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| Title | Natural Philosophy |
| Author | Herschel, Sir John F. W. Bart KB |
| Asset Number | 00632 |
| Publisher | Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans |
| ISBN | |
| Published Date | 1851 |
| Edition | New |
| Printing | |
| Description | Full leather hardbound prize binding. Marbled edges.
Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy.
Inscribed:
United College
? (St Andrews)
1st Mathematical Class
Prize
awarded to
Charles McIntosh
by
J C Adams
Late Prof of Maths
April 1859
John Couch Adams - co discoverer of Neptune, 1845.
John Herschel had seen the planet in 1830, but thought it a star.
Originally published in 1830, this book can be called the first modern work in the philosophy of science, covering an extraordinary range of philosophical, methodological, and scientific subjects.
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| Category | General Science |
| Epoch | Victorian/Edwardian |
| Date Acquired | 07/11/2023 |
| Condition | (2) Very Good |
