Whewell, William: History of the Inductive Sciences, from the Earliest to the Present Time: 2 Vols. , New York, Appleton & Co., 1866. Third Edition.

HARDBACKS. in uniform 8vo (8.25" x 5.25" ) embossed brown cloth. Pp. 566 plus 8 (adverts); & 648 plus 8 (adverts). Fine in clean sound condition. Whewell coined many terms in use today e.g. ion, anode, cathode, Eocene, Miocene, Pliocene, physicist, scientist. (Dictionary of Scientific Biography Vol. 13 p. 292.) (Book ref. 807 )  £ 175.00

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