Part 2 / Book 6 — INDEX (continued 4)
Reading edition
Petit, Fédéric (b. 1810), on meteors, etc. (Toulouse Academy Reports, 3rd and 4th Series, for 1844, 1846, 1848, 1849, 1855), 315
Petit, P., “A letter ... where ... a globous magnet called terrella and the variation of the variation is examined” (Phil. Trans. 1667, p. 502).
Petit-Radel, Philippe (1749–1815), 305
Petrequin (at Pearson, George, A.D. 1797), 325
Petri de Bergamo, 505
Petri de Vineis. See Des Vignes, Pierre.
Petri, H. (at Cusanus), 510
Petrina, F. A., “Entdeckungen im Galvano-Voltaismus,” 249, 258 (Baumgartner, Andreas Zeitschrift f. Phys., V. 1837).
Petrini, Pietro (1785–1822)—Petrini, P., and Cioni, M., 337, 392
Petropol. See St. Petersburg.
Petrus Aponus—Apponensis—Apianus. See Abano, 501
Petrus Lombardus. See Peter the Lombard.
Petrus Nonius. See Nuñez, Pedro, 530
Petrus Plancius—Plancius Peter, 94, 533
Peurbach, Georg von (1423–1461), Novæ theoriæ planetarum, 512
Pezzani, André (at Lactantius, L. C. F.), 525
Pezzi, Cesare G. (at Galvani, Luigi, A.D. 1786), 283–284
Pfaff, Christian Heinrich, of Kiel (1773–1852)—Pfaff, C. H., and Michaelis, G. A., 195, 270, 278, 285, 327, 331, 332, 333, 335, 353, 385, 393, 419, 493
(Gren’s Journal, VIII.; Ann. der Chemie, XXXIV. 307; Soc. Philom., II. 181, 1796; Gilb. Ann., Vols. VII. and LXXIV.; Phil. Mag., XXVII. 338; Schweigger’s Journal, Vols. I.-LXIV.; Gehlen’s Jour. f. Chem. v. Phys. for 1806 and 1808).
Pfaff, Johann Wilhelm Andreas (1774–1835)—Pfaff, J. W. A., and Schweigger J. S. C., 415
Pfalzbayr Beiträge for 1782, 285, 330
Pfluger, E. (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D. 1803), 386 (Monatsberichte d. Berlin Akad., 1858).
Phæacians, the, 6 (dwellers on the mythical island of Scheria).
Phædo—Phœdo—Phædrus. See Plato.
Pharmaceutical Journal, London, 308
Pharos, Temple of, 18
Phenix of Alexandria (at School of Athens), 544
“Phil. Graec. vet. relig.,” 511
Philadelphia, College of, 222
Philadelphia. See American Museum, American Philosophical Society, Academy of Natural Sciences, Journal of the Franklin Institute.
Philip, Dr. Wilson (at Bostock, John, A.D. 1818), 325, 443
Philip II, King of Spain, 77, 527
Philipeaux (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D. 1803), 386
Philips, R., “Electrical formation of crystallized sulphuret” (Phil. Mag. or Annals, VII. 226, 1830).
Phillips, John, 249, 257
Phillips, Laurence Barnett, “Dict. of Biogr. Ref.,” 1871, 300
Phillips, Sir Richard (1778–1851), one of the editors of the “Philosophical Magazine,” 285, 428, 464, 466, 497
Philo, Judæus (b. 20–10 B.C.) “Libellus de Opificio Mundi,” 20
Philolaus, the Pythagorian (fl. c. 374 B.C.), 532, 537
Philosophia Britannica. See Martin, Benjamin.
Philosophia Magnetica, 1629, of Nicolaus Cabæus was the second Latin book published on electricity; Gilbert’s De Magnete, 1600, being the first.
Philosophia Moysaica. See Fludd, Robert, 554
Philosophia Naturalis, 1654. See Regius, Henricus (Le Roy).
Philosophia Pollingana ... 1730. See Amort, Eusebius.
Philosophical and Mathematical Dictionary. See Hutton.
Philosophical: “History and Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris”: London, 1742.
See Académie Royale des Sciences, Paris.
Philosophical Magazine—Philosophical Magazine and Journal ...; Philosophical Magazine or Annals of Chemistry ...; London and Edinburgh Phil. Mag. and Journal of Science; London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Phil. Mag. and Journ. of Sc., edited by Brewster, Kane Phillips, Taylor, Tilloch and others: under name of Tilloch’s Ph. Mag., etc.
Philosophical Magazine, etc., xvii, 43, 61, 81, 133, 140, 143, 148, 165, 178, 195, 201, 212, 214, 218, 221, 225, 229, 230, 231, 246, 248, 249, 252, 256, 258, 263, 270, 277, 279, 281, 285, 288, 289, 291, 295, 296, 297, 298, 300, 305, 306, 308, 311, 314, 315, 326, 329, 330, 335, 337, 338, 347, 348, 349, 354, 359, 362, 363, 367, 371, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 380, 381, 382, 383, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, 397, 398, 399, 400, 403, 405, 406, 411, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 423, 424, 426, 427, 428, 429, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 440, 442, 444, 446, 448, 449, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 460, 464, 466, 467, 468, 469, 471, 476, 477, 479, 481, 483, 486, 487, 488, 492, 494, 495, 496, 498, 499, 549–550
Philosophical Society, Cambridge, England.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. See Royal Society, London.
Philostratus, Flavius (born c. 180–170 B.C.), 8, 533
Phipson, T. L., on Phosphorescence, Meteors, Aerolites, etc., 1858, 1862, 1867.
Phlogiston—Phlogistic theory from Boyle to Lavoisier, 261, 262, 362
Phædo of Aristotle, 537
Phœnicians, the, along the Syrian coast, 5, 7, 536; Phœnician star.
Phœnicians. See Court de Gébelin, Antoine (1725–1784), “Monde primitif ...,” 1781; also Huet, Pierre Daniel (1630–1725), “History ...,” 1717.
Phonograph, suggested at (A.D. 1745), 171;
also at (A.D. 1620–1655), 103,
and at (A.D. 1641), 119
Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 820–891), 7, 541
Photometers of Lambert, Leslie, and Count Rumford, 225
Photometry (Photometria), 225
“Physikal ... Worterbuch ...,” edited by Gehler, J. S. T., 248
Physical Society of London, Proceedings, etc., publication commenced in London during 1876.
Physikalische-Bibliothek. See Erxleben.
“Physiologische Darstellung der Lebenskräfte,” 284
Pianciani, Giambattista (b. 1784) (Bibl. Ital., XCIX. 97, 1835) (at Shaw, George, A.D. 1791), 298
Picard, Jean (1620–1682), first observed electric light in vacuo, 132, 146, 268 (Anc. Mém. Paris, II. X.; Bibl. Ital., XCIX. 42).
Picchioni, L. (Bibl. Ital., XCVI. 404, 1839).
Piccinelli, G. (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D. 1803), 385 (Opusc. Scelti, VIII. 310, Milano, 1785).
Piccolomini, Alessandro, archivesco di Patrasso, “De la sphera del mondo ...,” 1540.
Pickel, Georg (1751–1838), animal electricity, etc., 249, 257, 385
Pickering, Charles (at Schouten, G. C., A.D. 1616), 98
Pictet, Marc Auguste (1752–1825), “On atmospheric electricity,” 199, 309, 327, 331, 407
Pictorio, Georg (at A.D. 430), 26
Piderit, J. R. A., “Dissertatio ...,” 1745, 555
Piezo electricity: electricity developed by pressure, as in some crystals.
Pigafetta, Francisco Antonio (1491–1534), “Trattato di navigazione ...,” 67, 68
Pignotti, Lorenzo (1739–1812), 299, 392
Pigram, W. (at Bolten, J. F., A.D. 1775), 246
Pilatre de Rozier, Jean François (1756–1785), “Sur la cause de la foudre” and “Sur des expériences électriques”: Paris, 1780–1781, 288, 554 (Journ. de Physique, XVI. and XVII.).
Pilkington, James, Bishop of Durham (1520–1576), 232
Pinaud, A., Electro-dynamics, etc. (Reports of the Toulouse Academy for 1843, 1844, 1846).
Pincio, Leon, “Biblioteca ...,” 516
Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 320
Pine, T., “On the connection between electricity and vegetation” (Annals of Electricity, IV. 421), 257
Pineda, Juan de, Spanish Jesuit (c. 1557–1637), 5
Pinkerton, John (at A.D. 1809), 402
Pinson, P. C., “Essai ... applications de l’électricité à la médecine,” 1857, 386
“Pioneers of Science.” See Lodge, Sir Oliver.
Pisa University, 392
Piso, Lucius Calpurnius, “Die Lorazischen ...” von A. Michaelis, 1877, 10
Pittacus (c. 652–569 B.C.), 7
Pivati, Johannes Francisco (1689–1764), 185, 186, 263;
“Della elettricità medica ...,” 1747.
Pivia and Matteucci, 384
Pixii, Hypolite, Jr., Magneto-elect. apparatus (Ann. de Chimie for July 1832).
Pizarro, 475
Placidus, Heinrich (Schweigger’s Journal, XV.), 420
Plana, Giovanni Antonio Amadeo (b. 1781), Memoirs on the theory of magnetism, on the distribution of electricity, etc. (Mém. de Turin, Ser. II. Vol. III. 1844, 1845, 1864).
Plancius, Peter (1552–1622), 94, 532–533, 560
Plant electricity, researches on, 259–261
Planta, Martin de (1727–1772), 229, 256 (In Allg. deutsche Biblioth. XXIV. Anh. Abth., p. 549, 1760).
Plat, Sir Hugh (1552–1611), “Jewel House of Art and Nature,” 1653, 74, 124
Plata, F. M., “Dissertatio de electricitate,” 1749, 555
Plate of air electrically charged, 313
Platea, Francis Piazza (d. at Bologna, A.D. 1460) (at A.D. 450), 27
Plateau, M. J. (at 285–247 B.C.), 18
Plato, Athenian philosopher (c. 427–347 B.C.)— Platonists—“Ion”; “Timæus”; “Phædrus”; “Phædo,” etc. See Monroe “Cyclopædia ...,” Vol. IV. pp. 722–725; 7, 8, 13, 15, 20, 43, 270, 515, 525, 533, 534, 538, 544
Plattes, Gabriel, 124, 125
Plautus, Titus Maccius (c. 254–184 B.C.). The greatest comic poet of ancient Rome. The “Bacchides,” etc., the editio princeps of his works appeared at Venice in 1472.
Playfair, John (1748–1819), 99, 122, 156, 295, 296, 311;
“Outlines of natural philosophy,” 2 Vols. 1812–1816; “Magnetising power of violet rays” (Phil. Mag., LIII. 155, 1817).
Playfair, Lyon Lord (1818–1898), 122, 423.
See Vapereau, G., “Dictionnaire ...,” p. 1260.
Pliny—Plinius Cæcilius Secundus (Caius) A.D. 23–79), “... Naturalis Historiæ ...,” 1st edition: Venetiis, 1469; “Naturæ Historiarum”: Venice, 1497; “Hist. Mundi ...” (History of the World, English translation by Philemon Holland, London, 1634). See Græsse, V. 337; “New Int. Cycl.,” XVIII. 733, title page, xix, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 26, 29, 43, 67, 72, 74, 97, 123, 124, 270, 503, 506, 510, 540
Plon, Nourrit et Compagnie, xii
Plot, Robert (1640–1696), Catalogue of electrical bodies (Phil. Trans., XX. 384, 1698), 547
Plotinus of Alexandria (fl. A.D. 205–270), 534
Pluanski, “Thèse sur Duns Scott,” 41
Plücker, Julius (b. 1801), 412, 495.
On diamagnetism, etc. (Crell’s Journal, XXXV. 1847; Phil. Mag. for June 1849; Phil. Trans. 1858; Scientific Memoirs, Vol. V. Pt. XIX. p. 253; Pogg. Annal., LXXII.-CX.); “On the magnetic relation ... of the optic axis of crystals....”
Plumptre, Edward Hayes (1821–1891), refers to the system of posts organised by Persian kings; “The divina commedia,” 4, 41, 43, 44, 60
Pluquet, François André Adrien, 513
Plurality of worlds, roundness of earth, etc., 525
Plus and minus theory of electricity: Watson, 175;
Wilson, 184;
and Franklin, 196
Plutarch (c. A.D. 46–120), 4, 11, 14, 20, 74, 124, 140, 524, 525;
“Life of Quintus Sertorius,” “Placit. Philos.,” “Quæstiones Platonicæ,” “Quæstiones Conviviales” (Phil. Trans., Watson, XLVIII. Part. I.).
Plymouth Institution, Transactions of the, 470
Poëy, A., “Météorologie ...,” 1861; “Bibliographic cyclonique ...,” 1866 (Comptes Rendus, XLIII. 1856, XLIV. 1857; Annuaire de la Soc. Météorol. de France, VIII. 75, 1860, IX. 42, 1861).
Poggendorff, Johann Christian (1796–1877), “Biographisch-Literarisches Handwörterbuch ...”: Leipzig, 1863; “Annalen der physik und chemie” (begun in 1824); “Geschichte der physik”: Leipzig, 1879, 8, 31, 66, 71, 75, 82, 90, 107, 140, 175, 199, 209, 214, 242, 254, 256, 258, 259, 263, 267, 271, 275, 280, 284, 292, 298, 302, 303, 306, 323, 324, 325, 326, 335, 350, 353, 359, 360, 364, 367, 370, 376, 383, 385, 387, 391, 395, 402, 408, 414, 415, 416, 423, 428, 432, 434, 441, 443, 444, 446, 449, 450, 451, 454, 460, 464, 467, 468, 471, 473, 476, 481, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 498
Poggioli, M. P., “Nouvelle application de l’électricité par frottement sans commotion” (Mémoire lu à l’Institut, Oct. 31, 1853), 257, 386
Pohl, Georg Friedrich (1788–1849), on electro-magnetism, etc. (Gilb. Ann., LXIX. LXXI. LXXIV. LXXV.; Kastner’s Archives, VI. 1825, IX. 1826, XI. 1827, XIII. and XIV. 1828), 478
“Points versus knobs,” famous controversy commenced in 1772 by Benjamin Wilson (1708–1778), author of “A treatise on electricity ...”: London, 1750, and of “Observations on lightning ...”: London, 1773. See also Pringle, Sir Joseph, 250–252
Poisson, Siméon Denis (1781–1840), 141, 215, 313, 375, 378, 409–412, 469, 479, 495
(Société Philomatique, 11, p. 180, 1803, also for 1824, p. 49, for 1825, p. 82, and for 1826, p. 19; Mém. de l’Institut, 1811; Mém. Acad. Roy. des Sciences, V. pp. 247, 488, VI. p. 441).
Poisson, S. D., Gay-Lussac, and others, “Instruction sur les paratonnerres...,” 1824.
Pokorny of Prague, “Kronika Prace,” 209
Polarization, chromatic, by reflection, also coloured, 480
Polarization, rotatory.
See Magnetic rotatory polarization.
See Cadozza, Giovanni.
Polcastro, G. B., “Notizia sopre ... Pacchiani ...”: Padova, 1805, 392
Poleni, Marquis Giovanni de (1683–1761), 139, 253, 308; “Sopra l’aurora boreale ...”
Poles, magnetic, two—Bond at A.D. 1646.
Poles of a loadstone: See Petrus Peregrinus at A.D. 1269, 46, 47, 48, 49, 54;
also Gilbert at A.D. 1600, 83, 86
Poli, Giuseppe Sarevio (1746–1825), 199, 308;
“Elementi de Fisica,” 5 Vols. 1802, 1824 (Opus. Scelti, II. 382).
Polidori, Luigi Eustachio (b. 1830) (Ann. di Chim. di Brugnatelli, V. 30, 1794).
Poligrafo, H., “Giornale di scienze ...”: Verona.
Polinière, Pierre (1671–1734), 148, 163;
“Expériences de physique ...,” 1709, 1734, 1741.
Pollak (at Zamboni, G., A.D. 1812), 420
Polo, Marco—Paulum Venetum—is said to have brought the compass from China into Italy, A.D. 1271–1295. See, for complete bibliographies, the references at p. 55 herein, also the work published in 1818 by P. Zurla on Marco Polo and other celebrated navigators, and likewise Charton Edouard, 55, 67, 527
Polybius, Greek statesman and historian (c. 205–120 B.C.), 19, 434
Polyglott Bible of Arias Montanus, 528
Polytechnic Central Journal, 422.
The publication called “Polytechnic Journal” was begun in 1839–1840.
Polytechnic School of Paris. See Ecole Polytechnique.
Polytechnisches Centralblatt, 414
Polytechnisches Journal von Dingler, J. F.: Stuttgart and Tübingen, Vols. 1–50, 1820–1833, 50 Vols.; Vols. 51–100, 1834–1846, 50 Vols.; Vols. 100–150, 1846–1858, 50 Vols.; Vols. 151–200, 1859–1871, 50 Vols.; Vols. 201–211, 1871–1874, 11 Vols.; Vols. 212–222, 1874–1876, 11 Vols.; Vol. 329, August 1, 1914.
