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Evolution of the Thermometer, 1592-1743. E-book. Formato PDF
Henry Carrington Bolton
edizioni Forgotten Books collana , 2017
Cornelius Drebbel, born in Alkmaar, Hol land, 1572, was as alchemist who claimed to have discovered perpetual motion, and ac quired sufficient reputation for learning to be invited to the court of James 11, King of Eng land to him he dedicated his treatise on Pri mum mobile in I607. Later in life he visited Prague...
The Counting-Out Rhymes of Children: Their Antiquity, Origin, and Wide Distribution; A Study in Folk-Lore. E-book. Formato PDF
Henry Carrington Bolton
edizioni Forgotten Books collana , 2017
In this monograph we have undertaken to show that the use of rhymes and doggerels for "counting-out" obtains among children in all countries; that the customs perpetuated in their juvenile games are of great antiquity, and that they originate in the superstitious practices of divination by lots.In forming the collection...
The Follies of Science at the Court of Rudolph II, 1576-1612. E-book. Formato PDF
Henry Carrington Bolton
edizioni Forgotten Books collana , 2017
In the following pages an attempt has been made to describe the circumstances that make this picture historically accurate, and to give some account of the character of the scientific atmosphere pervading the court of Rudolph II, Emperor of Germany.