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The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 269 - 269

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400031046 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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Infinity and creation: the origin of the controversy between Thomas Hobbes and the Savilian professors Seth Ward and John Wallis Infinity and creation: the origin of the controversy between Thomas Hobbes and the Savilian professors Seth Ward and John Wallis

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Siegmund Probst

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 271 - 279

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400031058 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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‘A duty of the greatest moment’: Isaac Newton and the writing of biblical criticism ‘A duty of the greatest moment’: Isaac Newton and the writing of biblical criticism

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Scott Mandelbrote

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 281 - 302

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S000708740003106X (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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From van Helmont to Boyle. A study of the transmission of Helmontian chemical and medical theories in seventeenth-century England From van Helmont to Boyle. A study of the transmission of Helmontian chemical and medical theories in seventeenth-century England

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Antonio Clericuzio

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 303 - 334

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400031071 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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Personal development and intellectual biography: the case of Robert Boyle Personal development and intellectual biography: the case of Robert Boyle

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Steven Shapin

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 335 - 345

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400031083 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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Henry Reginald Calvert (1904–92) Henry Reginald Calvert (1904–92)

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John A. Chaldecott

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 347 - 349

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400031095 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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William H. Brock, The Fontana History of Chemistry. London: Fontana, 1992, Pp. xxiii + 744. ISBN 0-00-686173-3. £8.99. William H. Brock, The Fontana History of Chemistry. London: Fontana, 1992, Pp. xxiii + 744. ISBN 0-00-686173-3. £8.99.

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John G. McEvoy

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 351 - 353

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400031101 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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Jean S. Gottlieb, A Checklist of the Newberry Library's Printed Books in Science, Medicine, Technology, and the Pseudosciences ca. 1460–1750. New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1992. Pp. xxiii + 312, illus. ISBN 0-8240-5171-8. $67.00. Jean S. Gottlieb, A Checklist of the Newberry Library's Printed Books in Science, Medicine, Technology, and the Pseudosciences ca. 1460–1750. New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1992. Pp. xxiii + 312, illus. ISBN 0-8240-5171-8. \$67.00.

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John Henry

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 353 - 353

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400031113 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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Jost Weyer, Graf Wolfgang II von Hohenlohe und die Alchemic: Alchemistische Studien in Schloss Weikersheim, 1587–1610. Sigmaringen: Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 1992. Pp. 516. ISBN 3-7995-7639-8. DM 88.00. Jost Weyer, Graf Wolfgang II von Hohenlohe und die Alchemic: Alchemistische Studien in Schloss Weikersheim, 1587–1610. Sigmaringen: Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 1992. Pp. 516. ISBN 3-7995-7639-8. DM 88.00.

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Ole Peter Grell

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 353 - 354

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400031125 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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Galileo Galilei, Sidereus nuncius, le messager celeste, texte, traduction et notes établis par Isabella Pantin. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1992. Pp. civ + 115. ISBN 0251-34505-1. 230 FF. Galileo Galilei, Sidereus nuncius, le messager celeste, texte, traduction et notes établis par Isabella Pantin. Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1992. Pp. civ + 115. ISBN 0251-34505-1. 230 FF.

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Giancarlo Nonnoia

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 354 - 355

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400031137 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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Michael Segre, In the Wake of Galileo. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1991. Pp. xix + 192. ISBN 0-8135-1700-1. $27.95. Michael Segre, In the Wake of Galileo. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1991. Pp. xix + 192. ISBN 0-8135-1700-1. \$27.95.

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Peter Dear

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 355 - 356

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400031149 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, Lettres à Cassiano dal Pozzo (1626–1637), éditées et commentées par Jean-François Lhote et Danielle Joyal. Amphion, Études d'histoire des techniques 3. Clermont-Ferrand: Éditions Adosa, 1992. Pp. 280. ISBN 2-86639-079-2. 260 FF. Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, Lettres à Cassiano dal Pozzo (1626–1637), éditées et commentées par Jean-François Lhote et Danielle Joyal. Amphion, Études d'histoire des techniques 3. Clermont-Ferrand: Éditions Adosa, 1992. Pp. 280. ISBN 2-86639-079-2. 260 FF.