Pomparium Melam. (at Barbarus, H.), 506
Poncelet, Polycarpe (fl. second half of eighteenth century), 226
Pontano, Giovanni Giovano (1426–1503), “Liber de meteoris ...”: Strasburg, 45
Pontin, Magnus Martin de (1781–1858), 340, 343, 369, 419
Pontin, M. M. de, and Berzelius, J. J. F. von, 370
Poole, R. L. (at Duns Scotus), 41
Pope, Alexander, translator of the “Odyssey” of Homer, 6, 7
Popham, Rear-Admiral Sir Home Riggs (1762–1820), 317, 400, 437, 439
“Popular Science Monthly:” New York, 92, 117, 315, 508
Porna and Arnaud, Medical electricity, 1787, 385
Porphyry—Porphyrïus—Greek historian (A.D. 233–304), whose most distinguished pupil was Iamblichus, author of “Life of Pythagoras,” 534
Porret, Robert (1783–1868), Voltaic Endosmose, etc. (Ann. of Phil., VIII. 1816), 440–441
Porta, Joannes Baptista—Giambattista della Porta (1538–1615), “Magiæ Naturalis,” 1588; “Magia Naturalis ...,” 1558 (“Natural Magick ...,” 1658), 13, 19, 72–75, 87, 110, 112, 124
Portolan, the oldest dated is that of Pietro Visconti, dated 1311, 63
Positivism, founder of, 534
Possidius, Saint, Bishop of Calama (at A.D. 426), 25
Posts, the first institution of, ascribed to Diodorus Siculus (“Notes and Queries,” Oct. 31, 1863, p. 356).
Potamian, Brother, 92
Potocki, Count Jeroslas, 407
Potter, Richard (b. 1799) (Majocchi’s Annali di Fisica ..., 1843).
Potthast, August. See “Bibliotheca Historica ...”
Pouillet, Claude Servais Mathias (1790–1868), “Eléments de physique expérimentale et de météorologie ...,” 1829, 195, 258, 312, 319, 373, 389, 416, 417, 426, 434, 461.
See Dezebry, “Dictionnaire ...,” p. 2306; also Muller-Pouillet (Ann. de Chim. et de Phys., IV. 1837, XX. 1845, XXIX. 1849, XXXI. 28; Comptes Rendus, IV. 513, 785, XIX. 1384, LXIV. 1867).
Poujoulat, Jean Joseph François, “Histoire de Saint Augustin,” 1845, 25
Power, Henry, “Experimental philosophy ...,” 1664, 554
Pownall, “On the ether suggested by Sir Isaac Newton ...” (Phil. Mag., XVIII. 155).
Poynt Attractive—poynt respective—of Robert Norman, 76
Præpositas, name sometimes given to Nicolaus Myrepsus, 529
Prætorius (Richter), Joh., “De cometis ...”: Norimberg, 1579.
“Practical Mechanic,” Glasgow, 26, 233, 454, 498
“Practical Mechanics’ Journal,” publication commenced at Glasgow by W. and J. H. Johnson during 1848.
Prague—Prag—Academy, Memoirs, 387;
“Prague News,” 209
Pravaz (at Pearson, George, A.D. 1797), 325
Prechtl, Johann Joseph (1778–1854), 407, 424
(Gehlen’s Journal, VIII. 1809; Schweigg. Journ., IV. 1812, XXXVI. 1822).
Preller, Ludwig (1809–1861), 512
Premoli, Carlo P., “Nova electricitatis theoria ...,” 1755, 555
Prémontrés, Order of, at Celle, 145
Prescott, George Bartlett (1831–1894), 277, 290;
“History, theory and practice of the electric telegraph,” “The speaking telephone.”
Prescott, William Hickling, “Account of the Emperor Charles V’s life,” 36, 114
Presles, Raoul de, “La cité de Dieu,” xix
Prévost, Jean Louis, on animal electricity, 1823, 1843.
Prevost, Pierre (1751–1839), “De l’origine des forces magnétiques”: Genève, 1788, 242, 315, 325, 481
Price, Dr. James (1752–1783) (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D. 1803), 282, 385
Prichett, Professor C. W., 142
Priestley, Joseph (1733–1804), 17, 29, 90, 131, 132, 150, 155, 162, 163, 164, 166, 168, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 183, 187, 189, 195, 197, 198, 204, 205, 206, 212, 213, 224, 227–228, 238, 240, 241, 256, 258, 262, 264, 322, 415, 418.
See Krunitz-Kirtz, Johann Georg (1728–1796).
Prieto, A. (at Dalton, John, A.D. 1793), 308
Prieur-Duvernois, Claude Antoine (1763–1832), 280
Prime, Samuel Irenæus (1812–1885), 367, 407, 421, 422, 436, 455, 474, 481; “Life of S. F. B. Morse.”
Prince, Rev. John (1643–1723) (at A.D. 1771), 234;
“Worthies of Devon,” 107
Princeton College, 246, 421
“Principes de Physiologie,” 284
Principles of Physics. See Silliman, Benjamin.
Pringle, Sir John, Bart. (1707–1782), 232, 240, 243, 250–252, 456, 457.
See Copley Medal.
Priscian—Theodorus Priscianus—Greek physician (fl. fourth century A.D.), “Rerum medicarum,” 7
Pritzel, G. A., “Thesaurus literaturæ Botanicæ,” 153, 170, 501, 506, 508, 516, 525, 529, 532, 540
Proclus—Procullus—head of the later Neoplatonists (A.D. 410–485), 2, 117, 533, 537.
See Taylor, Thomas.
Procopius, De bello Vandal, lib. II. Cap. II. Stars on spears, 24
Proctor, Richard Anthony (1837–1888), “Old and new astronomy,” 93, 138, 433
Prokorny of Prague, “Kronika Prace,” 209
Prutenic (Prussian) Astronomic Tables, 512–513
Pryce, William, “Mineralogia Cornubiensis ...,” 401
Psellus, M. C., “De lapidum virt. ...,” 1745, 555
Ptolemæus, Claudius, the great geographer (fl. middle second century A.D.), 40, 62, 72, 117, 124, 507, 508, 512, 513, 527, 533, 534–536, 539, 544.
See Joannes Stobnicensis.
Ptolemæus II, Philadelphus (308–247 B.C.), son of Ptolemy Soter (367–283 B.C.), one of Alexander the Great’s generals, 18, 67, 74, 94, 114
Ptolemy Soter, 18. See Ptolemæus II.
Puccinotti, F. (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D. 1803), 385
Pulkowa (Russia) Observatory, 165
Pulvermacher, Isaac Louis (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D. 1803), 386; Medical electricity, 1859.
Purchas, Samuel (1575–1626), author of “Purchas, his pilgrimage ...,” 1625, 523
Pusckin, Comte de, 285
Puteanus, Bernardus, of Bruges, 562
Puteanus, Guilielmus—Dupuis (fl. sixteenth century A.D.), 536
Putnam, George Haven, “Books and their makers during the middle ages,” 25
Puységur, Armand Marie Jacques de Chastonet, Marquis de (1752–1825), “Magnétisme Animal,” 236, 237, 425.
See Dezebry, “Dictionnaire ...,” p. 2348.
Pyro-electricity: Davy (1800), 346;
Haüy (1787), 286;
Brewster (1820), 465
Pyrometus. See Josiah Wedgwood’s tapered gauge.
“Pyrotechnie,” by Biringuccio, 553
Pyrrho, Greek philosopher (360–270 B.C.), 543
Pythagoras (569–470 B.C.)—Pythagorian—Pythagorician, 503, 511, 524, 530, 532, 533, 536–537, 542, 544
Pythagorean school or sect, complete exposition of, 537, 544
Q
Quaritch, Bernard, 561–564
Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts, formerly the Journal of Science and the Arts, edited by Brande, W. T., at the Royal Institution, London, 308, 359, 367, 373, 440, 484, 497
Quarterly Review, 348, 359, 396
Quatrefages de Bréan, Jean Louis Armand de (b. 1810), 375
Queens’ College, Cambridge, 191
Quellmalz, Samuel Theodor (1696–1758), 167, 264, 385, 554;
Dissertatio de magnete (Pogg., II. 548, 1722; Commerc. Litt. Norimb., V. and VI.).
Querard, Joseph Marie (1797–1865). See “La France Littéraire,” also “Bibliothèque Voltairienne,” 59, 186, 192
Quesneville, Dr. Gustave Augustin. See “Le Moniteur Scientifique,” also “Revue Scientifique et industrielle,” 30 Vols. 1840–9 to date, 18, 143, 247, 258, 259, 262, 280, 392
Quet, Jean Antoine (b. 1810), “Des divers phénomènes electriques,” 1853 (Comptes Rendus, XXXIV. 805, XXXV. 279, XXXVI. 1853).
Quetelet, Lambert Adolphe Jacques (1796–1874), 81, 314, 341;
“Annales de l’Observatoire de Bruxelles”; “Histoire des sciences mathém. et physiques chez les Belges” (Mém. de l’Acad. de Bruxelles, 1830, 1831, 1839, 1840; Phil. Mag., Ser. IV. Vol. I. April 1851, p. 329, on atmospheric electricity).
Quetelet, L. A. J., and Zantedeschi, Francesco, “Sur les courants Electriques telluro-atmosphériques ...” (Bulletins de l’Acad. Royale de Belgique, 2e série, XV. No. 5).
Quétif, Jacques, and Echard, J., “Scriptores Ordinis Prædicatorum ...,” 37
Quincke, Georg Hermann, “Sammlung ... elektrische Ströme,” 1856–1861, 441
Quinet de Certines, “Théorie de l’aimant ...,” 1809.
Quinet, J., “Exposé ... aiguille aimantée ...,” 1826.
Quinquet, “Observations sur les paratonnerres.”
Quintine, L’Abbé de la, “Dissertation sur le magnétisme des corps,” 1732.
Quintus Sertorius, 3
R
Rabiqueau, Charles A., “Le spectacle du feu élémentaire,” 204, 555
Racagni, Giuseppe Maria (1741–1822), 412
Raccolta di documenti ... della R. C. Columb, 66
Raccolta d’opuscoli scientifici ... by Calogera, Angelo: Venezia, 1728–1757, 51 Vols. The Nuova Raccolta ... 1754–1787 consists of 42 Vols. See Calogera, 140, 308
Raccolta Ferrarese di Opuscoli Scientifici ... di Autori Ital. ..., 298
Raccolta Pratica di scienze, 248
Rackstrow, B., “Miscellaneous Observations ...,” 1748, 555
Rafn, C.G., Nyt bibliothek for physik ...: Kjobenhavn; “Magazin Encyclopédique,” 257, 306, 330
Ragozin, Z. A., History of Chaldea, 2
Raia torpedo, 135, 240, 298–299, 374
Raleigh, Sir Walter, xiv
Rambosson, J., Histoire des Météores, 1868–1869. See Meteorites, etc.
Ramis of Munich (at Gay-Lussac, J. L.), 388, 389
Rammelsberg, C. (at Haüy, Le Père R. J.), 288
Ramsden, Jesse (1735–1800), 229, 256, 280
Ramus, Joachim Frederick (1686–1769) (at Dalton, John), 308
Ramusio—Rannusio—Giovanni Battista (1485–1557), “... Navigationi et viaggi ...”: Venezia, 1554–1556, folio, 60, 66, 515
Randolph, P. B., author of “Pre-Adamite Man,” 12
Ranke, Leopold von (1795–1886), 94, 102
Rankine, William John Macquorn (1820–1872), 347, 392
Ranzi—Renzi—Salvatore de, 299, 507
Rao, Cesare, “I. Meteori,” 1582, 553
Raphael, “School of Athens,” 542–544
Rapin, Nicholas (1540–1608), 16
Rashdall, Hastings, “Universities Europe ...,” 539
Ratte, E. H. de (at Dalton, John), 308
Rattray, Sylvester, 1662, 554
Rauch, C. V., 1851 (at Thillaye-Platel, A.), 386
Raulet, Mr. (at Dalibard, T. F.), 200
Rawley, Dr. (at Sir Francis Bacon), 101
Rawlinson, George, “History of Herodotus,” 19, 542
Rayleigh, John William Strutt, Lord (at Faraday, M.), 493.
See Copley Medal, also Royal Medal.
Raymond, Rossiter W. (at Amoretti, Carlo), 401
Read, John I., Condenser of electricity, 289, 290, 312–313, 320, 360, 375
Reæl, Laurens, “Observatien ... (am) æn de magneetsteen ...,” 131, 554
“Reale Istituto Lombardo di scienze e lettere,” Atti, Rendiconti, Giornale, Memorie: Milano, 141
Réaumur, René Antoine Forchault de (1683–1757), 160, 173, 181, 240, 257, 270, 298, 299
Récamier, M. (at Jadelot, J. F. N.), 330
Records of general science, 159
Recueil de traités sur l’électricité, 1748, 555
Recueil d’expériences sur l’aimant, 1686, 554
Recueil Périodique de la Société de Médecine de Paris. See Sédillot, Jean; also Paris, Société de Médecine.
Recueil Périodique de Litt. Méd. Etrangère. See Crichton, A.
Redi, Francesco (1626–1697), “Esperienze interno a diverse cose naturali ...”: Firenze, 1671, 135, 230, 270
Rees, Abraham (1743–1825), “New Cyclopædia or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences,” 45 Vols. 1819, 92, 193, 392, 394
Rees, W. van. See Moll.
Reibelt, Johannes Joseph Adam, “De physicis ... magnetis mysteriis ...,” 1731, 555
Reich, Ferdinand (b. 1799), 416
Reichenbach, George von (1772–1826), 432.
See Encycl. Britan., XXIII. 49; Brockhaus, XIII. 719.
Reichenbach, Karl Ludwig Friedrich Baron von (1788–1869), 12, 140, 401;
Physico-Physiological Researches, 1851 (translations by John Ashburner and Dr. Wm. Gregory); “Odische Begebenheiten. ...,” 1862; “Odische Lohe ...,” 1867; “Odische Erwiederungen ...,” 1886.
Reichenberger, J. N. (at Swinden, J. H. van), 274
Reichenstein, F. J. Muller von (1740–1825) (at Haüy, Le Père René Just), 288
Reichsanzeiger, German publication, 325, 326, 383
Reggio, Nicolas de (at Myrepsius, Nicolaus), 529
Reg. Societa Economica di Firenze, 330
Regiomontanus. See Müller, John, 67
“Register of the Arts and Sciences,” publication commenced in London during 1824.
Regius, Henricus—Le Roy (1598–1679), “Philosophia Naturalis”: Amsterdam, 1654.
Regnault, Le Père Noël (1683–1762), 161
Reid, David Boswell (1805–1863), and Bain, Alex. (1818–1877), Elements of chemistry and electricity.
Reid, James D., “The telegraph in America,” 226, 337, 418, 430, 440
Reid, Thomas. See Royal Society.
Reil, J. C., Archives, “Uber thierische elektricität” (Gren’s Journal, VI. 1792), 285, 327, 393, 557
Reinhold, Johann Christoph Leopold (1769–1809), “Geschichte des galvanismus,” 326, 364, 393
Reinholdus, Erasmus. See Erasmus.
Reinzer, Frank, “Meteorologia ...”: Augsburg, 1709.
Reisch, Father Gregorius, “Margarita Philosophica,” 35, 553
Reiser’s plate machine, 256
Reiss, Wilhelm (in Poggendorff’s Annalen), 258
Reitlinger, E. (at Lichtenberg, G. C.), 250;
“Ueber ... elektricität auf Springbrunnen” (Aus den Sitzungsberichten Wien, 1859 and 1860).
“Reliquary, The,” 67, 130
Remak, R., 1856, 1860, 1865 (at Jadelot, J. F. N.), 330
Remmelinus, Joannes L. V., 553
Rémusat, Charles François Marie, Comte de (1797–1875), “Histoire de la Philosophie” (Bacon, etc.), 125, 128, 134.
See Dezebry, “Dictionnaire général ...,” pp. 2404–5.
Rémusat, Jean Pierre Abel (1788–1832). See Dezebry, “Dictionnaire général ...,” p. 2404.
Renan, Joseph Ernest, “L’Averroës et L’Averroïsme,” 39
Renatus, Cartesius. See Descartes.
Renaudot, Eusèbe (1646–1720), “Anciennes relations ... Chine,” 60
Rennefort, Souchu de, “L’aiman mystique,” 1689, 554
Rennie, George Banks (at A.D. 1752), 203
Renwick, James (1790–1863), 282
Renzi, Antonio, “La divina commedia,” 1882. Dante is at A.D. 1265–1321, 43–44
Répertoire et sources historiques.... See Chevalier, W. J.
Répertorium der experimental physik. See Fechner, Gustav Theodor.
Repertorium der galvanoplastik und galvanostegie. See Martin, Adam Georg.
Repertorium der physik. See Exner, Prof. Franz.
Repertorium der physik, 8 Vols.: Berlin, 1837–1849.
See Dove, Heinrich Wilhelm von, and Moser, Ludwig F. These 8 Vols. are a continuation of Fechner’s Repertorium mentioned above.
Repertorium für chemie ...: Hannover und Leipzig. See Ellwert, J. K. P. von.
Repertorium für organische chemie. See Löwig, C. von.
Repertorium für physikalische technik ... experimental physik.... See Carl, Dr. P.
Repertory of the Arts and Manufactures, 424, 434.
