Heralds of Science

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In 1955 Bern Dibner, the noted science book collector and founder of the Burndy Library, published Heralds of Science as Represented by Two Hundred Epochal Books and Pamphlets Selected from the Burndy Library. To construct the list, Dibner selected two hundred items he owned that “proclaimed new truths or hypotheses in science.” Two hundred titles, he felt, was an adequate number to represent the great achievements while not being too many to overwhelm the average layperson interested in science. More...

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Cover of On the electricity evolved by the friction of water and steam against other bodies

On the electricity evolved by the friction of water and steam against other bodies c. 1

Faraday, Michael; Royal Society (Great Britain)

The Royal Society

1843]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

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Illustration from On the electricity excited by the mere contact of conducting substances of different kinds

On the electricity excited by the mere contact of conducting substances of different kinds v.90:pt.2 (1800)

Volta, Alessandro; Banks, Joseph; Royal Society (Great Britain)

60. Electro-Chemical Generation

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On the electricity of the voltaic pile

Faraday, Michael; Royal Society (Great Britain)

The Royal Society

1834]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

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Cover of On the equilibrium of heterogeneous substances - first -second part

On the equilibrium of heterogeneous substances : first [-second] part pt. 1

Gibbs, J. Willard; Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences

Published by the Academy

1874-1878]

49. The Phase Rule

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On the equilibrium of heterogeneous substances : first [-second] part pt. 2

Gibbs, J. Willard; Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences

Published by the Academy

1874-1878]

49. The Phase Rule

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On the flora of Australia

Hooker, Joseph Dalton

Lovell Reeve ...

1859

33. Organic Evolution

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On the germination, development, and fructification of the higher Cryptogamia

Hofmeister, Wilhelm; Currey, Frederick

Published for the Ray Society, by Robert Hardwicke ...

1862

34. Generation in Cryptogamia

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Cover of On the induction of electric currents ; On the evolution of electricity from magnetism ; On a new electrical condition of matter ; On Arago's Magnetic phenomena

On the induction of electric currents ; On the evolution of electricity from magnetism ; On a new electrical condition of matter ; On Arago's Magnetic phenomena

Faraday, Michael; Arago, F.; Royal Society (Great Britain)

The Royal Society

1832]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

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On the influence by induction of an electric current on itself

Faraday, Michael; Royal Society (Great Britain)

The Royal Society

1835]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

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On the influence of a spiral conductor in increasing the intensity of electricity from a galvanic arrangement of a single pair, &c

Henry, Joseph; Taylor, Richard; American Philosophical Society

s.n.]

1837

65. Self-Induction

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Cover of On the magnetization of light and the illumination of magnetic lines of force

On the magnetization of light and the illumination of magnetic lines of force c. 1

Faraday, Michael; Royal Society (Great Britain)

The Royal Society

1846]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

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Cover of On the position of a crystal of sulphate of iron in the magnetic field

On the position of a crystal of sulphate of iron in the magnetic field c. 1

Faraday, Michael; Royal Society (Great Britain)

The Royal Society

1849]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

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On the power of metals and other solids to induce the combination of gaseous bodies

Faraday, Michael; Royal Society (Great Britain)

The Royal Society

1834]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

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Cover of On the source of power in the voltaic pile

On the source of power in the voltaic pile c. 1

Faraday, Michael; Royal Society (Great Britain)

The Royal Society

1840]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

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On the source of power in the voltaic pile, continued c. 1

Faraday, Michael; Royal Society (Great Britain)

The Royal Society

1840]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

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$Cover of Opticks: or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflexions and colours of light$

Opticks: or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflexions and colours of light

Newton, Isaac

Printed for Sam. Smith, and Benj. Walford

1704

148. After his first publication in optics (see Herald 144), Newton continued to study optics, and finally in 1704 he published this collection of his studies.