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Paula Findlen

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 356 - 357

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400031150 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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Marjorie Hope Nicolson (ed.), The Conway Letters: The Correspondence of Anne, Viscountess Conway, Henry More, and their Friends, 1642–1684. Revised Edition with an Introduction and New Material Edited by Sarah Hutton. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992. Pp. xxix + 592. ISBN 0-19-824876-8. £55.00. Marjorie Hope Nicolson (ed.), The Conway Letters: The Correspondence of Anne, Viscountess Conway, Henry More, and their Friends, 1642–1684. Revised Edition with an Introduction and New Material Edited by Sarah Hutton. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992. Pp. xxix + 592. ISBN 0-19-824876-8. £55.00.

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John Henry

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 357 - 358

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400031162 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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A. Rupert Hall, Isaac Newton: Adventurer in Thought. Oxford: Blackwell, 1992. Pp. xv + 468. ISBN 0-631-17906-2. £19.95. A. Rupert Hall, Isaac Newton: Adventurer in Thought. Oxford: Blackwell, 1992. Pp. xv + 468. ISBN 0-631-17906-2. £19.95.

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Malcolm Oster

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 358 - 360

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François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire, Éléments de la philosophie de Newton, critical edition by Robert L. Walters and W. H. Barber. The Complete Works of Voltaire, 15. Oxford: Voltaire Foundation, Taylor Institution, 1992. Pp. xxii + 850. ISBN 0-7294-0374-2. No price given. François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire, Éléments de la philosophie de Newton, critical edition by Robert L. Walters and W. H. Barber. The Complete Works of Voltaire, 15. Oxford: Voltaire Foundation, Taylor Institution, 1992. Pp. xxii + 850. ISBN 0-7294-0374-2. No price given.

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Paolo Casini

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 360 - 361

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400031186 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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P. M. Harman and Alan E. Shapiro (eds.), The Investigation of Difficult Things. Essays on Newton and the History of the Exact Sciences in Honour of D. T. Whiteside. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Pp. xvi + 531. ISBN 0-521-37435-9. £90.00. P. M. Harman and Alan E. Shapiro (eds.), The Investigation of Difficult Things. Essays on Newton and the History of the Exact Sciences in Honour of D. T. Whiteside. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Pp. xvi + 531. ISBN 0-521-37435-9. £90.00.

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Antoni Malet

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 361 - 363

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400031198 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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Larry Stewart. The Rise of Public Science: Rhetoric, Technology, and Natural Philosophy in Newtonian Britain, 1660–1750. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Pp. xxxiv + 453, illus. ISBN 0-521-417007-7. £45.00, $69.95. Larry Stewart. The Rise of Public Science: Rhetoric, Technology, and Natural Philosophy in Newtonian Britain, 1660–1750. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992. Pp. xxxiv + 453, illus. ISBN 0-521-417007-7. £45.00, \$69.95.

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Jan Golinski

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 363 - 364

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G. J. Barker-Benfield. The Culture of Sensibility: Sex and Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1992. Pp. xxxiv + 520. ISBN 0-226-03713-4. £39.95, $57.50. G. J. Barker-Benfield. The Culture of Sensibility: Sex and Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1992. Pp. xxxiv + 520. ISBN 0-226-03713-4. £39.95, \$57.50.

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Christopher Lawrence

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 364 - 365

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Matthew Ramsay, Professional and Popular Medicine in France, 1770–1830. The Social World of Medical Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Pp. xvii + 406. ISBN 0-521-30517-9. £35. Matthew Ramsay, Professional and Popular Medicine in France, 1770–1830. The Social World of Medical Practice. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Pp. xvii + 406. ISBN 0-521-30517-9. £35.

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John Pickstone

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 365 - 365

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Jacob W. Gruber and John C. Thackray Richard Owen Commemoration: Three Studies. London: Natural History Museum Publications, 1992. Pp. ix + 181. ISBN 0-565-01109-X. £29.95.