It became “The Repertory of Patent Inventions” during 1794.
Restelli, A., 1846 (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine), 386
Resti-Ferrari, G. See Zamboni, G., 420
Return stroke, or lateral shock of an electrical discharge, 184, 255
Reuss, Jeremias David (1750–1837), “Repertorium commentationum ...”; “De re electrica”: Berlin and Göttingen, 245, 263, 308, 328, 330, 386, 557
Reusser—Reiser—of Geneva (Voigt’s Magazin, VII. 57, IX. 183), 226, 315–316
Reveroni—St. Cyr, Jacques Antoine, Baron de (1767–1829), 292
Revillas, D., 1738 (at Dalton, John), 308
Revue Britannique. See Sédillot, L. P. E. A.
Revue des Deux-Mondes, 476, 483
Revue Encyclopédique ...: Paris, 1819.
Revue Générale des Sciences, 140, 248
“Revue Internationale de l’Electricité et de ses applications,” publication commenced by A. Montpellier in Paris during 1885; afterwards incorporated with “L’Electricien.”
Revue Scientifique. See Quesneville.
Reyger, G., 1756 (at Dalton, John), 308
Reymond du Bois. See Du-Bois, Reymond.
Reynaud, J. J., “De la télégraphie ... résumé historique ...”: Marseille, 1851.
Reynolds, J. R., 1872 (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine), 386
Rezia and Brugnatelli (at Brugnatelli, L. V.), 363
Rhæticus—Rheticus—Rhætius—surname of George Joachim (1514–1576), 508
Rhazès—Rasis—Muhammad Ibn Zakarīyā] (born c. middle ninth century A.D. in Rai, Persia), “De Simplicis, ad Almansorem,” 26, 516, 529, 537, 538
“Rheinische Beiträgen zur Gelehrsamkeit” for 1781, 285
Riadore, J. F., 1845 (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine), 386
Riccioli, Giovanni Battista (1598–1671), “Almagestum Novum,” 1651, 54, 55, 67, 93, 127
Richard, Rudolph (at Swinden, J. H. van), 273
Richard II, King of England (1367–1400), 58
Richer, Jean, French philosopher who died in 1696, 129
Richer, T. (at Shaw, George), Observations on electrical fishes, 230, 299
Richerand, Balthasar Anthelm, Baron (1779–1840), 284
Richmann, George William (1711–1753), Professor in St. Petersburg, killed by atmospheric electricity, 204, 320
Richter, Georg Friedrich (1691–1742), 270, 365
Richter, J.—Heidelberg, 1882—(at School of Athens), 544
Richter, Lamballe and Erdmon, 386
Rico-y-Sinobas, M., 1853 (at Dalton, John), 308
Riddell, James. See Merry, W. W., 6
Ridley, Marke (1560–1624), 79, 80, 97, 141
Ridlon, Gideon Tibbetts, “Ancient Ryedales,” 97
Ridolfi, Marquis Cosimo di, 256, 423, 477, 482
Riecke, “Rudolf Clausius”: Göttingen, 1889 (at Grotthus, Baron von), 392
Riess, Peter Theophil (b. 1805), 420, 423;
“Die lehre von der Reibunge-Elektricität,” 2 Vols. 1853, 1858, 1867.
Riess, P. T., and Faraday, M., 498
Riess, P. T., and Moser, L., 423;
“On the magnetising power of the solar rays,” 1830 (Phil. Mag. or Annals, VIII. 155).
Riess, P. T., and Rose, G., “Über d. Pyro-Elektricität d. minerale ...” (Abhandl. d. Berlin Acad., 1843).
Riffault, Anatole, et Chompré, N. M., 390, 391, 394
Riffault des Hêtres, Jean René Denis (1752–1826), 394, 429.
He also experimented with Chompré.
Rinklake (Mimosa Pudica), 257
Rinmann, S. (at Haüy, Le Père René Just), 288
Ristoro d’Arezzo. See d’Arezzo.
Ritchie, William (1790–1837), 225, 476
Rittenhouse, David (1732–1796), 282–283
Ritter, Dr. Heinrich (1791–1869), “Histoire de la philosophie ancienne” (History of ancient philosophy; Geschichte der philosophie), 41, 352, 353, 503, 504, 510, 512, 532, 533, 537, 542;
Ritter and Preller, 512
Ritter, Johann Wilhelm (1776–1810), 257, 327, 335, 349, 380–384, 393, 419, 464;
Ritter and Amorette, 1804.
Rive. See La Rive.
Rivière—Rivoire—Antoine, “Traité ...,” 253
Rivista di Fisica, Mat. e Sc. Nat. Pavia, 57
Rivista, G. Ital., 58
Rivista Scientifico-Industriale. See Vimercati, G.
Rivius, Johannes, “Vitæ D. Aur. Augustini,” 1646, 25
Robert on the electrophorus, 249
Robert, M., makes ascension with Prof. Charles, 288
Roberti de Valle Rotho, 1495, 553
Roberts and Donaldson (at Lactantius, L. C. F.), 525
Roberts-Austen, Prof. Sir William Chandler (1843–1902), 372
Robertson, Abraham (1751–1826), 251
Robertson, Dr. William, Principal of the University of Edinburgh (1721–1793), “History of the reign of Charles V,” “Historical Disquisition ...”: Basle, 1792, 36, 61, 114
Robertson, Etienne Gaspard Robert (1763–1837), “Mémoires Récréatifs,” “Scientifiques,” “Acide Galvanique,” 248, 249, 275, 284, 342, 350–351, 419
Robertson, John M., “Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon,” 102
Robertson, Rev. Alexander, “Fra Paolo Sarpi ...,” 113
Robertus de Fluctibus. See Fludd.
Robertus, J., “Curationis Magneticæ ...,” 245
Robespierre, Francis Maximilien Joseph Isidore de (1758–1794), 268–269
Robillard, M. See Argentelle.
Robin, Charles (at Shaw, George), 298, 300;
and (at Pepys, W. H., Sr.), 375
Robins, B. (at Watson, Wm.), 175;
and (at Romagnosi, G. D. G.), 367
Robinson, Thomas Romney (1792–1882) (Trans. Roy. Irish Acad., XXII. 1–24, 291–311, 499–524).
Robiquet, Henri Edme (1822–1860), “... théorie de Franklin sur la nature du fluide electrique ...,” 1854.
Robison, John (1739–1805), 88, 89, 146, 156, 180, 225, 268, 307, 308–311, 327, 466, 498
Robson, W., translator of the “Historiæ Hierosolimitanæ ...,” 31
Roch, M. (at Ampère, A. M.), 476
Roche, Ed. A. (at Coulomb, C. A. de), 276
Rochegude, Mr. de, 16
Rodwell, George Farrer, “A Dictionaryof Science,” 1871.
Rœmer, Olaus (1644–1710), 157
Roeth, Eduard (at Pythagoras), 537
Roger, D. J. N. Lud, “Specimen Physiologicum,” 241
Rogers, Wm. B., 369, 413, 453, 473
Roget, Peter Mark (1779–1869), 383, 467, 473, 475, 476
Rogge, H. C., “Bibliotheca Grotiana,” 518
Rohault, Jacques (1620–1675), 113, 122, 125, 129, 160.
See Jal’s “Dictionaire,” p. 1075.
Rohde’s “Système complet de signaux,” 400
Rohrbacher, François René, “Ecclesiastical History,” 34
Roiffé, Jacques C. F. de la Perrière de (d. 1776), 212
Rollin, Charles, “Ancient History” (1661–1741), 19, 504, 537, 542
Romagnosi, Gian Domenico (1761–1835), 365–367.
For Romagnosi’s experiment, see Ronalds’ Catalogue, pp. 436–437.
Consult, likewise, the following:—
Aldini, Giovanni (1762–1834), “Essai théorique ...”: Paris, 1804.
Ayrton, Wm. Ed. (1847–1908), “Electricity as a motive power”: Sheffield, 1879.
Cantu, Cesare (1807–1895), “Notizia di G. Romagnosi”: Prato, 1840; Milano, 1835.
Davy, Sir H. (1778–1829), “On the magnetic phenomenon ...” (Philos. Mag., Ser. I. Vol. LVIII. pp. 43–50), London, 1820.
Govi, Gilberto (1826–1889), “Romagnosi ...”: Torino, 1869.
Izarn, Joseph (1766–1834), “Manuel du Galvanisme”: Paris, 1805.
Siemens, Sir Chas. Wm. (1822–1883), “On the progress of the electric telegraph” (Journ. Soc. of Arts, Vol. VI. pp. 348–358), London, 1858.
Tommasi, Donato (b. 1848), “Histoire des sciences ...” (“Cosmos-les-Mondes,” Ser. IV. Vol. V. pp. 326–328), Paris, 1882.
Zantedeschi, Feo (1797–1873), “L’elettromagnestismo ...”: Trent, 1859; “Trattato ...”: Venice, 1845.
Romas, de, Kite experiments, 203–204, 320
Romershausen, E., Marburg, 1851 and 1853, 257
Romich and Fajdiga, also Romich and Nomak, 492
Rommereul, General (at Alexandre, Jean), 361
Ronalds, Sir Francis (1788–1873), “Catalogue of books and papers relating to electricity ...”: London, 1880, xiv, 5, 121, 140, 148, 179, 183, 199, 202, 208, 223, 229, 248, 253, 269, 290, 337, 366, 388, 389, 406, 423, 424, 438–440, 483, 550
Ronayne, Thomas, 201, 238, 270, 320
Rondelet, Guillaume (1507–1566), 270
Rose, Rev. Hugh James (1795–1838), English divine, who projected the “New General Bibliographical Dictionary,” carried on by his brother, Henry John Rose (1800–1873), 95, 531
Rose of the winds—wind roses—roses des vents—compass card, 59, 63, 509
Rosel (at Humboldt, F. H. Alex. von), 332
Rosenberg, A. G., 1745, 555
Rosenberger, Ferdinand (at Guericke, Otto von), 126
Rosenmüller, Ernst Friedrich Carl, 528
Rosenthal, J., 1862 (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine), 386
Rosicrucians, 65
Rosier. See Rozier.
Rosny, Léon de, “Les peuples orientaux ...,” 5
Ross, David (at Cassini, J. J. D.), 267
Ross, Sir James Clark (1800–1862) (Ronalds’ Catalogue, p. 440), 458
Ross, Sir John (1777–1856). See Ronalds’ Catalogue, p. 441, also pp. 457 and 458 herein.
Rossel, Admiral de, magnetic observations, 250
Rossetti, Francisco (1833–1895). See Bibliografia Italiana.
Rossi, Francesco (d. 1841), “Expériences galvaniques ...” See Giulio.
Rossi-Rubeis, B. M. de, 505
Rossignol, Jean Pierre (b. A.D. 1804), “Les métaux dans l’antiquité ...,” 1863.
Rossler, T. F., 1776, 556
Rost, J. L. (at Dalton, John), 308
Rotatory Polarization. See Cadozza, Giovanni,
also Arago, D. F. J.
See Magnetism, rotatory.
Rotterdam, “Bataafsch genootschap ...”: Verhandelingen, 292
(Batavian society of experimental philosophy; Mém. de la société de physique experimentale).
Rouelle, G. F. (at Milly, N. C. de), 235
Rouget’s observations on the gymnotus electricus, 230
Roul (at Zamboni, G.), 420
Rouland and Detienne (at Volta, Alessandro), 249
Rouland, N., “Electricité appliquée aux végétaux,” 257, 449
Roundness of the earth and antipodes ridiculed, 523–525
Rouppe (at Galvani, Aloysio), 285
Rousseau, Jean Jacques (at Alexandre, Jean), 360
Roussel (at Galvani, Aloysio), 284
Roux, Augustin, “Expériences Nouvelles,” 255
Roux, F. I., “Conservation des plaques ...,” 1866, 347
Roveredo, Gazetta di, 367
Rowles, S. (at Heraclides), 519
Royal Academy of Sciences of Paris, the philosophical history and memoirs of ..., Vols. I.-V.
See Paris, Académie Royale.
Royal Astronomical Society of Great Britain, London, 471, 481
Royal Institution of Great Britain, Proceedings, etc., 277, 307, 322, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 344, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 395, 396, 425, 433, 467, 474, 478, 482, 484, 488, 489, 496, 497, 498, 499.
See “Journal of Science and the Arts,”
also “Journal of the Roy. Inst.,”
likewise the “Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and the Arts.”
Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, Proceedings, etc., 263, 521
Royal Medal, awarded to Michael Faraday, 498.
The very first award of the Royal Medal was made to John Dalton in 1826. Its other recipients embrace Sir Humphry Davy, 1827; Sir David Brewster, 1830; Michael Faraday, 1835, and 1846; Lord Rayleigh, 1882.
Royal Society of Edinburgh, Proceedings, etc., 140, 142, 466
Royal Society of Literature, Transactions, etc., 14
Royal Society of London:—
Abstracts of the papers printed, 140, 158, 243, 249, 277, 347, 348, 372, 387, 436, 437, 458, 460, 471, 477, 481, 482 (continued as “Proceedings of the Royal Society of London”).
Catalogue of Scientific Papers compiled and published by the, 158, 220, 233, 255, 257, 258, 263, 277, 298, 314, 315, 335, 347, 348, 353, 355, 359, 364, 368, 370, 373, 375, 376, 379, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 391, 394, 395, 401, 402, 403, 408, 412, 414, 415, 416, 426, 428, 441, 446, 449, 450, 454, 456, 460, 462, 464, 466, 470, 471, 476, 477, 481, 483, 496, 499
Histories of the: by Birch, Thomas, 132, 175, 183, 195, 272;
by Sprat, Thomas, 132;
by Thomson, Thomas, 90, 105, 132, 150, 152, 155, 156, 162, 167, 189, 190, 196, 214, 218, 221, 222, 227, 239, 248, 251, 256, 263, 268, 284, 288, 347, 355, 456;
by Weld, Charles Richard, 66, 75, 103, 114, 132, 155, 167, 168, 187, 191, 196, 239, 252, 446, 456, 462
Proceedings of the: a continuation of the “Abstracts,” 548
The Abridged Philosophical Transactions of the:
by Baddam, Benjamin, 8, 92, 95, 119, 138, 141, 145, 149, 150, 153, 155, 157, 160, 162, 175, 549;
by Eames and Martyn, 138, 149, 155, 156, 157, 160, 175, 246, 549;
by Eames, John (d. 1744), 549
(see Eames and Martyn, Dict. of Nat. Biogr., XVI. 313);
by Gray, John (1800–1875), 549 (see Read and Gray);
by Hutton, Charles (1737–1823), 15, 27, 95, 97, 119, 130, 131, 138, 141, 143, 145, 149, 150, 153, 155, 156, 157, 160, 162, 166, 167, 173, 175, 176, 178, 181, 183, 185, 188, 191, 199, 200, 201, 205, 207, 219, 221, 223, 226, 229, 232, 237, 238, 240, 241, 243, 245, 249, 252, 256, 265, 291, 297, 298, 299, 313, 322, 336, 502, 549;
by Jones, Henry Bence (1814–1873), 141, 150, 156, 498, 549;
by Lowthorp, John, 119, 138, 143, 145, 160, 549;
by Martyn, John (1699–1768), 154, 155, 157, 162, 166, 167, 173, 175, 176, 177, 178, 180, 181, 183, 185, 189, 267, 549 (see Eames and Martyn);
by Motte, Benjamin (d. 1738), 549 (Dict. Nat. Biogr., XXXIX. 194);
by Pearson, Richard (1765–1826), 549;
by Reid, Thomas (1710–1796) (Reid and Gray), 138, 155, 156, 157, 160, 175, 246, 549;
by Shaw, George (1751–1813), 298, 374, 549
The Unabridged Philosophical Transactions of the, viii, ix, xvii, 8, 15, 17, 27, 29, 92, 96, 118, 127, 130, 131, 134, 135, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 145, 149, 150, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 160, 162, 165, 166, 167, 172, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 180, 181, 183, 185, 186, 188, 189, 191, 195, 196, 199, 200, 201, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 209, 212, 213, 218, 219, 221, 222, 223, 225, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 235, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 243, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 251, 255, 256, 257, 258, 265, 267, 271, 273, 278, 284, 289, 290, 291, 296, 297, 298, 308, 313, 314, 315, 320, 322, 325, 326, 336, 337, 339, 340, 344, 347, 348, 357, 359, 367, 371, 372, 373, 387, 393, 396, 399, 402, 403, 405, 417, 418, 426, 431, 433, 436, 437, 440, 446, 449, 458, 460, 465, 466, 467, 469, 470, 471, 476, 477, 478, 479, 481, 482, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 490, 491, 492, 493, 494, 495, 497, 499, 547–549, 554, 555, 557
Rozier—Rosier—Abbé François (1734–1793), 10, 140, 193, 198, 208, 248, 249, 253, 257, 263, 266, 271, 277, 280, 281, 299, 300, 302;
“Tableau du travail annuel de toutes les Académies de l’Europe ...” Vol. I. Paris, 1772. Continued as “Observations sur la physique,” Vols. II. to XLIII., and as “Journal de Physique,” Vols. XLIV. to date. “Nouvelle Table ... depuis 1666 jusqu’en 1770.”
See Paris, Académie Royale des Sciences.
