Bibliographical history of electricity & magnetism, chronologically arranged - Unknown

Saavedra, Antonimo Suarez, “Tratado de telegrafia”: Barcelona, 1880, [318];
“Rivista,” [313], [318]
Sabatier—Sabathier—Raphael Bienvenu (1732–1811), [247], [333], [354].
See Dezebry, Ch., “Dictionnaire ...,” p. 2497.
Sabine, Robert (1837–1884), “History and Progress of the electric telegraph,” 1869, [208], [223], [284], [286], [316], [366];
“On the electrical properties of selenium” (Phil. Mag., Ser. V. Vol. V. pp. 401–415, 1878).
Sabine, Sir Edward, P.R.S. (1788–1883), [82], [115], [194], [220], [267], [377], [385], [457].
See [Humboldt, Cosmos];
also Cates’ Dictionary, p. 1539.
Sacchetti, F. (at Aëtius, Amidenus), [27]
Sacharoff of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, [388]
Sachs, Michael (1808–1864), [36];
“Encycl. Brit.,” 1911, XXIII. 973.
Sacro Bosco—Sacrobusto—Joannes de—John of Holywood (thirteenth century), [530–531].
See Joannes Glozariensis.
Sage, B. G. (1740–1824), “Recherches ... galvanisme,” [285]
Sagredus—Sagredo—Iohannes Franciscus (b. 1616), [79], [115], [116]
Saigi (at Faraday, Michael), [494]
Saignette, M., “Sur l’électricité de la torpille,” [240]
Saillant et Nyon, “Mémoires concernant l’histoire ...”: Paris, 1788, [1], [2], [3], [21], [28], [259]
Saint Allais, de, “Art de vérifier les dates des faits historiques”: Paris, 1819, [2].
“l’Art de vérifier les dates” is also by Clément (François), 1770, 1783, 1818, 1819, 1820.
Saint Amand, Walkiers de, Electrical machine, [280], [448].
See [Amand].
Saint Augustine, “De Civitate Dei,” [xx], [20], [26], [41], [73], [74], [79]
Saint Cyr. See [Reveroni].
Saint Elmo (St. Erasmus), Bishop of Formiæ, [23–24], [125], [161]. St. Elmo’s fire.
Saint Fond, Faujas de (at Saussure, H. B. de), [271]
Saint Hilaire. See Geoffroy, Saint Hilaire.
Saint Honorat de Lerius, La vie de, [16]
Saintiot, Mr. de (at Aldini, Giovanni), [306]
Saint Julien’s electrical machine, [257]
Saint Leger de Soissons, Mr. l’Abbé de, [126]
Saint Louis (and his consort Marguerite de Provence), [33], [54]
Saint Paul’s Cathedral, [210], [231], [232]
Saint Petersburg, Imperial Academy of Science. Transactions, Comment., Actes, Mémoires, etc., [140], [141], [204], [206], [214], [217], [218], [229], [232], [242], [249], [273], [274], [309], [314], [368], [388], [402], [421], [450]
Saint Sauveur, Charles Poyen (at Mesmer, F. A.), [237]
Saint Vincent, Bory de, “Annales Générales,” [255]
Sainte Beuve, Charles Augustin (1804–1869), Portraits Littéraires. See Dezebry, Ch. (“Dictionnaire ...,” p. 2511), [108], [476]
Sainte Marthe, Scévole de, “Elogia Gallorum Doctrina illustrium,” 1737, [513], [537]
Salem Gazette, concerning new Electric Light Station in 1889, [233–234], [235]
Salerno, School of (at Silvaticus, M. M.), [539]
Salimbene, a Minorite, “Chronicles of Parma,” [16]
Salmanazar (at Albertus Magnus), [35]
Salmasius, Ludovicus, “Commentary upon Solinus,” [22], [513]
Salmonsen, J., “Konversations-Leksikon,” [121]
Salva, Don Francisco (1747–1808), [317]
Salverte, Anne Joseph Eusèbe Baconnière (1771–1839), “Philosophy of Magic,” “Des sciences occultes,” [1], [9], [10], [19], [56], [401], [542].
