NEWTON
From the picture by Kneller, 1689, now at Cambridge


PIONEERS OF SCIENCE

BY
OLIVER LODGE, F.R.S.
PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS IN VICTORIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LIVERPOOL
WITH PORTRAITS AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS

London

MACMILLAN AND CO.
AND NEW YORK
1893


Richard Clay and Sons, Limited,
LONDON AND BUNGAY.


PREFACE