Rozier, Pilatre de. See Pilatre de Rozier (at Charles, J. A. C.), 288
Rudolf, Alexander J. (at Halley, Edmund), 138
Rudolf, II, Emperor of Germany, 95
Rudolfi, Karl Asmund (1771–1832), 192
Ruellius, Joannes (1479–1537), 8, 27, 124, 538;
“De natura stirpium ...,” 1536; “De medicinali materia ...,” 1543, a fuller description of which is: “Dioscorides ... de medicinali ... Ioanne Ruellio Suessionessi interprete ...”
Rueus, Franciscus—François de la Rue (1520–1585), 538;
“De gemmis aliquot ...,” 1547.
Ruffinus—Rufinus—Tyrannus, “Prosper d’Aquitaine,” 19
Ruhmkorff, Heinrich Daniel (1803–1877), “Appareil d’induction électrique,” 1850–1851 (Du Moncel, Th., “Notice sur l’appareil ...”: Paris, 1855); Verdu and Ruhmkorff in Comptes Rendus, XXXVI. 649–652.
Ruland, Martin, “A lexicon of alchemy or alchemical dictionary”: London, 1892, 17
Rumford, Count. See Thompson, Sir Benjamin.
Rumford Medal, 344, 481, 498.
The very first award of the Rumford Medal was made to Count Rumford in 1800. He had already received the Copley Medal in 1792. Amongst other prominent recipients of the Rumford Medal may be mentioned: Sir David Brewster, 1818 (besides the Copley Medal, 1815, and the Royal Medal, 1830); James Clerk Maxwell, 1860; John Tyndall, 1864; Sir John Leslie, 1884; and Sir Oliver Lodge, 1898.
Runeberg, E. F., 1757 (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine), 385
Rupert, Prince Robert of Bavaria (1619–1682), 127
Russell, J. Rutherfurd, 65, 105, 132
Rutherford, Dr. (at Fowler, Richard), 307
Rutty, William (1687–1730), edited the Phil. Trans. Nos. 309–406.
Ruysch, Johan—Reisch—Reysch, “Map of the world”: Rome, 1508, 524
Rysselberghe, F. van, Simultaneous transmission of telegraphic and telephonic messages on one line. This method was fully described by Charles Mourlon in his “Système ...”: Brussels, 1884 and 1887.
Ryther, Augustus, 563
S
Saavedra, Antonimo Suarez, “Tratado de telegrafia”: Barcelona, 1880, 318;
“Rivista,” 313, 318
Sabatier—Sabathier—Raphael Bienvenu (1732–1811), 247, 333, 354.
See Dezebry, Ch., “Dictionnaire ...,” p. 2497.
Sabine, Robert (1837–1884), “History and Progress of the electric telegraph,” 1869, 208, 223, 284, 286, 316, 366;
“On the electrical properties of selenium” (Phil. Mag., Ser. V. Vol. V. pp. 401–415, 1878).
Sabine, Sir Edward, P.R.S. (1788–1883), 82, 115, 194, 220, 267, 377, 385, 457.
See Humboldt, Cosmos;
also Cates’ Dictionary, p. 1539.
Sacchetti, F. (at Aëtius, Amidenus), 27
Sacharoff of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, 388
Sachs, Michael (1808–1864), 36;
“Encycl. Brit.,” 1911, XXIII. 973.
Sacro Bosco—Sacrobusto—Joannes de—John of Holywood (thirteenth century), 530–531.
See Joannes Glozariensis.
Sage, B. G. (1740–1824), “Recherches ... galvanisme,” 285
Sagredus—Sagredo—Iohannes Franciscus (b. 1616), 79, 115, 116
Saigi (at Faraday, Michael), 494
Saignette, M., “Sur l’électricité de la torpille,” 240
Saillant et Nyon, “Mémoires concernant l’histoire ...”: Paris, 1788, 1, 2, 3, 21, 28, 259
Saint Allais, de, “Art de vérifier les dates des faits historiques”: Paris, 1819, 2.
“l’Art de vérifier les dates” is also by Clément (François), 1770, 1783, 1818, 1819, 1820.
Saint Amand, Walkiers de, Electrical machine, 280, 448.
See Amand.
Saint Augustine, “De Civitate Dei,” xx, 20, 26, 41, 73, 74, 79
Saint Cyr. See Reveroni.
Saint Elmo (St. Erasmus), Bishop of Formiæ, 23–24, 125, 161. St. Elmo’s fire.
Saint Fond, Faujas de (at Saussure, H. B. de), 271
Saint Hilaire. See Geoffroy, Saint Hilaire.
Saint Honorat de Lerius, La vie de, 16
Saintiot, Mr. de (at Aldini, Giovanni), 306
Saint Julien’s electrical machine, 257
Saint Leger de Soissons, Mr. l’Abbé de, 126
Saint Louis (and his consort Marguerite de Provence), 33, 54
Saint Paul’s Cathedral, 210, 231, 232
Saint Petersburg, Imperial Academy of Science. Transactions, Comment., Actes, Mémoires, etc., 140, 141, 204, 206, 214, 217, 218, 229, 232, 242, 249, 273, 274, 309, 314, 368, 388, 402, 421, 450
Saint Sauveur, Charles Poyen (at Mesmer, F. A.), 237
Saint Vincent, Bory de, “Annales Générales,” 255
Sainte Beuve, Charles Augustin (1804–1869), Portraits Littéraires. See Dezebry, Ch. (“Dictionnaire ...,” p. 2511), 108, 476
Sainte Marthe, Scévole de, “Elogia Gallorum Doctrina illustrium,” 1737, 513, 537
Salem Gazette, concerning new Electric Light Station in 1889, 233–234, 235
Salerno, School of (at Silvaticus, M. M.), 539
Salimbene, a Minorite, “Chronicles of Parma,” 16
Salmanazar (at Albertus Magnus), 35
Salmasius, Ludovicus, “Commentary upon Solinus,” 22, 513
Salmonsen, J., “Konversations-Leksikon,” 121
Salva, Don Francisco (1747–1808), 317
Salverte, Anne Joseph Eusèbe Baconnière (1771–1839), “Philosophy of Magic,” “Des sciences occultes,” 1, 9, 10, 19, 56, 401, 542.
See Phil. Mag., XV., 354 for meteoric stones.
Salviana (at Wilkinson, C. H.), 270
Salviatus—Salviati—Leonardo (at Hamilton, James), 159
Salzburg Med. Chir. Zeitung, 249, 451
Sanctis, Dr. B. de (Phil. Mag., LX. 199, 1822; and LXI. 70, 123).
Sandys, J. E., “Classical Scholarship,” 34, 39
San Martino, Gian Battista (1739–1800) (at Amoretti, Carlo), 401;
“Memoria ...,” 1785, 257
Sans Abbé (at Molenier, Jacob), 229
(at Thillaye-Platel), 385
Sanson, Nicolas (at Naudé, Gabriel), 108
Santa Cruz, Alonzo de, magnetic charts, 70
Santanelli, F. (at Chappe, Claude), 301, and at p. 554
Santarem, M. F. Barros de (1790–1856), “Essai sur l’histoire de la cosmographie et de la cartographie pendant le moyen-âge,” 1436, 62
Santes de Ardonyis. See Ardoniis.
Santi Linari. See Linari, Santi.
Sanuto, Livio. See Livio Sanuto.
Sargon of Agadé, remotest authentic date yet arrived at in history, 2
Sarlandière, Jean Baptista (at Pearson, George), 325, and (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine), 385
Sarpi, Pietro—Pietro Soave, Polano—better known by his Servitan monastic appellation, Fra Paolo—Paulus Venetus (1552–1623), xiv, 75, 78, 90, 110–114, 116;
“Istoria del Concilio Tridentino,” 1619, 1620, 1632; History of the Council of Trent, 1676; Histoire du Concile de Trente, 1736.
Sarrabat, Nicholas (at Desaguliers, J. T.), 167
“Saturday Review,” London, 155, 227, 424
Saunders, Admiral (at Robison, John), 309
Saussure, Horace Benedict de (1740–1799), 253, 257, 270–271, 273, 288, 295, 320, 416, 417, 426, 462
Saussure, Nicholas Theodore de (1767–1845), the son of Horace de Saussure.
Sauvages de la Croix, François Boissier Deshais (1706–1776), 229, 263, 332, 385
Savants étrangers, Mémoires, 204, 288, 380
Savart. See Savary.
Savary—Savart—Félix (1791–1841), 379, 380, 472, 482.
See Dezebry, Ch., Dictionnaire, p. 2545.
Savérien, Alexandre (1722–1805), “Histoire des physiciens” (Desaguliers, Boyle, etc., being Vol. VI. of his “Histoire des philosophes ...”), Paris, 1768.
Savery, Servington, “Magnetical observationsand experiments,” 1729–1730 (Phil. Trans., XXXVI. 295), 160
Savi, Paolo (1798–1871), “Etudes anatomiques sur la torpille” (Matteucci, Carlo v., 1844), 298
Savioli, G., “Dissertatio in causam physicam auroræ borealis,” 1789, 308
Sawyer’s electro-chemical telegraph, 338
Sax—Sachs—M., “Onomasticon Literarium,” 97
Saxo—Grammaticus—“Saxonis Gram. Historia Danica,” 71
Saxthorph, Friedrich (d. 1806), “Elektricitätsläre,” 2 Vols. 1802–3, 216
Saxton’s Atlas (at Mercator), 563
Sbaralea, Joannes Hyacinthus (at Silvaticus, M. M.), 539
Scaliger, Joseph Justus (1540–1609), French scholar, “De emendatione ...,” 518
Scaliger, Julius Cæsar (1484–1558), Italian scholar, wrote commentaries on Aristotle and on Theophrastus, etc., “De subtilitate ad Cardanum,” 1557, 115, 516, 532, 538–539
Scarella, Giambattista (1711–1779), “De Magnete,” 1759, 139
Scarpa, Antonio (1747–1832), 331, 333, 409
Scelta di Opuscoli interesanti tradotti de varie lingue, 36 Vols., Milano, 1775–1777. Continued as Opuscoli scelti sulle scienze e sulle arti, 7 Vols. 1778–1784.
Scelta di Opuscoli, Milano. See Amoretti, also Soave.
Scelta di Opuscoli scientifici e literati, 224
Sc. de Ste Marthe. See Sainte Marthe.
Schäffer, Jacob Christian (1718–1790), “Kräfte ... elektrophors ...,” 237, 249, 257
Schaffer, J. G., 1776 (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine), 385
Schaffner’s Manual. See Shaffner.
Scharpff, Franz Anton (at Cardinal de Cusa), 510
Schaub, J. (at Jadelot, J. F. N.), 330;
Gmelin and Schaub, 451 (Archiv. f. Pharm. v. A. Med. Ph., 1802).
Scheele, Carl Wilhelm, “Chemical Essays ...,” 1786.
Scheible, J. (at Hermes Trismegistus), 519
Schelhorn—Schellhorn—Johann Georg, 202
Schellen, Thomas Joseph Heinrich (1818–1844), “Die elektromagnetische telegraphie ...,” 316
Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von (1775–1854).
Scherer, Alexander Nicoläus (1771–1824), 249, 391;
“Allgemeine nördlische annalen der chemie ...,” 1819–1822, which was a continuation of “Nördlischen blätter für die chemie ...,” published at Halle and Saint Petersburg, 1817–1818; “Allgemeines Journal der chemie,” 10 Vols., 1798–1803, continued as “Neues allgemeines Journal der chemie,” 1803–1805, by A. F. von Gehlen, who subsequently named it “Journal für die chemie und physik ...,” 1806–1810. It was continued at Nürnberg as “Neues Journal für chemie und physik” by Johann Salomo Christoph von Schweigger, 1811–1833, and united, during 1834, with the “Journal für praktische chemie” of Otto Linné Erdmann, who afterwards published the well-known “Lehrbuch der chemie.” The “Journal für praktische chemie” was in its 90th Vol. July 1914.
See Nürnberg.
Scherer, J. B. A. von, “Über d. meteorsteine ...”: Leipzig, 1809.
Scheuchzer, J. J. (at Dalton, John), 308
Schiele, Johann Georg, “Bibliotheca Enucleata ...” (“Acus magnetica ...”), Ulm, 1679.
Schielen, J. G., 1679, 554
Schiller (at Faraday, Michael), 492
Schilling, Godefredus W. Gulielmus, “Diatribe de morbo in Europa ...,” 230, 240, 299
Schilling, Johann Jacob (b. 1702), “Observationes ...,” 1734–1737.
Schilling, Pawel Lwowitsch, Baron of Kannstadt (1786–1837), 420–423, 445
Schinz, Salomon (1734–1784), “Specimen physicum de electricitate ...,” 1776, 1777, 556
Schlegel, J. William, 326, 327
Schlichtegroll, Adolph Heinrich Friedrich von, 233
Schmid’s “Allgemeine Encyklopædie ...”: Iena, 1840.
Schmidt (at Zamboni, Giuseppe), 420
Schmidt, George C. (at Van Swinden, J. H. van), 274
Schmidt, J. F. J., “Das Zodiacallicht,” 1856, 142
Schmidt, N. E. A., “Vom magnete ...,” 1765, 556
Schmuck, Edmund Joseph (b. 1771) (at Ingen-housz, Johan), 257;
“On the action of galvanic electricity on the mimosa pudica. ...”
Schoell, Maximilien Samson Frédéric (1766–1833), “Hist. de la litt. Grecque,” 25
Schöll, Carl, “Hist. de la lit. romaine,” 525
(at Themistius), 541
Scholz, B. (at Jäger, K. C. F. van), 364
Schönbein, Christian Friedrich (1799–1868), 296, 297, 498;
Schönbein and Faraday (Pogg. Ann., Vols. 37 to 109).
School of Athens—Scuola d’Atene—by Raphael, xvii, 542–544
Schott, P. Gaspar (1608–1666), “Ars magnetica ...,” etc., etc., 53, 125, 126
Schouten, Guillaume Cornelissen—Wilhelm Cornelisz, 97–98
Schreiber (at Chladni, E. F. F.), 314
Schreibers, Karl Franz Anton von (1775–1852) (at Chladni, E. F. F.), 315, 420
Schubert on zodiacal light, 141
Schuberth, E. (at Paracelsus, 1490–1541), 65
Schübler, Gustav (1787–1834), 292, 320, 406, 416, 420
Schultze, “Zur Kentniss ... elect. ... fische,” 300
Schumacher, Heinrich Christian (1780–1850), 345, 432, 481
Schuster, Sir Arthur, xii
“Schwed. Akad. Abhandlungen ...,” 216, 221, 257, 288
Schwed. Magazine, 221
Schwed. Musæum, 216
Schweigger, Johann, Salomo Christoph (1779–1857), “Journal (also Neues Journal) für die chemie und physik,” 1811–1833; “Über das elektron der Alten ...,” 1848; “Introd. to mythology through natural history.”
See Nürnberg, Scherer, 13, 257, 293, 314, 315, 358, 388, 389, 391, 407, 408, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 420, 424, 447, 451, 452, 455, 472, 475, 476, 483
Schweigger—Seidel, Franz W., 414
Schwenkenhardt, M. (at Ingen-housz, Johan), 257
Schwenter, Daniel. See Sunde.
“Science,” publication commenced in New York during 1880, 67, 75
“Science and literature of the middle ages.” See Lacroix, Paul.
“Science et Arts,” 337
“Sciences mathématiques en Italie, Histoire des,” by Libri, G. B. I. T., 4 Vols. 1838–1848.
“Sciences mathématiques et physiques chez les Belges, Histoire des,” by Quetelet, L. A. J.: Bruxelles, 1852.
“Scientiarum et artium istitutum bononiense ...,” Commentarii, 254
“Scientific American” and “Scientific American Supplement,” published respectively in New York during 1845 and 1876, to date, 10, 11, 109, 135, 138, 139, 142, 176, 178, 191, 193, 208, 209, 224, 226, 230, 240, 241, 250, 259, 263, 291, 292, 302, 310, 318, 329, 335, 336, 348, 361, 370, 389, 414, 420, 421, 422, 424, 433, 434, 436, 440, 447, 455, 460, 476, 481, 499
“Scientific Gazette,” publication commenced by C. F. Partington in London during 1825.
Scientific Memoirs. See Taylor, Richard.
“Scientific Progress,” 315
Scientific Researches. See Sturgeon, William.
“Scienziati Italiani,” Atti, Pisa, 1840–1847.
Scina, Domenico Ragona (1765–1837), 527;
“Esperienze e scoperte sull’ elettro-magnetismo,” “Elementi di fisica generale” (also “fisica particolarle”), 1809, 1829, 1842, 1843.
Scolopendra electrica, scolopendra subterranea, 298
Scoresby, William (1789–1857), 276, 482
“Scot’s Magazine,” 208, 209
Scott, Sir Walter, “Lay of the last Minstrel,” 4
Scotus, Joannes Duns. See Duns Scotus.
Scotus, Michael Joannes (fl. thirteenth century A.D.), “De secretio naturæ,” “Aristotelis opera ...,” 36
Scrantoni, J. M., 1740 (at Dalton, John), 308
Scribonius Largus Designationus (fl. first century A.D.), 20, 230;
Biog. Univ. de Michaud, Vol. XXVIII. pp. 589–595.