See Phil. Mag., XV., 354 for meteoric stones.
Salviana (at Wilkinson, C. H.), [270]
Salviatus—Salviati—Leonardo (at Hamilton, James), [159]
Salzburg Med. Chir. Zeitung, [249], [451]
Sanctis, Dr. B. de (Phil. Mag., LX. 199, 1822; and LXI. 70, 123).
Sandys, J. E., “Classical Scholarship,” [34], [39]
San Martino, Gian Battista (1739–1800) (at Amoretti, Carlo), [401];
“Memoria ...,” 1785, [257]
Sans Abbé (at Molenier, Jacob), [229]
(at Thillaye-Platel), [385]
Sanson, Nicolas (at Naudé, Gabriel), [108]
Santa Cruz, Alonzo de, magnetic charts, [70]
Santanelli, F. (at Chappe, Claude), [301], and at p. [554]
Santarem, M. F. Barros de (1790–1856), “Essai sur l’histoire de la cosmographie et de la cartographie pendant le moyen-âge,” 1436, [62]
Santes de Ardonyis. See [Ardoniis].
Santi Linari. See [Linari, Santi].
Sanuto, Livio. See [Livio Sanuto].
Sargon of Agadé, remotest authentic date yet arrived at in history, [2]
Sarlandière, Jean Baptista (at Pearson, George), [325], and (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine), [385]
Sarpi, Pietro—Pietro Soave, Polano—better known by his Servitan monastic appellation, Fra Paolo—Paulus Venetus (1552–1623), [xiv], [75], [78], [90], [110–114], [116];
“Istoria del Concilio Tridentino,” 1619, 1620, 1632; History of the Council of Trent, 1676; Histoire du Concile de Trente, 1736.
Sarrabat, Nicholas (at Desaguliers, J. T.), [167]
“Saturday Review,” London, [155], [227], [424]
Saunders, Admiral (at Robison, John), [309]
Saussure, Horace Benedict de (1740–1799), [253], [257], [270–271], [273], [288], [295], [320], [416], [417], [426], [462]
Saussure, Nicholas Theodore de (1767–1845), the son of Horace de Saussure.
Sauvages de la Croix, François Boissier Deshais (1706–1776), [229], [263], [332], [385]
Savants étrangers, Mémoires, [204], [288], [380]
Savart. See [Savary].
Savary—Savart—Félix (1791–1841), [379], [380], [472], [482].
See Dezebry, Ch., Dictionnaire, p. 2545.
Savérien, Alexandre (1722–1805), “Histoire des physiciens” (Desaguliers, Boyle, etc., being Vol. VI. of his “Histoire des philosophes ...”), Paris, 1768.
Savery, Servington, “Magnetical observationsand experiments,” 1729–1730 (Phil. Trans., XXXVI. 295), [160]
Savi, Paolo (1798–1871), “Etudes anatomiques sur la torpille” (Matteucci, Carlo v., 1844), [298]
Savioli, G., “Dissertatio in causam physicam auroræ borealis,” 1789, [308]
Sawyer’s electro-chemical telegraph, [338]
Sax—Sachs—M., “Onomasticon Literarium,” [97]
Saxo—Grammaticus—“Saxonis Gram. Historia Danica,” [71]
Saxthorph, Friedrich (d. 1806), “Elektricitätsläre,” 2 Vols. 1802–3, [216]
Saxton’s Atlas (at Mercator), [563]
Sbaralea, Joannes Hyacinthus (at Silvaticus, M. M.), [539]
Scaliger, Joseph Justus (1540–1609), French scholar, “De emendatione ...,” [518]
Scaliger, Julius Cæsar (1484–1558), Italian scholar, wrote commentaries on Aristotle and on Theophrastus, etc., “De subtilitate ad Cardanum,” 1557, [115], [516], [532], [538–539]
Scarella, Giambattista (1711–1779), “De Magnete,” 1759, [139]
Scarpa, Antonio (1747–1832), [331], [333], [409]
Scelta di Opuscoli interesanti tradotti de varie lingue, 36 Vols., Milano, 1775–1777. Continued as Opuscoli scelti sulle scienze e sulle arti, 7 Vols. 1778–1784.
