History of scientific ideas

Name: History of scientific ideas
Author: Whewell, William

Whewell, William

Science -- Philosophy

_Art._   1. Early Chemists.
           2. Chemical Affinity.
           3. Affinity or Attraction?
           4. Affinity preferable.
           5. Analysis is possible.
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           6. Affinity is Elective.
           7. Controversy on this.
           8. Affinity is Definite.
           9. Are these Principles necessarily true?
          10. Composition determines Properties.
          11. Comparison on this subject.
          12. Composition determines Crystalline Form.

CHAP. III. OF THE IDEA OF SUBSTANCE                               29

  _Art._   1. Indestructibility of Substance.
           2. The Idea of Substance.
           3. Locke's Denial of Substance.
           4. Is all Substance heavy?
 Note on Sir W. Hamilton's objections                             37

CHAP. IV. APPLICATION OF THE IDEA OF SUBSTANCE IN CHEMISTRY       39

  _Art._   1. A Body is Equal to its Elements.
           2. Lavoisier.
           3. Are there Imponderable Elements?
           4. Faraday's views.
           5. Composition of Water.
           6. Heat in Chemistry.

CHAP. V. THE ATOMIC THEORY                                        48

  _Art._   1. The Theory on Chemical Grounds.
           2. Hypothesis of Atoms.
           3. Its Chemical Difficulties.
           4. Grounds of the Atomic Doctrine.
           5. Ancient Atomists.
           6. Francis Bacon.
           7. Modern Atomists.
           8. Arguments for and against.
           9. Boscovich's Theory.
          10. Molecular Hypothesis.
          11. Poisson's Inference.
          12. Wollaston's Argument.
          13. Properties are Permanent.
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BOOK VII.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF MORPHOLOGY, INCLUDING CRYSTALLOGRAPHY.

CHAP. I. EXPLICATION OF THE IDEA OF SYMMETRY                      67

  _Art._   1. Symmetry, what.
           2. Kinds of Symmetry.
           3. Examples in Nature.
           4. Vegetables and Animals.
           5. Symmetry a Fundamental Idea.
           6. Result of Symmetry.

CHAP. II. APPLICATION OF THE IDEA OF SYMMETRY TO CRYSTALS         75

  _Art._   1. 'Fundamental Forms.'
           2. Their use.
           3. 'Systems of Crystallization.'
           4. Cleavage.
           5. Other Properties.

CHAP. III. SPECULATIONS FOUNDED UPON THE SYMMETRY OF CRYSTALS     80

  _Art._   1. Integrant Molecules.
           2. Difficulties of the Theory.
           3. Merit of the Theory.
           4. Wollaston's Hypothesis.
           5. Maxim for such Hypotheses.
           6. Dalton's Hypothesis.
           7. Ampère's Hypothesis.
           8. Difficulty of such Hypotheses.
           9. Isomorphism.
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BOOK VIII.

PHILOSOPHY OF THE CLASSIFICATORY SCIENCES.

CHAP. I. THE IDEA OF LIKENESS AS GOVERNING THE USE OF
         COMMON NAMES                                             95

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History of scientific ideasWhewell, William

Philosophy

History of scientific ideas

Whewell, William

Science -- Philosophy

_Art._   1. Early Chemists.
           2. Chemical Affinity.
           3. Affinity or Attraction?
           4. Affinity preferable.
           5. Analysis is possible.
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           6. Affinity is Elective.
           7. Controversy on this.
           8. Affinity is Definite.
           9. Are these Principles necessarily true?
          10. Composition determines Properties.
          11. Comparison on this subject.
          12. Composition determines Crystalline Form.

CHAP. III. OF THE IDEA OF SUBSTANCE                               29

  _Art._   1. Indestructibility of Substance.
           2. The Idea of Substance.
           3. Locke's Denial of Substance.
           4. Is all Substance heavy?
 Note on Sir W. Hamilton's objections                             37

CHAP. IV. APPLICATION OF THE IDEA OF SUBSTANCE IN CHEMISTRY       39

  _Art._   1. A Body is Equal to its Elements.
           2. Lavoisier.
           3. Are there Imponderable Elements?
           4. Faraday's views.
           5. Composition of Water.
           6. Heat in Chemistry.

CHAP. V. THE ATOMIC THEORY                                        48

  _Art._   1. The Theory on Chemical Grounds.
           2. Hypothesis of Atoms.
           3. Its Chemical Difficulties.
           4. Grounds of the Atomic Doctrine.
           5. Ancient Atomists.
           6. Francis Bacon.
           7. Modern Atomists.
           8. Arguments for and against.
           9. Boscovich's Theory.
          10. Molecular Hypothesis.
          11. Poisson's Inference.
          12. Wollaston's Argument.
          13. Properties are Permanent.
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BOOK VII.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF MORPHOLOGY, INCLUDING CRYSTALLOGRAPHY.

CHAP. I. EXPLICATION OF THE IDEA OF SYMMETRY                      67

  _Art._   1. Symmetry, what.
           2. Kinds of Symmetry.
           3. Examples in Nature.
           4. Vegetables and Animals.
           5. Symmetry a Fundamental Idea.
           6. Result of Symmetry.

CHAP. II. APPLICATION OF THE IDEA OF SYMMETRY TO CRYSTALS         75

  _Art._   1. 'Fundamental Forms.'
           2. Their use.
           3. 'Systems of Crystallization.'
           4. Cleavage.
           5. Other Properties.

CHAP. III. SPECULATIONS FOUNDED UPON THE SYMMETRY OF CRYSTALS     80

  _Art._   1. Integrant Molecules.
           2. Difficulties of the Theory.
           3. Merit of the Theory.
           4. Wollaston's Hypothesis.
           5. Maxim for such Hypotheses.
           6. Dalton's Hypothesis.
           7. Ampère's Hypothesis.
           8. Difficulty of such Hypotheses.
           9. Isomorphism.
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BOOK VIII.

PHILOSOPHY OF THE CLASSIFICATORY SCIENCES.

CHAP. I. THE IDEA OF LIKENESS AS GOVERNING THE USE OF
         COMMON NAMES                                             95

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

History of scientific ideas

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