Scrinci, Dr., in “Prague News,” 209
Scudder, Samuel Hubbard, “Catalogue of scientific serials of all countries”: Cambridge, Mass., 1879, ix, 547–550
Sebald, H., translator of H. C. Oersted’s “Leben ...,” 455
Sebastien and Cassini (at Picard, Jean), 132
Secchi, R. P. Angelo (1818–1878), “Bulletino Meteorologico ...,” 314
Secondat de Montesquieu, Jean Baptiste, Baron (1716–1796), “Histoire de l’électricité,” 1746, 1750, 131, 555;
“Observations de physique,” 1750.
Sedillot, Jean (1757–1840), founder of the Société de Médecine de la Seine, “Recueil périodique de la Société de Médecine de Paris ...,” 248, 284, 295–296, 306
Sedillot, Louis Pierre Eugène Amélie (1808–1875), 32, 93;
“Revue Britannique ...,” “Des savants arabes ...,” “Matériaux ... sciences mathématiques ...”
Seebeck, Thomas Johann (1770–1831), 344, 373, 380, 387, 395, 413, 414, 415, 454, 478, 494
Segnitz, F. L., “Specimen ... elect. animali,” 1790, 556
Seguin, Armand (at Chladni, E. F. F.), 314;
also (at Fourcroy, A. F. de), 354
Seiferheld, G. H. (at Hare, Robert), 449
Seiler, J. (at Jadelot, J. F. N.), 330
Selenium, discovered by Berzelius, 369–370
Selenium, electrical properties of. See Sabine, Robert.
Sellers—Seller—John (at Savery, Servington), 160
Seleucus of Babylon (at Nicetas of Syracuse), 530
Semaphores: B.C. 1084, 341, 232, 200;
also, Hooke 1684, Amontons 1704, Odier 1773, Dupuis 1778, Chappe 1792, Edgeworth 1794, Murray, Gamble and Garnet 1795, Pasley 1808, Parrot 1802, Davis 1805, Gregory 1815, Popham and Bremmer 1816, Connolly 1817.
Sementini, L. (at Amoretti, Carlo), 401
Senebier, Jean (1742–1809), “Catalogue ... manuscrits ... Bibliothèque de Genève,” 1779, 54, 243, 258, 271, 294, 295
Seneca, Lucius Annæus (c. 4 B.C.-A.D. 65), “Quæstiones Naturales,” 8, 20, 24, 533
Senft, A. A., 1778 (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine), 385
Senguerd, W., “Philosophia naturalis ...,” 1681, 554
Serantoni, J. M., 1740 (at Dalton, John), 308
Serapio, Mauritanus, 17, 26
Serapis, temple of, at Alexandria, 18
Sercy—Bercy—Ugo di, 61
Seres, William—Willyam (at Strype, A.D. 1754), 210
Serpieri, Alessandro, on the Zodiacal Light, 141
Serra, F. M. (at Dalton, John), 308
Serrano, D. Nicol M. (at Montanus—Arias—Benedictus), 528
Serres, Pierre Marcel, J. de (b. 1783), 493
Sertorius Quintus (d. 72 B.C.), 4
Servetus, Michael—Serveto, Miguel, 535
Servius, Maurus Honoratus (fourth century), “Virgil,” 13
Servius, Petrus, 1643, 554
Servius Tullius, Roman king, 29
Sestier, Felix, et Méhu, C., “De la foudre ...,” 2 Vols. 1866, 199, 254
Seven wise men of Greece, 7
Severineus, Christopher, Bishop elect of Angola, 136
Severtius Jacobus—Jacques Severt, “De orbis catoptrici ...,” 1598, 115
Severus, Bishop of Milevis (at Augustine, Saint), 25
Sewall, Rev. Frank (at Swedenborg, Emmanuel), 165
Seylas—Seixas—y Lovera Francisco de, 71
Seypfer (at Parrot, George Friedrich), 367
S’Gravesande, Willem Jakob Storen van (1688–1742), “Eléments de Physique,” 152, 181, 270, 299
Sguario-Squario—Euseb., “Due dissertazione ...,” 1746, 308, 385, 555
Shaffner—Schaffner Taliaferro Preston (1818–1881), “Telegraph Manual,” “Shaffner’s Telegraph Companion,” 7, 22, 277, 286, 302, 316, 318, 440, 454
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), 16, 24, 195, 563, 564
Sharpe, Benjamin, also John Robert at pp. 424 and 439
Sharpless, Stephen Paschall, “On some forms of the galvanic battery” (Amer. Journ. of Science, Ser. III. Vol. I. pp. 247–251, 1871).
Shaw, George. See Royal Society.
Shea, John Gilmary, 115
Shields, Charles W., “The final philosophy,” 35, 525
Short, James (at Watson, William), 175
Shumiro-Accadian culture, 2
Siderites, 14, 15, 17
Siècles littéraires. See Essarts.
Siemens, Ernest Werner von (1816–1892), 370, 408 (Pogg. Ann., 1845 to 1861).
Siemens, Sir Charles William (1822–1883), 408.
See Romagnosi, also Cates’ Dictionary, p. 1541.
Sieur de Castel Franco. See Nautonnier.
Sigaud de la Fond, Jean René (1740–1810), 174, 235, 280, 385
Sighart, Dr. Joachim (at Albertus Magnus), 37, 505
Sign of fire, transmission of messages, 10
Signorelli, Pietro Napoli, “Sull’ invenzione della bussola nautica ...,” 58
Silberschlag, J. E. (at Dalton, John), 308
Siljeström, Peter Adam (Vetensk Acad. Handl. 1814), 139
Silliman, Benjamin (1779–1864), “The American Journal of Science and the Arts,” “Principles of Physics,” 22, 28, 29, 30, 56, 61, 139, 140, 157, 191, 289, 371, 389, 423, 440, 446, 447, 448, 449, 452, 468, 488, 495, 498, 499
Silow (at Faraday, Michael), 492
Silurus electricus, 192, 299, 374
Silvaticus, Matthew (fl. A.D. 1344), 26, 82, 529, 539
Silvestre, Aug. François de (1762–1851), 102, 303, 306
Simmons, John, “An essay on the cause of lightning,” 1775, 556
Simon of Bruges. See Stevinus.
Simon, Paul Louis (1767–1815), “Resultate d. galvanismus”: Berlin, 1801 (at Galvani, Luigi, A.D. 1786), 284, 419
Simpson, Sir J. (at Brewster, Sir David), 466
Singer, George John (1786–1817), “Elements of electricity ...,” 205, 249, 406, 419, 428, 429, 430–432, 434, 435, 470
Sinobas. See Rico-y-Sinobas, 308
Sismondi, Jean Charles Leonard de (1773–1842), 37, 40;
“Historical view of the literature of the South of Europe.” See Dezebry, Ch., “Dictionnaire ...,” p. 2638.
Sixtus of Sienna (1520–1569), 504
Sjoesten, C. G., (at Martin, Benjamin), 253
Skand. Lit. Selskabs Skrifter, 453
Skandia, “Svenska litteratur”: Upsala, 453
“Skandinaviska naturforskarnes ...”: Förhandlingar, 1842, 299
Skrimshire, W., Jr. (at A.D. 1806), 393
Sloane, Sir Hans (1660–1753), Royal Society Transactions, 547
Sloane, William M., “Aristotle and the Arabs,” 37
Small, Robert (at Kepler, Johann), 96
Smeaton, John (1724–1792) (Phil. Trans., XLVI. 513, 1749), 176, 202, 203
Smee, Alfred (1818–1877), “Elements of electro-metallurgy,” 363, 397
Smiles, Samuel, “Lives of the Engineers ...,” 203
Smith, Willoughby (1828–1891), 369–370;
“Selenium, its electrical qualities and the effect of light thereon”: London, 1877.
Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Bulletin, Reports, etc., etc., 140, 315, 324, 375, 389, 407, 413, 423, 455, 459, 476, 481, 499
Smuck—Schmuck—Edmond Joseph (b. 1771), 284, 326, 327, 332, 419
Snell—Snellius—van Roijen—Willebrood (1591–1626), “Eratosthenes Batavus,” 1617, 521
Snow Harris. See Harris, Sir William Snow.
Snyder, Carl, “The world machine,” 1907, 511, 512
Soave, Francesco (1743–1806), Scelta d’opuscoli, 1776, 1804; Nuova scelta d’opuscoli, 1804, 208, 298, 401
Soc. Göttingen recent. Comment, 220
Soc. Hafniensis. See Copenhagen.
Soc. Upsal, Nova Acta, 221
“Societa Italiana delle scienze;” Memoire di matematica y fisica, Verona e Modena, 248, 249, 253, 254, 258, 294, 295, 298, 303, 306, 330, 413, 420, 423
“Societas regia scientiarum Göttingensis,” Commentationes, 8, 451
Société Académique de Laon, Bulletin de la, 94
Société Astronomique de France, Bulletin de la, 93
Société Chimique d’Arcueil, 236
Société d’Agriculture d’Autun, 285
Société d’Arcueil, Mémoires de Physique, 334, 386, 389
Société de Genève, Mémoires, etc., 140
Société de Médecine. See Paris, also Sédillot, Jean, 270, 284, 302
Société d’Emulation de Paris, 258, 284, 285
Société de Santé de Lyon. See Petetin, Jacques H. D., 229
Société Galvani de Paris, opened October 24, 1802.
Société Hollandaise des sciences, Haarlem.
Société Internationale des Electriciens, Bulletin: Paris, 1884 to date.
Société médicale d’émulation de Paris, Mémoires, 258, 284, 285, 557
Société Philomathèque, Paris, Bulletin des Sciences, 249, 274, 277, 279, 284, 288, 300, 301, 302, 303, 306, 314, 318, 324, 326, 335, 347, 349, 374, 376, 378, 380, 383, 385, 412, 482, 483
Société Physique. See Lausanne.
Sociétés Savantes et Littéraires, Mémoires, 285
Sociétés Savantes. ... See Tessier, Octave.
Society for the advancement of the Arts, Geneva, 270
Society for the encouragement of Arts, London, Transactions. See Society of Arts.
Society of Arts ... Transactions, publication commenced in London during 1783, 291, 305, 365, 367, 389, 397, 398, 399, 406, 407, 413, 437, 441, 442, 443, 458
Society of telegraph engineers, London, 440
Socrates (born c. 471–469), 7, 12, 503, 524, 543
Soirées littéraires. See Coupé, J. M. L.
Sokolow (at Richmann, G. W., A.D. 1753), 204
Solander, Daniel Charles (1736–1782), 456
Solinus, Caius Julius (fl. latter part second century, A.D.), 7, 17, 22, 43, 124, 512, 540;
“De situ et memorabilibus ...,” 1473; “De memoralibus (sic) mundi ...,” 1498; “De mirabilibus mundi ...,” 1500.
Solly, E. (at Ingen-housz, A.D. 1779), 257
Solomon, King of Israel, 5
Solomon’s Temple. See Temple of Solomon.
Solon (c. 638–558 B.C.), 7
Somer, John, Minorite astronomer (at Lully, Raymond), 32
Somerset, Edward (1601–1667), 126
Sömmering, Samuel Thomas von (1755–1830), 284, 304, 331, 384, 406–407, 412, 420, 421, 422, 424, 435, 475
Sömmering, William (at Sömmering, S. T. von, A.D. 1809), 407
Sommerville—Somerville, Mrs. Mary Fairfax (1780–1872), “Connection of the Physical Sciences,” “On the earth ...,” 171, 377, 410, 423, 455, 460, 476, 479, 484
Sonnini de Manoncourt, Charles Nicolas Sigisbert (1751–1812), who, with Virey, Julien Joseph, edited the important supplement to “Buffon’s Natural History,” 6, 30, 33, 37, 55
Sophists (at Philostratus, Flavius), 533
Sophocles, “Electra,” 507.
See also Euripides.
Sotacus describes five kinds of native magnets, 13
Souciet, P. Etienne (1671–1744), “Observations mathématiques ...” (at 2637 B.C.), 1
Soulavie. See Giraud-Soulavie.
Spallanzani, Abbé Lazaro (1729–1799), 239, 240, 255, 258, 270, 271, 284, 298, 332, 355
Sparks, Jared, “Library of Am. Biography,” “Works of Benj. Franklin,” 69, 199, 239, 252
Spath, J. L. (at Dalton, John), 308
Specific inductive capacity, discovered by Faraday, Michael, 239, 491, 492, 493
Specific inductive capacity of different gases (Brit. Assoc. Report for 1880, pp. 197–201).
“Spectator” for Dec. 6, 1711 (at Strada, F., A.D. 1617), 99
Spedding, Ellis and Heath, 99
Speed’s Atlas, mentioned at Mercator, 563
Spencer, Knight, 400
Speng—Spengel—Leonhard, “Alex. Aphrod. Quæstonium naturalium ...,” 1842; “Incerti ... Aristotelis ...,” 1842; “Anaximenis ... Aristotelis ad Alexandrum,” 1844, 27, 512
Spidberg, J. C. (at Dalton, John), 308
Spider thread filaments: Bennet 1787, Fontana 1793.
Spiegel, Friedrich (at Zoroaster), 541
Spon, Charles, xi, 362
Spottiswoode, William (1825–1883), De la Rue, Warren, and Mueller, Hugo, W. (Proc. Roy. Soc., XXIII. pp. 356–361).
Spottiswoode, W., and Moulton, John Fletcher (Phil. Trans., 1879, pp. 165–229).
Sprat, Thomas, “History of the Royal Society,” 132
Spratt, Lieut. James (1771–1853), “Homograph ...,” 400
Spreng, Johann, “Hist. R. Herb,” 193
Sprengel, Kurt Polycarp Joachim, “Histoire de la médecine,” 529, 531, 538
Squario. See Sguario.
Stabili, Francesco degli, the real name of Cecco d’Ascoli (1257–1327), “Acerba,” xx, 524, 531
Stadius, eminent astronomer of the sixteenth century, who succeeded, in the Paris University, the famous Peter Ramus—Pierre de la Ramée (1515–1572), “Tabulæ Bergenses,” 1560, 510
Stahelin, C. (at Harris, William Snow), 470
Stahl, George Ernest (1660–1734), 261, 262, 362
Stambio, C. (at Jadelot, J. F. N.), 330
Stanhope, Charles, third Earl of. See Mahon, Lord.
Stanhusius, Mich., “De Meteoris ...,” 1572 and 1578.
Stanley, Sir Edward, of Tongue Castle, 121
Stanley, Venetia Anastasia, 121
Stark, Dr. James, of Edinburgh, 375
Stark, J. C. (at Galvani, Luigi, A.D. 1786), 284
Stark, John, “Biographia Scotica”: Edinburgh, 1805, 311
Starke, Mariana (at School of Athens), 542
Statistical Society, London, 471
Staunton, Sir George Thomas (1737–1801), “The history of the great and mighty kingdom of China,” “Account of an Embassy,” 1, 21
Steavenson, Robert, “Dissert. de electricitate ...,” 1778, 556
Steele, Robert, “Gleanings from Barthol. de Glanvilla,” 16;
“Mediæval Lore,” 526
Steichen, Michel, “Vie et travaux de Simon Stevinus,” 79
Steiglehuer—Steiglehner—Cölestin (1738–1819), 272, 274
Steindachner, F. (at Shaw, George), 299
Steinhaueser, Johannes Gottfried (1768–1825).
Steinheil, Karl August (1801–1870), 422
Steininger and Neggerath, 315
Stenischneider—Steinschneider—Moritz (1816–1907), “Intorno alla calamita,” 38, 72
Stella, F. M. (at Amoretti, Carlo), 401
Stens—Stensen—Niels—Nicolas, 1671, 270
Stephen, Leslie. See “Dict. of National Biography.”
Stephens (at Franklin, Benjamin), 196
Stepling, Jos. (at Dalton, John), 308
Stevens, B. P., and Brown, xx.
Stevinus, Simon (1548–1628), called Simon of Bruges, 63, 78, 79, 80, 81, 102, 517.
See Wright, Edward.
Stewart, Professor Balfour, “Lessons in elementary physics”: London, 1872.
Stillingfleet, Edward (1635–1699), 147
Stobæus, Joannes (fl. c. A.D. 500), 24
Stockholm, Royal Academy of Sciences, 187, 232
Stockler de Borja, Franc. de (1759–1829), 530
Stoeckl, Albert, 39
Stœffler, Johann, “Cœlestium ... totius sphericæ ...,” 553
Stones, meteoric. See Salverte.