Scelta di Opuscoli, Milano. See [Amoretti], also [Soave].
Scelta di Opuscoli scientifici e literati, [224]
Sc. de Ste Marthe. See [Sainte Marthe].
Schäffer, Jacob Christian (1718–1790), “Kräfte ... elektrophors ...,” [237], [249], [257]
Schaffer, J. G., 1776 (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine), [385]
Schaffner’s Manual. See Shaffner.
Scharpff, Franz Anton (at Cardinal de Cusa), [510]
Schaub, J. (at Jadelot, J. F. N.), [330];
Gmelin and Schaub, 451 (Archiv. f. Pharm. v. A. Med. Ph., 1802).
Scheele, Carl Wilhelm, “Chemical Essays ...,” 1786.
Scheible, J. (at Hermes Trismegistus), [519]
Schelhorn—Schellhorn—Johann Georg, [202]
Schellen, Thomas Joseph Heinrich (1818–1844), “Die elektromagnetische telegraphie ...,” [316]
Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von (1775–1854).
Scherer, Alexander Nicoläus (1771–1824), [249], [391];
“Allgemeine nördlische annalen der chemie ...,” 1819–1822, which was a continuation of “Nördlischen blätter für die chemie ...,” published at Halle and Saint Petersburg, 1817–1818; “Allgemeines Journal der chemie,” 10 Vols., 1798–1803, continued as “Neues allgemeines Journal der chemie,” 1803–1805, by A. F. von Gehlen, who subsequently named it “Journal für die chemie und physik ...,” 1806–1810. It was continued at Nürnberg as “Neues Journal für chemie und physik” by Johann Salomo Christoph von Schweigger, 1811–1833, and united, during 1834, with the “Journal für praktische chemie” of Otto Linné Erdmann, who afterwards published the well-known “Lehrbuch der chemie.” The “Journal für praktische chemie” was in its 90th Vol. July 1914.
See [Nürnberg].
Scherer, J. B. A. von, “Über d. meteorsteine ...”: Leipzig, 1809.
Scheuchzer, J. J. (at Dalton, John), [308]
Schiele, Johann Georg, “Bibliotheca Enucleata ...” (“Acus magnetica ...”), Ulm, 1679.
Schielen, J. G., 1679, [554]
Schiller (at Faraday, Michael), [492]
Schilling, Godefredus W. Gulielmus, “Diatribe de morbo in Europa ...,” [230], [240], [299]
Schilling, Johann Jacob (b. 1702), “Observationes ...,” 1734–1737.
Schilling, Pawel Lwowitsch, Baron of Kannstadt (1786–1837), [420–423], [445]
Schinz, Salomon (1734–1784), “Specimen physicum de electricitate ...,” 1776, 1777, [556]
Schlegel, J. William, [326], [327]
Schlichtegroll, Adolph Heinrich Friedrich von, [233]
Schmid’s “Allgemeine Encyklopædie ...”: Iena, 1840.
Schmidt (at Zamboni, Giuseppe), [420]
Schmidt, George C. (at Van Swinden, J. H. van), [274]
Schmidt, J. F. J., “Das Zodiacallicht,” 1856, [142]
Schmidt, N. E. A., “Vom magnete ...,” 1765, [556]
Schmuck, Edmund Joseph (b. 1771) (at Ingen-housz, Johan), [257];
“On the action of galvanic electricity on the mimosa pudica. ...”
