Genre:

Review

Publications reviewed:

[Napier] 1815–24

Subjects:

Metaphysics, Ethics, Philosophy | History of Science, Mathematics, Logic, Natural Philosophy, Mechanics, Astronomy, Light, Heat, Electricity, Magnetism | Exploration | Alchemy, Mathematics, Ancient Authorities, Meteorology | Health, Medical Treatment, Hydropathy | Zoology

People mentioned:

Dugald Stewart , John Playfair , Matthew Flinders, Lachlan Macquarie, Aristotle, Galileo Galilei, Evangelista Torricelli, Blaise Pascal, Otto von Guericke, Robert Boyle, Robert Hooke, Christiaan Huygens, René Du P Descartes, Samuel Morland, Jean D Cassini, Daniel Bernoulli, Jean H Magellan, Pierre Vernier, Guillaume Amontons, William Cary, John Leslie , William Wright, James Currie, Armand Seguin, Bartholomew Parr, John Haygarth, Antoine F de Fourcroy, Heinrich M Marcard, Jan Swammerdam, Giacomo F Maraldi, René A F de Réaumur, Adam G Schirach, François Huber

Institutions mentioned:

Royal Society, Institut Nationale, Paris

Publications cited:

Brewster 1808–30

    Reviews articles concerning the 'history of the mathematical and physical sciences', Australasia, barometers, bathing, and bees.