Stow, John (1525–1605), 210, 211
Strabo, Greek historian (66–28 B.C.), 17, 67, 520, 533
Strada, Famianus, Italian Jesuit (1572–1649), “Prolusiones Academicæ ...,” 82, 98, 123
Strato of Lampsacus, philosopher who lived in the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus, 542
Streizig of Verona (at Gay-Lussac, J. L., A.D. 1804), 389
Stroemer—Stromer—Märten (1707–1770) 187
Struve, Christian August (1767–1807), 326, 385, 433
Strype, John (1643–1737), 210, 232
Stuart, Thomas (at Ampère, A. M., A.D. 1820), 477
“Student, The, or Oxford and Cambridge Misc.,” 98
Stuebler—Stuber—Eugen, “Life of Franklin,” 199
Stuello, “Bibl. Scrip., S. J.”: Rome, 1676, 110
Stukeley, Rev. William (1687–1765), 187–189
Sturgeon, William (1783–1850), “Annals of Electricity,” 1836–1843; “Lectures on Electricity”: London, 1842; “Scientific Researches”: Bury, 1850; “Annals of Philosophical Discovery ...,” 79, 80, 140, 142, 162, 181, 199, 201, 204, 207, 223, 232, 239, 243, 245, 256, 257, 263, 296, 297, 304, 306, 330, 337, 339, 347, 359, 370, 384, 388, 394, 395, 397, 406, 407, 408, 414, 415, 420, 428, 432, 433, 440, 441, 454, 455, 460, 464, 468, 472, 476, 481, 482, 483, 491, 498
Sturla, Jarl—Snorri Sturlason, 44
Sturm, Johann Christoph, of the Altdorff University (1635–1703), 129–130
Sturmy’s “Mariner’s Magazine,” 143, 242
Stuvenius (at Columbus, Christopher, A.D. 1492), 67
Subtle—subtil—subtile—matter (materia subtilis) subtile medium, 57, 122, 133, 151, 174, 183, 212, 213, 214, 355, 360, 495
Succinum—Succini, 137, also at p. 8.
Sue, Jean Joseph (1760–1830), “Recherches physiologiques,” 306
(Hœfer, “Biog. Gén.,” 1865, Vol. 44, pp. 620–621)
Sue, Pierre aîné (1739–1816), “Histoire du Galvanisme,” 247, 248, 249, 264, 275, 281, 285, 299, 301, 303, 306, 326, 328, 330, 350, 353, 355, 359, 361, 363, 376, 378, 383, 385
Suhm, Peter Frederik, “In effigien Torfæi ...” (at A.D. 1266), 45
Suidas, author of a prominent Greek lexicon compiled during the tenth century, 541
Sulzer, Johann Georg (1720–1779), 152, 223, 312, 419
Summanus, night source of lightning, 9
Sunde, Janus Hercules de (pseud. of Schwenter, Daniel, 1585–1636), 81, 125, 240
Sundelin, K., 1822 (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D. 1803), 385
Suspension of statues, etc., in mid-air, 18, 123, 222, 527
“Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar” for 1740, 168
Swammerdam, Jan (1637–1682), 202
Swanwick, Anna, translator of Æschylus, 4
Swedenborg, Emmanuel (1688–1772), 163–165
Swedish Academy of Sciences, 190
Swickardus (at Browne, Sir Thomas, A.D. 1646), 124
Swieten, Gerard van, pupil of Boerhaave (at A.D. 1722), 157
Swiettiki of Denmark (at A.D. 1745), 174
Swift, William (at Henley, William T.), 237
Swinden, Jan Hendrik van (1746–1823), “Tentamina theoriæ mathematicæ ...,” 1772; “Recueil de mémoires sur l’analogie de l’électricité et du magnétisme ...,” 1784; “Analogia electricitatis et magnetismi,” 1780–1781; “Positiones physicæ,” 1786, 65, 103, 106, 121, 131, 135, 140, 170, 199, 218, 224, 229, 230, 233, 237, 240, 254, 263, 271–274, 285, 309, 393
Sylvester, Charles (at A.D. 1805, 1806 and 1812), 392, 394, 419
Symes, R., 1771 (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine), 385
Symmer, Robert (d. 1763), 161, 218–220, 221, 224, 409
Symonds, John Addington (at Ficino, Marsiglio), 515
Symons, G. J. (at Franklin, Benjamin), 199
Szuki—Shiki—or “Historical Memoirs of Szu-ma-thsian”—Szu-mats’een—the greatest of all Chinese historical works, 5
T
Table générale des Bulletins des sociétés savantes. See Tessier, Octave.
Tachard, Father Guy (d. 1714), 156
Tacitus, Publius Caius Cornelius (c. A.D. 54–120), “Germania,” “Annals,” “Agricola,” etc., 140, 524.
See “Annals of C. C. Tacitus.”
Tafel, Dr. R. L. (at Swedenborg, E.), 163
Tafuri, Giovanni Bernardino, “Scrittori ... di Napoli,” 1749, 540
Taisnier, Jean—Joannes (Taisnier of Hainault—Hannonius) (1509–1562), “De natura magnetis ...,” 1562, 13, 46, 53
Tait, Professor Peter Guthrie. See Thomson, Sir William.
Talbot, Sir Gilbert, on magnetical remedies, 126
Talmud, designation of the loadstone, 15
Tamery, Prof. Paul, “Pour l’histoire de la science Helléne,” 8, 504, 511, 532
Tarchon, founder of Etruscan theurgism, 9
Tarde, J., “Les usages ... esguille aymantée,” 1621, 553
Tatum’s lectures (at Faraday, Michael), 455, 496
Taylor and Phillips, editors of the Phil. Mag., 466
Taylor, Brook—Brooke, F.R.S. (1685–1731), 150, 155, 156, 191, 264
Taylor, Richard (1781–1858), “Scientific Memoirs,” 428, 495
Taylor, Thomas, translator of Iamblichus, the treatises of Aristotle and the six books of Proclus, 2, 503, 537
Taylor, W. B., “Memoir of Joseph Henry,” 447, 460;
“(1) La longitude terrestre ...,” 1556; “Recherches sur les propriétés magnetiques du fer,” 1862
Tcheou-Koung—Choung (Ki-tan), 3
Tchéyeou—Tchi-yeou—Chinese prince (at 2637 B.C.), 1
Tchi-nan, chariot of the South, 3
Tchin-Thsang-Ki, 77
Tching-Onang, nephew of Tcheou-Koung, regent of the Chinese Empire, 3
Tchou-lou plains, 1
“Telegrafista (II),” publication commenced in Rome during 1881.
Telegrafo elettrico scintillante, 227
Telegraph Polygrammatic, 397
Telegraph-Anthropo of Knight Spencer employed as early as 1805, 400
Telegraph electro-chemical, the first, 407
Telegraph, Symbolic, also the Terrestrial Telegraph introduced by Macdonald, 399
Telegraph: on the history of the word telegraph.
See Axon, W. E. A.
See History of the telegraph.
“Télégraphe, La.” See Ternant.
“Telegrapher, The,” publication commenced in New York during 1864, afterwards called “Journal of the Telegraph.”
“Telegraphic Journal,” publication commenced in London during 1864, 408
Telegraphic signals, first transmitted by voltaic electricity, 406
“Telegraphist, The,” publication commenced in London during 1883; “The Telegraphist and Electrician” first appeared in London during 1876.
Telegraphs, electric and galvanic. See Electric Telegraphs.
Telegraphs, optical. See Semaphores.
Telegraphy, histories of, 301:
written by I. U. J. Chappe, Paris, 1824, and Le Mans, 1840; Bois, Victor, 1853–1856; Bonel, A., Paris, 1857; Mangin, M., 1752; Reynaud, J. J., 1851.
Telegraphy, oceanic: Brett in 1858; and Brigge, also in 1858.
Telegraphy, pneumatic, by Medhurst, 408
Telegraphy, wireless, 10, 19
“Telephone, The,” “Review of electrical science”: London, 1889.
Telephoning—communicating sound through a wire—in 1667, 143
Telesio, Bernardino, “De rerum natura ...,” 1570.
Tellograph of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, 316
Templeman, in the “Nouvelliste,” 1759, 298
Temple of Jerusalem, never struck by lightning during 1000 years, 9
Temple of Diana at Ephesus, 18
Temple of Juno had its roof covered with sword blades, 9
Temple of Pharos, 18
Temple of Solomon, 10
Temple of Serapis at Alexandria, 18
Temples of Hercules, 13
Tentzel—Tentzelius—Andreas, “Medicina Diastalica,” 245
Tentzel, Wilhelm Ernst, “Collection Académique,” 229
Termeyer, Raimondo Maria de, 298, 299
Ternant, A. L., “Le Télégraphe,” 147, 264, 265
Terrella—terrella-microge, little earth, 47, 48, 50, 83, 86, 121.
See Petit P., also Wren, Sir Chr.
“Terrestrial Magnetism,” 59, 138, 140, 199.
See also Bauer, L. A.
Terzagus, “Musæum Septalianum,” 159
Teske, J. G. (at Thillaye-Platel), 385
Tessier, Henri Alexandre, “Eloges des hommes illustres,” 93, 515, 527, 539
Tessier, Octave, “Table générale des bulletins des sociétés savantes”: Paris, 1873, 43
Tetens, J. N., “Schreiben ... magneteuren,” 1775, 246
Tetraodon—tetrodon—electricus, 298, 374
Teyler, Archives du Musée, 160
Teyler Van der Hulst, Pieter (1702–1778), “Tweede Genootschap,” published at Haarlem, 1781, 280
Teylerian electrical machine, 292
Teylerian Society. See Haarlem.
Thalen, J. R., “Recherches ... magnétiques du fer ...” (Nova Acta Reg. Soc. Upsala, III. Série), 1862.
Thales of Miletus (639–548 B.C.), 7, 15, 515, 532, 534, 542, 543
Thatcher—Thacher—John Boyd, 66, 524
Theamedes of the ancients believed to be identical with the tourmaline, 17
Thebit-ben-Korah—Thebitius (836–901), 540–541
Thebitius. See Thebit-ben-Korah.
Themistius (c. A.D. 315–390), “Oratio,” “Euphrades,” 10, 541
Thénard, Louis Jacques, Baron (1777–1857), 249, 338, 340, 347, 352, 354, 376, 380, 388, 389, 419, 480
Theodoric the Great (c. A.D. 454–526), 18
Theodorus, Emperor, 144 (entered at Louis Maimbourg).
Theodosius the Great (fl. 379–395), 24, 541
Theophrastus (372–286 B.C.), 7, 13, 21, 270, 530, 539, 543.
See Scaliger, J. C., also Hill, Sir John.
Theory, undulatory—Young, Dr. Thomas, 395
Thermo-dynamics, second law of, 346, 392.
The first law or principle of thermo-dynamics was enunciated by the French physicist Carnot (Nicolas Leonard Sardi, 1796–1832).
Thermo-electric inversion, discovered by Prof. James Cummings.
Thermo-electric needle of Becquerel, 463
Thermo-electric tension of minerals (Phil. Mag., Ser. IV. Vol. XXX. pp. 337–339, 1865).
Thermo-electricity: Dessaignes, 415;
Seebeck, 415;
Brewster, 465.
See Cummings, James, and consult Table Analytique des Annales de Ch. et de Phys., Index, pp. 364–370.
Thermo-electrometer of Harris, 469
Thevenot, Melchisedech (1620–1692), “Recueil de Voyages,” 47, 53
Thibaud VI, Comte de Champagne, 33
Thicknesse, Ra. (at Williamson, C. H.) 270
Thillaye, Jean Baptiste Jacques (1752–1822), 385
Thillaye-Platel, Antoine (1782–1806), 274, 384–385, 430
Thilly, Frank, 504, 505.
See Weber, Alfred.
Tholuck, Friedrich August Gottren (1799–1877), 38
Thoman, Fédor (at Arago, D. F. J.), 480
Thomas Aquinas, Saint, Doctor Angelicus (1225–1274), 16, 35, 36, 37, 39, 57, 171, 505, 506.
See Joannes de Rupescissa.
Thomas, John, “Univ. Pron. Dict.,” 146, 148
Thomas, Joseph (Dict. of Nat. Biogr.), 163, 286, 370
Thompson, A. T., translator of Salverte’s “Philosophy of Magic,” 1
Thompson, Benjamin, Count Rumford (1753–1814), 225, 346, 370–371.
See Copley Medal, also Rumford Medal.
Thompson, Silvanus P. (1851–1916), Introduction, xi, xiii–xv, xvii, xix, 45, 46, 54, 63, 92, 113, 189, 342, 498.
See Aerolites.
Thoms, William T. (at Strype, A.D. 1754), 210
Thomson, Allen (1809–1884), 425
Thomson, Elihu, xi, 184
Thomson, Thomas (1773–1852), “An outline of the sciences of heat and electricity,” 1st ed. 1830; “Annals of Philosophy”: London, 1813–1826; “Outline of the Sciences ...”; “Annals of Philosophy”; “History of the Royal Society”: London, 1812; “History of Chemistry,” etc.; 90, 105, 132, 150, 152, 155, 156, 162, 167, 189, 190, 196, 199, 214, 218, 221, 222, 227, 233, 239, 248, 249, 251, 256, 262, 263, 268, 277, 284, 286, 313, 347, 363, 364, 370, 403, 408, 412, 414, 423, 427, 435, 440, 441, 443, 446, 449, 452, 455, 458, 461, 468, 478, 479
Thomson, Sir William, first Baron Kelvin of Largs (1824–1907), dedication, x, xi, 87, 141, 218, 239, 321, 346, 371, 392, 411, 412, 413, 455, 470, 492, 493, 499.
See Le Roux, F. P., Electro-dynamic qualities of metals (Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. for 1879, pp. 55–85).
Thor, son of Odin, personifies electricity, 13
Thore and Croissant (at Hare, Robert), 449
Thorp, R. W. D. (at Thillaye-Platel), 385
Thorpe, T. E., “Essays in historical chemistry,” 132, 189, 228, 239, 262, 347, 499
Thou, François Auguste de (at Fracastorio, H.), 515
Thouin, André (compass plant), 259
Thoung-Kian-Kang-Mou, 2, 5
Thouret, Michel Augustin (1749–1810), “Rapport sur les aimants ... Le Noble,” 1783; “Lettre sur le magnétisme animal,” 1784–1785, 245, 273
Thouret, T. Auguste (at Mesmer, F. A.), 237
Thouri, de (at Thillaye-Platel), 385
Thouron, V. C., 505
Thouvenel, Pierre (1747–1815), “Mémoire physique ...,” 1781, 384, 401
Thrasyllus, the grammarian, 511
Thumstein, apparatus for transmitting sound through wires (at A.D. 968), 28
Thunder and lightning attracted and directed by the ancients, 9, 294
Tiato (at Toaldo, G.), 253
Tiberghien, Guillaume, “Essai théorique et historique sur la génération des connaissances humaines,” 42, 102, 122, 504, 505, 511, 519
Tiberius, 20, 513
“Tidsskrift for naturvidenskaberne; af Orsted ...”: Kjobenhavn, 1822–1828, 455
Tillard—Tilland—Captain (islands of eruption), 417
Tillemont, Louis Sébastien Lenain de (1637–1698), “Histoire des Empereurs,” “Mémoires Hist. Eccles.,” 25, 525, 541
Tillet, “Sur l’incendie,” 1760, 555
Tilloch, Alexander (1759–1825), one of the editors of the “Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science,” 252, 381, 392, 396, 429, 434, 452, 467, 474, 478
Timæus (c. 352–256 B.C.), Greek historian, 8
Timæus. See Plato.
“Times,” London, 134, 248
Timochares (c. 367–283 B.C.) (at Ptolemy—Ptolemæus II), 18
Tinan, Barbier de (at Toaldo, G.), 253
Tingry, P. F. (Journal de Physique, Vol. XLVII.), 557
Tipaldo, Emilio A. de, “Biografia degli Italiani illustri, nella scienze ...”: Venezia, 1834, 253, 300, 303
Tiphys Batavus, 521
Tiraboschi, Girolamo (1731–1794), “Biblioteca Modenese,” “Storia della litteratura Italiana,” 55, 113, 510, 514, 529, 540
Tisserand, L. M., “Paris et ses historiens,” 34
Tissot, “Historie de la philosophie,” 532
Titelmanni, Franc, “Naturalis Philos. Compendium,” 1571, 553
Titius—Tietz—Johann Daniel (1729–1796), “De electrici experimenti ...,” 1771; “Gemeinützige ...,” “Tableau du travail actuel de toutes les Académies de l’Europe ...,” 158
Titus Livius (b. A.D. 59), Great Roman historian, generally called Livy, 10, 24, 78
Toaldo, Giuseppe (1719–1798), 140, 253, 254, 271, 295
Todd, John T. (experiments on the torpedo), 436
Tolloy, Crimotel de (at Jadelot, J. F. N.), 330
Tomlinson, Charles, “Cyclopædia of useful arts and manufactures,” 317, 322, 337, 339, 437, 455, 470
Tommasi—Tomasi—Donato, of Paris (b. 1848), “Traité des piles électriques,” 365, 376.
See Romagnosi, G. D.
Tonkin, John, of Penzance, 339
Topaz, a talisman, 8
Torfæus, Thormodr (Phormodur Torfesen) (1636–1719), 44
Torpedo, torpille. See also “raia torpedo,” also Savi, P., 11, 20, 136, 149, 229, 230, 239, 240, 241, 258, 270, 319, 334, 345, 346, 374, 409, 436, 493, 527
Torsion balance, invented by Coulomb, 275
Tortolini, Barnaba, “Annali di scienze ...,” 8 Vols.; “Annali di matematica ...,” 1856–1861.
Toscanelli, Paul del Pozzo (1397–1482), 34; Nouv. Biog. Gén. (Hœfer), Vol. 45, pp. 557–558.