Schoell, Maximilien Samson Frédéric (1766–1833), “Hist. de la litt. Grecque,” [25]
Schöll, Carl, “Hist. de la lit. romaine,” [525]
(at Themistius), [541]
Scholz, B. (at Jäger, K. C. F. van), [364]
Schönbein, Christian Friedrich (1799–1868), [296], [297], [498];
Schönbein and Faraday (Pogg. Ann., Vols. 37 to 109).
School of Athens—Scuola d’Atene—by Raphael, [xvii], [542–544]
Schott, P. Gaspar (1608–1666), “Ars magnetica ...,” etc., etc., [53], [125], [126]
Schouten, Guillaume Cornelissen—Wilhelm Cornelisz, [97–98]
Schreiber (at Chladni, E. F. F.), [314]
Schreibers, Karl Franz Anton von (1775–1852) (at Chladni, E. F. F.), [315], [420]
Schubert on zodiacal light, [141]
Schuberth, E. (at Paracelsus, 1490–1541), [65]
Schübler, Gustav (1787–1834), [292], [320], [406], [416], [420]
Schultze, “Zur Kentniss ... elect. ... fische,” [300]
Schumacher, Heinrich Christian (1780–1850), [345], [432], [481]
Schuster, Sir Arthur, [xii]
“Schwed. Akad. Abhandlungen ...,” [216], [221], [257], [288]
Schwed. Magazine, [221]
Schwed. Musæum, [216]
Schweigger, Johann, Salomo Christoph (1779–1857), “Journal (also Neues Journal) für die chemie und physik,” 1811–1833; “Über das elektron der Alten ...,” 1848; “Introd. to mythology through natural history.”
See [Nürnberg], [Scherer], [13], [257], [293], [314], [315], [358], [388], [389], [391], [407], [408], [412], [413], [414], [415], [416], [420], [424], [447], [451], [452], [455], [472], [475], [476], [483]
Schweigger—Seidel, Franz W., [414]
Schwenkenhardt, M. (at Ingen-housz, Johan), [257]
Schwenter, Daniel. See [Sunde].
“Science,” publication commenced in New York during 1880, [67], [75]
“Science and literature of the middle ages.” See Lacroix, Paul.
“Science et Arts,” [337]
“Sciences mathématiques en Italie, Histoire des,” by Libri, G. B. I. T., 4 Vols. 1838–1848.
“Sciences mathématiques et physiques chez les Belges, Histoire des,” by Quetelet, L. A. J.: Bruxelles, 1852.
“Scientiarum et artium istitutum bononiense ...,” Commentarii, [254]
“Scientific American” and “Scientific American Supplement,” published respectively in New York during 1845 and 1876, to date, [10], [11], [109], [135], [138], [139], [142], [176], [178], [191], [193], [208], [209], [224], [226], [230], [240], [241], [250], [259], [263], [291], [292], [302], [310], [318], [329], [335], [336], [348], [361], [370], [389], [414], [420], [421], [422], [424], [433], [434], [436], [440], [447], [455], [460], [476], [481], [499]
“Scientific Gazette,” publication commenced by C. F. Partington in London during 1825.
Scientific Memoirs. See [Taylor, Richard].
“Scientific Progress,” [315]
Scientific Researches. See [Sturgeon, William].
“Scienziati Italiani,” Atti, Pisa, 1840–1847.
Scina, Domenico Ragona (1765–1837), [527];
“Esperienze e scoperte sull’ elettro-magnetismo,” “Elementi di fisica generale” (also “fisica particolarle”), 1809, 1829, 1842, 1843.
Scolopendra electrica, scolopendra subterranea, [298]
Scoresby, William (1789–1857), [276], [482]
“Scot’s Magazine,” [208], [209]
Scott, Sir Walter, “Lay of the last Minstrel,” [4]
Scotus, Joannes Duns. See [Duns Scotus].
