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Some Nineteenth Century British Scientists presents the biographies of eight British scientists who represent the state of science in the second half of the Victorian era: Charles Wyville Thomson, James Murray, Arthur Cayley, Francis Galton, William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, Norman Lockyer, Sidney Gilch...
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Pergamon Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | [1969] |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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The Commonwealth and international library. Liberal studies division. Science and society, v. 5
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080133836 |
| Summary: |
Some Nineteenth Century British Scientists presents the biographies of eight British scientists who represent the state of science in the second half of the Victorian era: Charles Wyville Thomson, James Murray, Arthur Cayley, Francis Galton, William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, Norman Lockyer, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, and William Ramsay. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (viii, 259 pages .) : illustrations, map, portrait. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9780080133836 0080133835 9781483153155 1483153150 |
| Index Number: | Q141 |
| CLC: | K816.1 |
| Contents: | Sir Charles Wyville Thomson, 1820-1882, and Sir James Murray, 1841-1914; the Challenger Expedition, by L. Leyton.--Arthur Cayley, 1821-1895, by J. North.--Sir Francis Galton, 1822-1910, by R.W. Morgan.--William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, 1824-1907, by C. Watson.--Sir Norman Lockyer, 1836-1920, by J. North.--Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, 1850-1885, by P. Hibbard.--Sir William Ramsay, 1852-1916, by D. Knight. |