19-858159-9. £12.50.

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Alex Keller

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 328 - 328

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400021506 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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History of Technology K. H. Vignoles, Charles Blacker Vignoles: romantic engineer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. Pp. xii-f 187. ISBN 0-521-23930-3. £18.00. History of Technology K. H. Vignoles, Charles Blacker Vignoles: romantic engineer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. Pp. xii-f 187. ISBN 0-521-23930-3. £18.00.

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Mark Baldwin

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 329 - 329

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400021518 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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History of Technology John Hubble Weiss, The making of technological man: the social origins of French engineering education. Cambridge, Mass, and London: MIT Press, 1982. Pp. xviii + 377. ISBN 0-262-23112-3. £21. History of Technology John Hubble Weiss, The making of technological man: the social origins of French engineering education. Cambridge, Mass, and London: MIT Press, 1982. Pp. xviii + 377. ISBN 0-262-23112-3. £21.

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Marie Boas Hall

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 329 - 330

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S000708740002152X (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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History of Technology Paul A. Hanle, Bringing aerodynamics to America. Cambridge, Mass, and London: MIT Press, 1982. Pp. xiv + 184. ISBN 0-262-08114-8. £14.00. History of Technology Paul A. Hanle, Bringing aerodynamics to America. Cambridge, Mass, and London: MIT Press, 1982. Pp. xiv + 184. ISBN 0-262-08114-8. £14.00.

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Jack Meadows

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 17 / Issue 03 / November 1984, pp 330 - 331

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400021531 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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History of Technology Brian Wynne, Rationality and ritual: the Windscale Inquiry and nuclear decisions in Britain. Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks.: The British Society for the History of Science (BSHS Monographs 3), 1982. Pp. x + 222. ISBN 0-906450-02-0. £6.50, $13.50. History of Technology Brian Wynne, Rationality and ritual: the Windscale Inquiry and nuclear decisions in Britain. Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks.: The British Society for the History of Science (BSHS Monographs 3), 1982. Pp. x + 222. ISBN 0-906450-02-0. £6.50, \$13.50.

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Science Studies Jonathan Barnes, Jacques Brunschwig, Myles Burnyeat, Malcolm Schofield (eds), Science and Speculation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. Pp. xxiv + 351. ISBN 0-521-24689-X. £25.00. Science Studies Jonathan Barnes, Jacques Brunschwig, Myles Burnyeat, Malcolm Schofield (eds), Science and Speculation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. Pp. xxiv + 351. ISBN 0-521-24689-X. £25.00.

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