Scotus, Michael Joannes (fl. thirteenth century A.D.), “De secretio naturæ,” “Aristotelis opera ...,” [36]
Scrantoni, J. M., 1740 (at Dalton, John), [308]
Scribonius Largus Designationus (fl. first century A.D.), [20], [230];
Biog. Univ. de Michaud, Vol. XXVIII. pp. 589–595.
Scrinci, Dr., in “Prague News,” [209]
Scudder, Samuel Hubbard, “Catalogue of scientific serials of all countries”: Cambridge, Mass., 1879, [ix], [547–550]
Sebald, H., translator of H. C. Oersted’s “Leben ...,” [455]
Sebastien and Cassini (at Picard, Jean), [132]
Secchi, R. P. Angelo (1818–1878), “Bulletino Meteorologico ...,” [314]
Secondat de Montesquieu, Jean Baptiste, Baron (1716–1796), “Histoire de l’électricité,” 1746, 1750, [131], [555];
“Observations de physique,” 1750.
Sedillot, Jean (1757–1840), founder of the Société de Médecine de la Seine, “Recueil périodique de la Société de Médecine de Paris ...,” [248], [284], [295–296], [306]
Sedillot, Louis Pierre Eugène Amélie (1808–1875), [32], [93];
“Revue Britannique ...,” “Des savants arabes ...,” “Matériaux ... sciences mathématiques ...”
Seebeck, Thomas Johann (1770–1831), [344], [373], [380], [387], [395], [413], [414], [415], [454], [478], [494]
Segnitz, F. L., “Specimen ... elect. animali,” 1790, [556]
Seguin, Armand (at Chladni, E. F. F.), [314];
also (at Fourcroy, A. F. de), [354]
Seiferheld, G. H. (at Hare, Robert), [449]
Seiler, J. (at Jadelot, J. F. N.), [330]
Selenium, discovered by Berzelius, [369–370]
Selenium, electrical properties of. See [Sabine, Robert].
Sellers—Seller—John (at Savery, Servington), [160]
Seleucus of Babylon (at Nicetas of Syracuse), [530]
Semaphores: B.C. 1084, 341, 232, 200;
also, Hooke 1684, Amontons 1704, Odier 1773, Dupuis 1778, Chappe 1792, Edgeworth 1794, Murray, Gamble and Garnet 1795, Pasley 1808, Parrot 1802, Davis 1805, Gregory 1815, Popham and Bremmer 1816, Connolly 1817.
Sementini, L. (at Amoretti, Carlo), [401]
Senebier, Jean (1742–1809), “Catalogue ... manuscrits ... Bibliothèque de Genève,” 1779, [54], [243], [258], [271], [294], [295]
Seneca, Lucius Annæus (c. 4 B.C.-A.D. 65), “Quæstiones Naturales,” [8], [20], [24], [533]
Senft, A. A., 1778 (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine), [385]
Senguerd, W., “Philosophia naturalis ...,” 1681, [554]
Serantoni, J. M., 1740 (at Dalton, John), [308]
Serapio, Mauritanus, [17], [26]
Serapis, temple of, at Alexandria, [18]
Sercy—Bercy—Ugo di, [61]
Seres, William—Willyam (at Strype, A.D. 1754), [210]
Serpieri, Alessandro, on the Zodiacal Light, [141]
Serra, F. M. (at Dalton, John), [308]
Serrano, D. Nicol M. (at Montanus—Arias—Benedictus), [528]
Serres, Pierre Marcel, J. de (b. 1783), [493]
Sertorius Quintus (d. 72 B.C.), [4]
Servetus, Michael—Serveto, Miguel, [535]
Servius, Maurus Honoratus (fourth century), “Virgil,” [13]
Servius, Petrus, 1643, [554]
Servius Tullius, Roman king, [29]
Sestier, Felix, et Méhu, C., “De la foudre ...,” 2 Vols. 1866, [199], [254]
