Heralds of Science

illustration of two cherubs holding a crown over the title of the book Dialogo di Galileo Galilei

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 induction, continued ; Nature of the electrical current

On induction, continued ; Nature of the electrical current

Faraday, Michael; Royal Society (Great Britain)
The Royal Society
1838]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

Cover of On the crystalline polarity of bismuth and other bodies

On the crystalline polarity of bismuth and other bodies c. 1

Faraday, Michael; Royal Society (Great Britain)
The Royal Society
1849]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

Cover of On the electricity of the voltaic pile

On the electricity of the voltaic pile

Faraday, Michael; Royal Society (Great Britain)
The Royal Society
1834]

64. Electro-Magnetic Induction

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

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

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

Cover of On the flora of Australia - its origin, affinities, and distribution - being an introductory essay to the flora of Tasmania

On the flora of Australia

Hooker, Joseph Dalton
Lovell Reeve ...
1859

33. Organic Evolution

Cover of On the germination, development, and fructification of the higher Cryptogamia - and on the fructification of the Coniferæ

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

Cover of On the influence by induction of an electric current on itself

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

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

Cover of On the source of power in the voltaic pile, continued

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

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.

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