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Solomon's child [electronic resource] : method in the early Royal Society of London / William T. Lynch

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Lynch, William, 1965-
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Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2001.
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xi, 292 p. ; 24 cm.
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Machine generated contents note: Varieties of Things: Objects of Knowledge and Baconian -- Method in the Early Royal Society of London -- Text, Skill, and Experience in John Evelyn's Sylva -- Similitudes and Congruities: The Mechanical Philosophy, -- Practical Mechanics, and Baconian Analogy in Hooke's -- Micrographia -- 4 A Language of Things: John Wilkins' Philosophical -- Language and Operative Forms -- 5 Disarming Words for a Land of Experimental Knowledge: -- Sprat's History of the Royal Society -- 6 Preserving the Subject in Peace and Plenty: John Graunt's -- Natural and Political Observations upon the Bills of -- Mortality -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
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0804732914 (acid-free paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-286) and index.
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