Seven wise men of Greece, [7]
Severineus, Christopher, Bishop elect of Angola, [136]
Severtius Jacobus—Jacques Severt, “De orbis catoptrici ...,” 1598, [115]
Severus, Bishop of Milevis (at Augustine, Saint), [25]
Sewall, Rev. Frank (at Swedenborg, Emmanuel), [165]
Seylas—Seixas—y Lovera Francisco de, [71]
Seypfer (at Parrot, George Friedrich), [367]
S’Gravesande, Willem Jakob Storen van (1688–1742), “Eléments de Physique,” [152], [181], [270], [299]
Sguario-Squario—Euseb., “Due dissertazione ...,” 1746, [308], [385], [555]
Shaffner—Schaffner Taliaferro Preston (1818–1881), “Telegraph Manual,” “Shaffner’s Telegraph Companion,” [7], [22], [277], [286], [302], [316], [318], [440], [454]
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), [16], [24], [195], [563], [564]
Sharpe, Benjamin, also John Robert at pp. [424] and [439]
Sharpless, Stephen Paschall, “On some forms of the galvanic battery” (Amer. Journ. of Science, Ser. III. Vol. I. pp. 247–251, 1871).
Shaw, George. See [Royal Society].
Shea, John Gilmary, [115]
Shields, Charles W., “The final philosophy,” [35], [525]
Short, James (at Watson, William), [175]
Shumiro-Accadian culture, [2]
Siderites, [14], [15], [17]
Siècles littéraires. See [Essarts].
Siemens, Ernest Werner von (1816–1892), [370], [408] (Pogg. Ann., 1845 to 1861).
Siemens, Sir Charles William (1822–1883), [408].
See [Romagnosi], also Cates’ Dictionary, p. 1541.
Sieur de Castel Franco. See [Nautonnier].
Sigaud de la Fond, Jean René (1740–1810), [174], [235], [280], [385]
Sighart, Dr. Joachim (at Albertus Magnus), [37], [505]
Sign of fire, transmission of messages, [10]
Signorelli, Pietro Napoli, “Sull’ invenzione della bussola nautica ...,” [58]
Silberschlag, J. E. (at Dalton, John), [308]
Siljeström, Peter Adam (Vetensk Acad. Handl. 1814), [139]
Silliman, Benjamin (1779–1864), “The American Journal of Science and the Arts,” “Principles of Physics,” [22], [28], [29], [30], [56], [61], [139], [140], [157], [191], [289], [371], [389], [423], [440], [446], [447], [448], [449], [452], [468], [488], [495], [498], [499]
Silow (at Faraday, Michael), [492]
Silurus electricus, [192], [299], [374]
Silvaticus, Matthew (fl. A.D. 1344), [26], [82], [529], [539]
Silvestre, Aug. François de (1762–1851), [102], [303], [306]
Simmons, John, “An essay on the cause of lightning,” 1775, [556]
Simon of Bruges. See [Stevinus].
Simon, Paul Louis (1767–1815), “Resultate d. galvanismus”: Berlin, 1801 (at Galvani, Luigi, A.D. 1786), [284], [419]
Simpson, Sir J. (at Brewster, Sir David), [466]
Singer, George John (1786–1817), “Elements of electricity ...,” [205], [249], [406], [419], [428], [429], [430–432], [434], [435], [470]
Sinobas. See [Rico-y-Sinobas], [308]
Sismondi, Jean Charles Leonard de (1773–1842), [37], [40];
“Historical view of the literature of the South of Europe.” See Dezebry, Ch., “Dictionnaire ...,” p. 2638.