Touche, Daillant de la, 164
Toulouse, Academy Reports, Mémoires, etc., 229, 288, 556
Tourdes, J. (at Aldini, G.), 306
Tourmaline, 8, 13, 17, 152, 153, 184, 193, 218, 286, 287–288, 364, 451, 465
Tourtelle, Etienne, “Histoire philosophique de la médecine,” 65, 170
Toutain (at Thillaye-Platel), 386
Townsend, W. J., “The great schoolmen of the Middle Ages,” 37, 41, 505
Tozzetti, Targioni, “Atti e Memorie inedite dell’ Accademia del Cimento ...,” 3 Vols.; also, “Notizie ...,” 3 Vols. 1780, 556
Trail—Traill, Thomas Stewart (1781–1862), 339, 465, 477
Tralles, Johann Georg (1763–1822) (“Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie,” 1894, Vol. 38, pp. 494–495), 292–293, 331
Transactions Elec. Soc. Mannheim, 29.
See “Academia electoralis scientiarum,” which is also called “Academia Theodoro Palatina.”
Transmitting intelligence by wire; in early days said to have been done by one of the Cleopatras, 12.
See also Kung-foo-Whing (at A.D. 968), 28
Tredwey, Robert (Phil. Trans., XIX. 711), 1698, 554
Trembley, A., on light caused by quicksilver shaken in glass tube, 175, 177, 555
Treméry, Jean Louis (1773–1851), 288, 324;
“Observations sur les aimants elliptiques,” 1797.
Trendelenberg, Friedrich Adolf (1802–1872), 544
Trent, History of the Council of, 90, 110, 528
Tressan, Louis Elizabeth de la Vergne de (1705–1783), 189, 385, 417
Treviranus, Gottfried Reinhold (1776–1837), 255, 257, 327, 557
Treviso Athenæum, “Memorie scientifiche ...,” 1817–1847, 253
Treviso Giornale, “Giornale sulle scienze ...,” 1821–1830.
Trévoux, Mémoires de, 551
Trew, Abdias, “De meteoris ...”: Argent, 1654.
Trichiurus electricus—trichiurus Indicus, 297, 298
Triennald, S. von, 308
Tries’ claim to Van Marum’s machine, 280
Trieste, School of Arts and Navigation, 407
Trinity College, at Cambridge, England, 4, 212, 319
Tripier, A. (at Thillaye-Platel), 386
Trismegistus. See Hermes.
Tristan, Comte J. de, 401
Trithemius, Johannes (1462–1516), author of “Steganographia ...,” 1606; “Annalium Hirsaugiensium ...,” 1690; “De scriptoribus ecclesiasticis,” 37, 504, 554
Trommsdorff, Johann Barthelomaüs (1770–1837), 285, 352–353, 419
Troostwijk, Adriaan Paets van (1752–1837), and Deiman, Jean Rodolph, 280, 291–292, 385
Trouvé (at Zamboni, Giuseppe), 420
Tsching-Vang, second emperor of the Tcheou dynasty, 3
Tübingen. See Gmelin family.
Tübingen, “Morgenblatt,” 351
Tübingen University, 284, 303, 433, 450, 451
Tufts, James H. See Windelband’s “History of Philosophy.”
Tulk, Dr. Alfred, 404
Tullus Hostilius (672–640 B.C.), third legendary King of Rome, 9
Turnbull, Laurence (1821–1900), “Electro-magnetic Telegraph, with an historical account of its progress”: Philad., 1853, 11, 317, 318, 368, 384, 407, 422, 436, 440, 455, 476
Turner, Robert, “Electricology; or a discourse upon electricity ...,” 1746, 554
Turner, William, “History of Philosophy,” 504
Turin—Torino—Academie Royale des Sciences or University, 30, 140, 209, 294, 295, 296, 302, 306, 367
Turin—Torino—Bibl. de, 284
Turin—Torino—College of Fine Arts, 294
Turin—Torino—Memorie della Soc. Agr., 257, 295
Turin—Torino—Normal College, 294
Turin—Torino—Nuova Encyclopedia Italiana. See Bocardo.
Turin—Torino—Observatory, Annals of, 295
Turin—Torino. See Giornale Scientifico d’una Soc. Fil.
Twast (at A.D. 1812), 419
Two-fluid theory: Hare, 1823; Ingen-housz, 1778; Symner and Dufay, 409–410
Tycho Brahé (1546–1601), 92, 94, 95, 102, 508, 530, 533.
See Jöcher, C. G., “Allgemeines Gel. Lex.,” pp. 1325–1327.
Tyndall, John (1820–1893), “Heat as a mode of motion,” vii, xiii, 14, 131, 132, 142, 166, 170, 173, 177, 231, 255, 282, 314, 344, 346, 380, 383, 396, 411, 433, 487, 489, 492, 495, 497, 498, 499.
See “Lives of the Electricians,” by William T. Jeans, 1887; “Lessons in Electricity.”
Also Rumford Medal.
Typhon, bone of (Typhoëus, in Greek Legend), 14
U
Uberti, Bonifacio—Fazio degli (d. 1368), “Il Dittamondo ... ridotto,” 44
Ueberweg, Dr. Friedrich (1826–1871), History of Philosophy, translated by George S. Morris, 26, 32, 33, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 102, 122, 504, 505, 507, 510, 511, 512, 518, 519, 532, 534, 537
Ughelli, Fernandino, “Italia Sacra,” 516
Ugo di Bercy (Sercy) (fl. thirteenth century A.D.), 56, 61.
See Nouvelle Biographie Générale, of Hœfer, V. 783.
Ugollet at Venice, publisher of Ausonius’ “Mosella,” 18
Uhland, W. H. (at Faraday), 498
Ulloa, Don Antonio de, Spanish mathematician (1716–1795). Makes the earliest recorded reference to the Aurora Australis, 141, 165–166
Ulstadius, Philippus (fl. sixteenth century A.D.), “Cœlum philosophorum”: Paris, 1544, 553
Undulatory theory of light, interferences in the, Dr. Young, 1807, 395
Unger, Johann Friedrich von (1716–1781), “Abhandlung von der natur der Electricität”: Braunschweig, 1745 (Hamb. Magaz., VIII. 1751).
“United Service Journal,” 397
United States Japan Expedition (Zodiacal Light), 142
Universal Encyclopædia, 38
Universal Lexicon, Leipzig, 48
Université de Padone. See Boulay, H. de.
Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages. See Rashdall, Hastings.
Unzer, T. C., 245
Upsala Academy (University), 141, 163, 168, 221, 387
Upsala Botanical Gardens, 259;
Compass plant, 259
Upsala Royal Society, 232
Urbanitzky, Alfred von, “Electricity in the service of man ...,” edited by Richard Wormell, and revised by R. Mullineux Walmsley, London, 1886; “Les lampes électriques ...”: Paris, 1885 (Bibliothèque des Actualités Industrielles, No. IV.), 162, 219
Ure, Andrew (1778–1857), “Dictionary of Arts,” “Dictionary of Chemistry,” 354, 370, 417–418, 440, 446, 455
Ursa Major: star referred to by William Gilbert in connection with Marsilius Ficinus, Cardanus, Lucas Gauricus and Gaudentius Merula, who believe it to influence magnetic variation, 108
Usiglio, C., 1844 (at Jadelot, J. F. N.), 330
Ussher, Henry (1743–1790) (at John Dalton), 308
V
Van: all additional names with this prefix appear under the names.
Vacca, Andrea (1772–1826), 299
Vacca, Leopold (1732–1812), 299
Vacuo, in. Propagation of light in vacuo, 132, 182, 202, 294.
See Picard, Jean (Anc. Mémoires, Paris, Vols. II. and X.); Return of electric light in vacuo (Grummert, G. H.), 172; Attrition of bodies in vacuo (Phil. Trans., XXIV. 2165); Electric light in vacuo (Dantzig, Memoirs, I. 417).
Vail, Alfred (1807–1859), “History of the American Electro-magnetic Telegraph ...,” 286, 316, 436
Vairano, Josephus, “Diatriba de electricitate,” 1777, 556
Valenciennes (at Arago), 481
Valens, Flavius, Roman Emperor, 144 (A.D. 328–378). See Moreri, L., “Grand Dict.,” Vol. VIII. pt. 3, p. 13; Hœfer, “Nouv. Biog. Gén.,” Vol. XLV. pp. 855–856.
Valentinelli, Giuseppe, Royal Librarian of the Marciana, Venice, 111
Valentinus, Bazilius (fifteenth century)—Basil Valentine, “Conclusiones ... magnect ...”: Rottm., 1632.
Valère, André, Biblio. Belgica, 538
Vallemont, Pierre Le Lorrain de (1649–1721), “La physique occulte, en traité de la baguette divinatoire,” 1693; “Description de l’aimant ...,” 1692, 110, 144, 401
Vallensis, Roberti, “Di veritate ...,” 1593 and 1612, 502
Vallerius, H. (at Thillaye-Platel), 386
Vallesius—Valles de Corarrubias—Francisco, 538
Valli, Eusebio (1755–1816), 249, 270, 285, 302–303, 327, 393, 419
Vallot, Joseph, “Report on difference between chalcedony and tourmaline,” 288
Vanderlot’s work on the Surinam Eel, 230
Van Etten, Henry, is pseud. of Jean Leurechon (1591–1670), q.v., “Mathematical Recreations,” “Récréations Mathématiques,” 109, 126, 127, 148, 401
Van Swinden. See Swinden.
Van’t Hoff, Professor Jakobus Hendrikus (b. 1852, d. 1915). He established, with F. W. Ostwald, the “Lehrbuch der Allegem. Chemie” and “Zeitschrift für physikalische chemie”; “Dix années dans l’histoire d’une théorie ...,” 1865.
See Ostwald.
Vapereau, G., “Dictionnaire Universel des Contemporains”: Paris, 1893.
Vargas, Bernardo Perez de, “De re metallica,” 502
Variation and dip of the magnetic needle, observations on the.
See Gilpin, George.
Variation charts: Barlow, 1820; Churchman, at 1790–1804; Halley, 1701; Bianco, 1436.
Variation denied by Medina, Pedro de, 63–64
Variation of the compass, first shown by Burrowes—Borough—in 1592, 77
Variation of the declination:—
Annual—Cassini at 1782–1791, 117, 266;
Cause of errors investigated, Flinders, 1801, 348;
Dip or inclination, Hartmann, 1544, 70;
Norman, 1576, 75–76;
Peregrinus (1269), 76
Diurnal and horary—Beaufoy (1813), 427;
Graham, 1722, 117, 156;
Swinden, 1784, 273
Cassini IV. 1784, 157, 273
Intensity—“The third and most important element of terrestrial magnetism,” Borda, 1776, 249
Secular—Gellibrand, 1635, 117.
See John Mair and John Pell, 1635.
Variation of the variation: Gellibrand, 1635, 117–118;
Wright, Edw., 80; Petit, P. (Phil. Trans., 1667, p. 502).
Varley introduced the use of compressed air for message transmission, 408
Varnhagen, Francisco, Adolfo de (at Pedro Nuñez), 531
Varthema. See Vertomannus.
Vasco da Gama. See Gama.
Vasco, on Galvanism, 327
Vasquez y Morales, D. Jos., “Ensayo sobre la electricidad ...,” 1747, 555
Vassalli-Eandi, Antonio Maria (1761–1825). See Bibliothèque Italienne; also Mem. Accad. Torino, Vols. 6, 10, 12, 14, 22, 24, 26, 27, 30; Phil. Mag., XV. 319; Journal de Physique, 1799, 1800; Biblioteca Oltremontana, 1787 and 1788, 9, 207, 224, 257, 259, 270, 274, 285, 294–296, 298, 305, 306, 331, 393, 401, 419, 514
Vauquelin, Louis Nicholas (1763–1829), 247, 333, 344, 349, 352, 354, 355, 389, 419
Veau de Launay. See Delaunay.
Veaumorel, Caullet de, 265, 280
Veen, Otto van (Aquinas, St. Thomas), 505
Venanson, Flamminius—Flamnius, “De l’invention de la boussole nautique,” 1808, 5, 17, 30, 31, 43, 54, 56, 57
Venetian Athenaeum—Ateneo di Venezia.
Venetian Imperial Royal Institution, Atti ... (also Memorie) dell’ I.R. Istituto Veneto di science....
Venetus, Paulus. See Sarpi.
Venturi, Giambattista of Modena (1746–1822), 331, 333
Veratti, Giuseppe of Bologna (1707–1793), 186, 204, 213, 264, 384
Vergil—Virgil, “De inventoribus rerum.”
Vergil—Virgil (70–19 B.C.), Publius V. Maro, “Georgics,” “Eclogues,” “Æneid,” etc., title page.
Vergilius—Virgilius—Bishop of Salzburg from 744 to the time of his death during the year 784, 523
Verhand, van het Genootsch te Rotterdam, 280, 292
Vernier (at Coulomb, C. A. de), 276
Verona Lyceum, 420
“Verona Poligrafo,” “Poligrafo, Giornale di scienze ...,” 420
Verrall, A. W., translator of the Agamemnon of Æschylus, 4
Versorium, introduced by Wm. Gilbert, 83
Vertommanus—Varthema—Ludovico di (b. 1480, d. early sixteenth century), 69–70
Vespucci, Amerigo (1452–1512), Italian navigator, in whose honour the new world was named America, Vespuccius Americus, 536, 537
Vetensk Akad. Nyr. Handl., 216, 257, 288, 299, 370
Vicenza, Giornale Enciclopedico, Vicenza 1779–1784, 253
Vicq d’Azyr, Felix (1748–1794). Sécr. Perpétuel Soc. Royale de Médecine, 302, 303
“Vidensk. Salsk. Skrift. Ny Samml.,” 557.
See Copenhagen Academy.
Videt, F. F. (at Thillaye-Platel), 386
Viegeron, P. D., “Mémoire sur la force des pointes,” 252
Vienna Academy—“Kais. Akad. der Wissenschaften,” 250. See also p. 408.
Vienna Polytechnic Institute, 407, 408
“Vierteljehrschrift des Astronomischen Gesellschaft,” Leipzig, 1879, 165
Vieta, Francis (1540–1603), 90, 102, 109
Vigenere, Blaise de (1523–1596), 78
Vignaud, Henri, on Toscanelli and on Columbus, 34, 66
Vigneul—Marville—pseud. Noel Bonaventura d’Argonne—“Mélanges d’histoire et de Littérature,” 1699–1701, 97
Vilette, M. F., Paper electrophorus, 249
Vilgerderson, Floke (at Frode, the Wise), 28
Villeneuve, Arnaud de. See Arnaldus de Villa Nova.
Villeneuve, O. de (at Thillaye-Platel), 385
Vimercati, Guido, Rivista Scientifico-Industriale.
Vincent and Boncompagni in “Bulletino di Bibliogr.,” Vol. IV., 520
Vincent de Beauvais (c. 1190–1264), xix, 16, 18, 33–35, 39, 40, 59
Vineis, P. de, 15
Vircy, Jules Joseph (1775–1847), “Dictionnaire des sciences médicales,” 425
Virgil. See Vergil.
Virginia University, 467
Virgula Divina or divining rod, at Amoretti, 401
Visconti—Visconte—Pietro, author of the oldest known portolan, 1311, 63
Vitalis, H., “De magnetica vulnerum curatione,” 1668, 554
Vitruvius, G.—Marcus Vitruvius Pollio—believed to have flourished in the time of Julius Cæsar, 505, 510
Vitry, Jacobus de, Cardinal Bishop of Ptolemais (d. betw. 1240 and 1244), 30, 56, 59
Vivenzio, Le Chevalier G. (at Thillaye-Platel), “Teoria e practica della elletricita medica,” 1784, 274, 385
Vogel, Johann Ludwig Andreas (1771–1840), “Die wunder des magnetismus”: Erfurt, 1818.
Vogt, Joannis, author of “Catalogus Historico-Criticus,” 1793, xix
Voigt, Johann Heinrich (1751–1823), “Magazin für das Neueste aus der Physik,” “Versuche ... magnetismus,” Iena, 1793; “Mag. für Naturkunde ...”
See Lichtenberg, 314, 316, 318, 327, 368, 380, 383, 452
Volhard, Jacob, in “Le Moniteur Scientifique,” 262
Volland—Voland—Mlle. (at Ledru Comus), 224
Volpicelli, Paolo (1804–1879), “Intorno ... magnete,” “Sul cognito fenomeno ...,” 71, 353, 470
Volt.... See Nipher, Francis Eugène.
Volta, Alessandro (1745–1827). See “Raccolta Voltania”: Como, 1899, 217, 224, 245, 246–249, 261, 274, 276, 277, 278, 279, 284, 285, 288, 293, 295, 304, 320, 327, 331, 332, 337, 338, 339, 349, 350, 351, 361, 368, 389, 395, 416, 419, 424, 426, 443, 447, 461, 462, 470, 483, 487, 490, 491.
At p. 15, Vol. II. of Catalogue of the Wheeler Gift is mention of Volta’s well-known letter to Sir Joseph Banks, wherein he announces his discovery of the Voltaic pile, called by him Organe électrique artificiel.