Richard Owen The Hunterian Lectures in Comparative Anatomy, May and June 1837, edited with introduction and commentary by P. R. Sloan. London: Natural History Publications, 1992. Pp. xvi + 340. ISBN 0-565-01106, £37.50 (hardback), 0-565-011448, £15.95 (paperback). Jacob W. Gruber and John C. Thackray Richard Owen Commemoration: Three Studies. London: Natural History Museum Publications, 1992. Pp. ix + 181. ISBN 0-565-01109-X. £29.95.

Richard Owen The Hunterian Lectures in Comparative Anatomy, May and June 1837, edited with introduction and commentary by P. R. Sloan. London: Natural History Publications, 1992. Pp. xvi + 340. ISBN 0-565-01106, £37.50 (hardback), 0-565-011448, £15.95 (paperback).

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Mario A. Di Gregorio

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 365 - 366

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Antonello La Vergata, L'equilibrio e la guerra della natura. Dalla teologia naturale al darwinismo. Naples: Morano, 1990. Pp. 700. L. 60,000 (paperback edition). Antonello La Vergata, L'equilibrio e la guerra della natura. Dalla teologia naturale al darwinismo. Naples: Morano, 1990. Pp. 700. L. 60,000 (paperback edition).

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Gerhard H. Müller

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 366 - 368

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Regine Zott and Emil Heuser, Die streitbaren Gelehrten. Justus Liebig und die preussischen Universitäten. Kommentierte Edition eines historischen Disputes. Berliner Beiträge zur Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik, 15. Berlin: ERS Verlag, 1992. Pp. 289. ISBN 3-928577-13-1. DM 51.00. Regine Zott and Emil Heuser, Die streitbaren Gelehrten. Justus Liebig und die preussischen Universitäten. Kommentierte Edition eines historischen Disputes. Berliner Beiträge zur Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und der Technik, 15. Berlin: ERS Verlag, 1992. Pp. 289. ISBN 3-928577-13-1. DM 51.00.

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Steven Turner

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 368 - 369

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400031265 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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B. C. Blake-Coleman, Copper Wire and Electrical Conductors: The Shaping of a Technology. Philadelphia: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1992. Pp. xx + 283. ISBN 3-7186-5200-5. £24.00, $44.00.

Paul Israel. From Machine Shop to Industrial Laboratory: Telegraphy and the Changing Context of American Invention, 1830–1920. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992. Pp. viii + 251. ISBN 0-0818-4379-0. £29.00. B. C. Blake-Coleman, Copper Wire and Electrical Conductors: The Shaping of a Technology. Philadelphia: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1992. Pp. xx + 283. ISBN 3-7186-5200-5. £24.00, \$44.00.

Paul Israel. From Machine Shop to Industrial Laboratory: Telegraphy and the Changing Context of American Invention, 1830–1920. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992. Pp. viii + 251. ISBN 0-0818-4379-0. £29.00.

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Robert A. Nye

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 369 - 371

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400031277 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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Paul Tunbridge, Lord Kelvin: His Influence on Electrical Measurements and Units. London: Peter Peregrinus Ltd, on Behalf of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1992. Pp. ix + 107. ISBN 0-86341-237-8. £19.00. Paul Tunbridge, Lord Kelvin: His Influence on Electrical Measurements and Units. London: Peter Peregrinus Ltd, on Behalf of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1992. Pp. ix + 107. ISBN 0-86341-237-8. £19.00.

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Ben Marsden

The British Journal for the History of Science / Volume 26 / Issue 03 / September 1993, pp 371 - 372

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087400031290 (About DOI), Published online: 05 January 2009

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Simon Baatz, Knowledge, Culture and Science in the Metropolis: The New York Academy of Sciences, 1817–1970. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 584. New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 1990. Pp. ix + 269. ISBN 0-89766-545-7 (hardback); 0-89766-546-5 (paperback). No price given. Simon Baatz, Knowledge, Culture and Science in the Metropolis: The New York Academy of Sciences, 1817–1970. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 584. New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 1990. Pp. ix + 269. ISBN 0-89766-545-7 (hardback); 0-89766-546-5 (paperback). No price given.

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