Sixtus of Sienna (1520–1569), [504]
Sjoesten, C. G., (at Martin, Benjamin), [253]
Skand. Lit. Selskabs Skrifter, [453]
Skandia, “Svenska litteratur”: Upsala, [453]
“Skandinaviska naturforskarnes ...”: Förhandlingar, 1842, [299]
Skrimshire, W., Jr. (at A.D. 1806), [393]
Sloane, Sir Hans (1660–1753), Royal Society Transactions, [547]
Sloane, William M., “Aristotle and the Arabs,” [37]
Small, Robert (at Kepler, Johann), [96]
Smeaton, John (1724–1792) (Phil. Trans., XLVI. 513, 1749), [176], [202], [203]
Smee, Alfred (1818–1877), “Elements of electro-metallurgy,” [363], [397]
Smiles, Samuel, “Lives of the Engineers ...,” [203]
Smith, Willoughby (1828–1891), [369–370];
“Selenium, its electrical qualities and the effect of light thereon”: London, 1877.
Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. Bulletin, Reports, etc., etc., [140], [315], [324], [375], [389], [407], [413], [423], [455], [459], [476], [481], [499]
Smuck—Schmuck—Edmond Joseph (b. 1771), [284], [326], [327], [332], [419]
Snell—Snellius—van Roijen—Willebrood (1591–1626), “Eratosthenes Batavus,” 1617, [521]
Snow Harris. See [Harris, Sir William Snow].
Snyder, Carl, “The world machine,” 1907, [511], [512]
Soave, Francesco (1743–1806), Scelta d’opuscoli, 1776, 1804; Nuova scelta d’opuscoli, 1804, [208], [298], [401]
Soc. Göttingen recent. Comment, [220]
Soc. Hafniensis. See [Copenhagen].
Soc. Upsal, Nova Acta, [221]
“Societa Italiana delle scienze;” Memoire di matematica y fisica, Verona e Modena, [248], [249], [253], [254], [258], [294], [295], [298], [303], [306], [330], [413], [420], [423]
“Societas regia scientiarum Göttingensis,” Commentationes, [8], [451]
Société Académique de Laon, Bulletin de la, [94]
Société Astronomique de France, Bulletin de la, [93]
Société Chimique d’Arcueil, [236]
Société d’Agriculture d’Autun, [285]
Société d’Arcueil, Mémoires de Physique, [334], [386], [389]
Société de Genève, Mémoires, etc., [140]
Société de Médecine. See Paris, also [Sédillot, Jean], [270], [284], [302]
Société d’Emulation de Paris, [258], [284], [285]
Société de Santé de Lyon. See [Petetin, Jacques H. D.], [229]
Société Galvani de Paris, opened October 24, 1802.
Société Hollandaise des sciences, Haarlem.
Société Internationale des Electriciens, Bulletin: Paris, 1884 to date.
Société médicale d’émulation de Paris, Mémoires, [258], [284], [285], [557]
Société Philomathèque, Paris, Bulletin des Sciences, [249], [274], [277], [279], [284], [288], [300], [301], [302], [303], [306], [314], [318], [324], [326], [335], [347], [349], [374], [376], [378], [380], [383], [385], [412], [482], [483]
Société Physique. See [Lausanne].
Sociétés Savantes et Littéraires, Mémoires, [285]
Sociétés Savantes. ... See [Tessier, Octave].
Society for the advancement of the Arts, Geneva, [270]
Society for the encouragement of Arts, London, Transactions. See [Society of Arts].
Society of Arts ... Transactions, publication commenced in London during 1783, [291], [305], [365], [367], [389], [397], [398], [399], [406], [407], [413], [437], [441], [442], [443], [458]
Society of telegraph engineers, London, [440]
Socrates (born c. 471–469), [7], [12], [503], [524], [543]
Soirées littéraires. See [Coupé, J. M. L.]
Sokolow (at Richmann, G. W., A.D. 1753), [204]
Solander, Daniel Charles (1736–1782), [456]
Solinus, Caius Julius (fl. latter part second century, A.D.), [7], [17], [22], [43], [124], [512], [540];
“De situ et memorabilibus ...,” 1473; “De memoralibus (sic) mundi ...,” 1498; “De mirabilibus mundi ...,” 1500.