Voltaic electricity, first suggestion as to its chemical origin, 329
Voltaic pile, chemical theory of: Parrot, George Friedrich (1802, 1831, 1838), 367–368
Voltaic pile, preparation of ammoniacal amalgam, 388
Voltaire, F. M. Aronet de (1694–1778), “Essai sur les mœurs ...,” 56, 58–59, 61
Von Vang, first emperor of the Tcheou dynasty, 3
Vorsselmann de Heer, Pieter Otto Coenraad (1809–1841) (Algem. Konst-en-Letterb., 1836–1838, also Pogg. Ann., 1839, 1841).
Vossius, G., “De Scientiis Mathem ...,” 513
Vossius, Isaac, Canon of Windsor, “De Motu Morium ...,” 1663.
Vuccher, Jean Jacques, “De Secretis ...,” 1596, 26, 553
W
Wadding, Luc (1588–1657), “Annales Ord. Min ...,” “J. Duns Scoti Opera” in 12 Volumes: Lyons, 1639, 39, 41
Wagenaar, Jan, “Histoire de la Hollande,” 534
Wagner (at Zamboni), 420
Waite, Arthur Edward, “Lives of Alchemystical Philosophers,” 32, 64, 65
Waitz, Jacob Seigismund von (1698–1777), 170, 426
Wa-Kan-san siü-tson-ye, the great Japanese encyclopædia, describes the compass, 153
Wakeley, Andrew, “The mariners’ compass rectified,” 555
Walchius (at Wilkins, John, and at Kratzenstein, C. G.), 119, 172
Wales, William (1734–1798), English mathematician, 242, 457
Walimer, father of Theodoric and King of the Goths, 29
Walker, Adam (1730–1821), 359–360
Walker and Mitchel (Astronomical Journal, Cambridge, Mass., 1848).
Walker, Charles Vincent (1811–1882), “Electrotype Manipulation,” “Manual of Electricity, Magnetism and Meteorology,” 379, 384, 495;
Walker, C. V., and Lardner, Dionysius.
Walker, E. (Phil. Mag., XLI. XLII. XLIII., London, 1813–1814).
Walker, Edward, “Terrestrial and Cosmical Magnetism”: Cambridge, 1866, 77, 107, 168, 268, 335
Walker, Ezekiel (at Bennet, Rev. Abraham, and at Murray, John), 291, 429
Walker, Ralph, “Treatise on Magnetism” and “Treatise on the magnet”: London, 1794 and 1798, 54, 77, 119, 137, 157, 191, 232, 249, 250, 546, 555
Walker, Richard (1679–1764), Royal Society Transactions, 547
Walker, S. C., “Researches ... meteors” (Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., 1843).
Walker, William, Captain, “The magnetism of ships”: London, 1853, 69, 292, 348
Walker, William, senior (“Mem. of Dist. Men of Science”: London, 1862), 440
Walker, William, junior, and Hunt, Robert, “Memoirs of distinguished men ...”: London, 1864.
Walkiers—Walckiers—de Saint-Amand. See Amand.
Wall, Dr. William, 152, 193
Waller, A. D. (Plant electricity), 260
Waller, Richard, translator of Essays of the Accademio del Cimento, London, 1684, 143
Wallerius, G. (at Ingen-housz), 257
Wallis, John (1616–1703), 138, 141
Walmsley, R. Mullineux. See Urbanitzky.
Walsh, John (1725–1795), 149, 230, 239–240, 241, 258, 270, 290, 298, 319
Waltenhofen, A. K. Elder von (Sitz. d. K. Akad. d. Wiss., Wien, 1863, 1869, 1870).
Walter and Girardi (Mem. Soc. Ital., III. 553), 298
Walter, Louis H., xi
Walton and Cotton, “Complete Angler,” 1847, 37, 65, 109, 507
Waltzemüller, Martinus Hylacomylus—Waldseemüller—“Cosmographiæ Introductio,” 535–536
Ward, Henry (at Pasley, C. W.), 398
Ward, John, “Lives of the Gresham Professors,” 143
Ward, Samuel (1617–1689), “Magnetis reductorium ...,” “Wonders of the loadstone,” 1637 and 1639–1640, 554
Ward, Thomas (1640–1704), 172
Ware (at Thillaye-Platel), 386
Wargentin, Pierre Guillaume (1717–1783), 139, 157, 168, 190, 308
Waring, Edward John, “Bibliotheca Therapeutica,” 27
Warltire, John, 227, 228
Wartmann, Louis Elie François (1817–1886), author of many scientific works. The most notable ones on induction appeared at Geneva 1844, 1845, 1846–1850; “Mémoire sur les étoiles filantes”: Bruxelles, 1839, 207, 257
Washington (D. C.) National Academy of Sciences, Memoir of, 321.
See Smithsonian Institution.
Water decomposition, methods of and treatises on, 337
Watkins, Fcis. (at Zamboni, G., and at Faraday, M.), 420, 484
Watson, Sir William (1717–1787), 17, 159, 168, 175–177, 178, 186, 189, 196, 197, 198, 221, 227, 231, 251, 320, 385
Watt, Alexander (1823–1892), “Electro-Metallurgy ...,” 1860; “Bibliotheca Britannica,” 4 Vols. 1824, 97, 238, 240
Watt, Gregory (1777–1804), 339
Watt, James (1736–1819), 126, 190, 208, 228, 297, 308, 339, 520
Watt, Robert, “Bibliotheca Britannica” (1774–1819), 131, 134, 170, 255, 540
Watts, Henry (1815–1884), “Dictionary of Chemistry,” “Dictionary of Arts ...,” 417, 449
Weale, John, “Rudimentary series,” 366, 471
Weaver, William D., xi
Webb, Jonathan, of Salem, Mass., 234
Weber, Alfred, “History of Philosophy,” translated by Frank Thilly, 26, 41, 122, 504, 505
Weber, Joseph (at Galvani, Aloysio), 285
Weber, Wilhelm Eduard (1804–1891), 3, 263, 314, 422, 445, 489.
See Gauss, Karl Friedrich (1777–1855).
Webster (at Reinhold, J. C. L.), 327
Webster, Dr. J. W., Professor at Harvard College, 417
Webster, John (at Murray, John), 429
Webster, Rev. W., translator of “Histoire de l’Arianisme,” 144
Wedgwood, Aaron, 429.
He gives a brief notice of a writing telegraph in his “Book of Remembrance ...”: London, 1814.
Wedgwood, Ralph, 429–430, 439
Wedgwood, Thomas, 429
Weidler, Christian Gottlieb (at Erasmus, R.), 513
Weidler, Johann Friedrich (1692–1755), 122, 130, 308, 505
Weigel, Chr. Ehrenfried, “Grundriss ...,” 1777, 556
Weigsenborn of Weimar (at Franklin, B.), 195
Weiss, Charles Samuel (1780–1856), 431, 432
Weiss, E., Electrometer, 431
Weisse, John A., “Origin ... Engl. language and literature,” 1879, 42
Weld, Charles Richard, “History of the Royal Society,” 66, 75, 103, 114, 132, 155, 167, 168, 181, 191, 196, 239, 252, 446, 456, 462, 471
Wells, Charles William (1757–1817) (Phil. Trans., 1795, p. 246), “Observatione ... Galvani’s experiments”: London, 1795, 284, 322–323, 327, 419
Wells, D. A., “Annual of Scientific Discovery ...”: Boston, U.S.A., 1850
Wenckebach—Wenkebach—Edouard (1813–1874), “De Magneto-elektrische ...,” 1838.
Wenckebach—Wenkebach—Wilhelm (1803–1847), “Sur Petrus Adsigerius,” 48, 53, 54
Wennstrom, John, 358
Wens, Act. Hill, 253
Werner, C., “Die Scholastik ...”: Vienna, 1881, 41
Wernsdorf, Johann Christian, 19
Wesley, John (1703–1791), 212, 213, 216
Westcott’s magnetic guard for needle pointers, 443
(at Pasley, C. W.), 398
Westen, Wynant van, 554
“Westminster Review,” London, 458
Weston—Wheldon, “Catalogue,” 124, 230
Westphal, T. J., “Nikolaus Kopernikus,” 508
Wetzel, Dr., of Upsal, 212
Weyer, Sylvain van de, “Lettres sur les Anglais ...,” 1854, 79, 81
Wheatstone, Sir Charles (1802–1875), 422, 430, 440;
Coke, W. F., and Wheatstone, Sir Chas.
Wheeler, Schuyler Skaats, Latimer Clark Library Catalogue, xiv
Wheldon’s Catalogue, 230
Wheler, Granville, 154, 155
Whewell, William (1794–1866), “History of the Inductive Sciences ...,” “Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences ...,” “Physical Astronomy,” “History of Scientific Ideas,” “Astronomy and Physics,” 30, 32, 42, 43, 59, 75, 89, 91, 94, 95, 96, 102, 103, 116, 117, 119, 120, 122, 131, 134, 138, 142, 147, 156, 157, 159, 171, 214, 220, 239, 370, 378, 391, 396, 404, 412, 414, 433, 445, 446, 451, 453, 460, 464, 467, 469, 471, 476, 479, 499, 481, 484, 485, 493, 495, 499, 508, 522
Whiston, William (1667–1752), 77, 150, 156, 191.
See “Dict. of Nat. Biogr.,” Vol. LXI. 1900, pp. 10–14.
White, A. Hastings, xi
White, Andrew D., author, 114
White, John, “A rich cabinet ... of inventions,” 135
White, M., associated with Stephen Grey, 161
Whitehouse’s pamphlet on the Atlantic Telegraph, 496
Wiard, Secretary of Mme. Du Deffand, 291
Wiedeburg, Johann Ernst Basilius (1733–1789), “Beobachtungen und Muthmassungen ...”: Iena, 1771, 140, 308
Wiedemann, G. M. (Pogg. Annal. Volumes for 1848–1862).
Wiedemann, Gustav. Heinrich (1826–1899), “Die lehre von galvanismus ...,” 1861–1863; “Die lehre von der elektricität,” 1882–1885, 441, 498
Wiedemann, Rudolf Franz (Ann. Physik und Chemie, Vol. 89, pp. 497–531).
Wieglib, Johann Christian (1732–1801), editor of “Handbuch der Allgem. Chemie,” “Die natuerliche ...”: Berlin, 1779, 262
Wien. See Vienna.
Wilcke—Wlik—Johann Carl (1732–1796), 187, 205, 214–216, 217, 288, 315, 386, 410, 444
Wilde, Franz Samuel, “Expériences sur l’électricité des cascades,” 293
Wilkes, C., “Theory of Zodiacal Light,” 142
Wilkins, John, the fourteenth Bishop of Chester and first Secretary of the Royal Society (1614–1672), “Mercury, or the secret and swift messenger,” 119, 171, 437
Wilkins, Simon (at Browne, Sir Thomas), 124
Wilkinson, Charles Henry (fl. 1800), “Elements of Galvanism in theory and practice,” 2 Vols.: London, 1804; “Essay on the Leyden Phial ...”: London, 1798, 140, 224, 228, 231, 237, 240, 249, 269–270, 279, 280, 281, 284, 289, 306, 307, 312, 323, 325, 326, 327, 331, 333, 337, 339, 347, 353, 355, 361, 365, 379, 385, 402, 419, 483
Wilkinson, George, of Sunderland, 229, 385
William IV, King of England, 466
William, Landgrave of Hesse-Cassell, 93
Williams, Professor Samuel, magnetic observations first made in U.S., 259
Williamson, H., 230, 299
Willigen, V. T. M., van der, 160
Wilson, Benjamin (1708–1788), “Treatise on electricity,” 1750, 1752; “New experiments and observations ...,” 1777, 155, 176, 178, 180, 183–185, 202, 203, 209, 221, 231, 251, 252, 255, 320, 419.
See Hoadley, Dr. Benjamin, and Wilson, Benjamin, “Observations on a series of experiments ...”: London, 1756.
See Copley Medal.
Wilson, George, 239, 374, 406
Wilson, James, F.R.S.E., 192, 297, 374
Wilson, Philip—Phillip, 325, 437
Wilson, W. (Phil. Mag., XXII. 260), 337
Winckler, Johann Heinrich (1703–1770), 162, 174, 176, 186, 198, 205, 321, 555
Windelband, Dr., “Hist. of Phil. translated by Jas. H. Tufts,” 37, 40, 41, 102, 122, 505, 510
Wind-roses. See Rose of the winds.
Wingfield, John, “New method increasing ... capacity ... electric jars,” 231.
See Cuthbertson, John.
Winship, George P., “The Cabot Bibliography,” 69
Winsor, Justin, “Narrative and Critical History ...,” “Bibliography of Ptolemy’s Geography” (1831–1897), “Description of John G. Kohl’s Collection of Early Maps,” 62–63, 64, 66, 67, 115, 523, 524, 536
Winter, George K. (at Ingen-housz, J. J.), 256
Winthorp, John (at Newton, Sir Isaac), 134
Wireless Telegraphy, 10, 19
Wischoff, C., “De Wonderwerken Godts ...,” 1729, 555
Witson—Witsen—Nicholaes of Amsterdam, 149
Wittry, Abbé d’Everlange de, 259
Wittry de Abdt. (1764–1840), “On preparation of mosaic gold for electric machines,” 431
Wöhler—Woehler—Friedrich (1800–1882), “Grundriss der Chemie,” 1833, 340, 370.
See Wöhler, F., and Partsch, P. M., “Analyse des Meteoreis ...”: Wien, 1852; Wöhler, F., and Berzelius, J. J. F. von, “Jahrsbericht ...,” 1822 to 1851; Cates, L. R., “Dict. of General Biography,” p. 1552.
Wolf, C., “Histoire de l’observatoire depuis as fondation ...,” 267
Wolf, C., and Bina, A., “Physica experimentalis ...”: Venetiis 1753–1756, 555
Wolf, Christian (1679–1716) (Act. Erudit. 1716), 420
Wolf, M. (at Horrebow, Peter), “Hist. Ordbog.,” 158
Wolf, R., “Geschichte der Astronomie ...,” “Über der Ozongchalt ...”
Wolfart, Dr. Carl Christian, of Berlin, 236
Wolfart, J. F., “Des Guiot von Provins”: Halle, 1861, 30
Wolfe, Samuel, of the Society of Dantzig, 174
Wolfius (at Hauksbee, F., and at Hausen, C. A.), 150, 169
Wolfram, Erdmann (1760–1828), 449 (Ferussac, Bulletin), 1824.
Wollaston, William Hyde (1766–1828), 221, 255, 280, 347, 356–359, 364, 365, 394, 403, 419, 433, 456, 478, 484, 488, 490, 496
Wood, Anthony à, “Athenæ Oxonienses,” 80, 81, 91, 92
Wood, John, 158, 175
Wood, Professor (at Bennet, Rev. A.), 291
Woodbury, Hon. Levi, 368
Woods, S. (Phil. Mag., XXI. 289), 249
Woodward (at Howldy, Thomas), 428
Woodward, Bernard Bolingbroke. See Cates, W. L. R.
Woolinch, Royal Military Academy, 434, 457, 497
Worcester, Marquis of, 434
Wordsworth, Christopher, “Ecclesiastical Bibliography,” 513
“World Apple,” Behaim’s celebrated globe, 67
Wormell, Richard, 162, 219
Wornsdorff, “Poetæ Latinæ Minores,” 19
Worsley, Philip Stanhope, translator of Homer’s “Odyssey,” 6
Wotton (at Boyle, Robert), 130, 131
Woulfe, M. (Phil. Trans., 1771), 431
Wren, Sir Christopher (1632–1723), contrives a terrella.
Wright, Edward, “The haven-finding art,” being a translation of the “Portuum Investigandum ratio” of Stevin, Simon, 76, 80, 521, 522, 525, 533, 559–564
Wright, Gabriel (at Nairne, Edward), 265
Wright, Thomas (1810–1877), “Chronicles and Memoirs ... middle ages,” 1863, 31, 91
Writers, navigators and others alluded to in Giberts’ De Magnete, XVII. 501–542
Wüllner (at Faraday, M.), 492
Wundt, Wilhelm, “Philosophische Studien”: Leipzig, 1886.
Wünshendorff, E., “Traité de télégraphie sous-marine,” 407
Wüstenfeld—Wuestenfeld—Heinrich Ferdinand, “Geschichte der Arabischen Aertze ...”: Göttingen, 1840, 38, 39, 519
X
Xenocrates of Chalcedon (396–314 B.C.), Greek philosopher, 543
Xenophanes of Colophon, contemporary of Anixamander and of Pythagoras (sixth century B.C.), 532
Xenophon, Athenian historian (c. 434–355 B.C.), 12, 43, 196.
See Moreri, Louis, “Grand Dictionnaire historique,” Vol. XVIII. p. 74
Xerxes I (c. 519–465 B.C.), 4
Ximenes, Leonardo (1716–1786), “Osservazione dell’ Aurora boreale ...,” 1752–1753.
Y
Yates and Hansteen (Vol. II. Whewell’s Hist. of Ind. Sc.), 446
Yatman, Matthew, “Familiar analysis ... electricity and galvanism ...”: London, 1810; “Letter ... on Davy’s Galvanic girdle”: London, 1811, 347
“Year Book of Facts in Science and the Arts,” discoveries in electricity, etc., commenced in London during 1838.
Yelin, Chevalier Julius Konrad von (1771–1826), 327, 473, 477
Youmans, Dr. Edward Livingston, author of “Chemical Atlas,” 1856, 370
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