Solly, E. (at Ingen-housz, A.D. 1779), [257]
Solomon, King of Israel, [5]
Solomon’s Temple. See [Temple of Solomon].
Solon (c. 638–558 B.C.), [7]
Somer, John, Minorite astronomer (at Lully, Raymond), [32]
Somerset, Edward (1601–1667), [126]
Sömmering, Samuel Thomas von (1755–1830), [284], [304], [331], [384], [406–407], [412], [420], [421], [422], [424], [435], [475]
Sömmering, William (at Sömmering, S. T. von, A.D. 1809), [407]
Sommerville—Somerville, Mrs. Mary Fairfax (1780–1872), “Connection of the Physical Sciences,” “On the earth ...,” [171], [377], [410], [423], [455], [460], [476], [479], [484]
Sonnini de Manoncourt, Charles Nicolas Sigisbert (1751–1812), who, with Virey, Julien Joseph, edited the important supplement to “Buffon’s Natural History,” [6], [30], [33], [37], [55]
Sophists (at Philostratus, Flavius), [533]
Sophocles, “Electra,” [507].
See also [Euripides].
Sotacus describes five kinds of native magnets, [13]
Souciet, P. Etienne (1671–1744), “Observations mathématiques ...” (at 2637 B.C.), [1]
Soulavie. See [Giraud-Soulavie].
Spallanzani, Abbé Lazaro (1729–1799), [239], [240], [255], [258], [270], [271], [284], [298], [332], [355]
Sparks, Jared, “Library of Am. Biography,” “Works of Benj. Franklin,” [69], [199], [239], [252]
Spath, J. L. (at Dalton, John), [308]
Specific inductive capacity, discovered by Faraday, Michael, [239], [491], [492], [493]
Specific inductive capacity of different gases (Brit. Assoc. Report for 1880, pp. 197–201).
“Spectator” for Dec. 6, 1711 (at Strada, F., A.D. 1617), [99]
Spedding, Ellis and Heath, [99]
Speed’s Atlas, mentioned at Mercator, [563]
Spencer, Knight, [400]
Speng—Spengel—Leonhard, “Alex. Aphrod. Quæstonium naturalium ...,” 1842; “Incerti ... Aristotelis ...,” 1842; “Anaximenis ... Aristotelis ad Alexandrum,” 1844, [27], [512]
Spidberg, J. C. (at Dalton, John), [308]
Spider thread filaments: Bennet 1787, Fontana 1793.
Spiegel, Friedrich (at Zoroaster), [541]
Spon, Charles, [xi], [362]
Spottiswoode, William (1825–1883), De la Rue, Warren, and Mueller, Hugo, W. (Proc. Roy. Soc., XXIII. pp. 356–361).
Spottiswoode, W., and Moulton, John Fletcher (Phil. Trans., 1879, pp. 165–229).
Sprat, Thomas, “History of the Royal Society,” [132]
Spratt, Lieut. James (1771–1853), “Homograph ...,” [400]
Spreng, Johann, “Hist. R. Herb,” [193]
Sprengel, Kurt Polycarp Joachim, “Histoire de la médecine,” [529], [531], [538]
Squario. See [Sguario].
Stabili, Francesco degli, the real name of Cecco d’Ascoli (1257–1327), “Acerba,” [xx], [524], [531]
Stadius, eminent astronomer of the sixteenth century, who succeeded, in the Paris University, the famous Peter Ramus—Pierre de la Ramée (1515–1572), “Tabulæ Bergenses,” 1560, [510]
Stahelin, C. (at Harris, William Snow), [470]
Stahl, George Ernest (1660–1734), [261], [262], [362]
Stambio, C. (at Jadelot, J. F. N.), [330]
Stanhope, Charles, third Earl of. See [Mahon, Lord.]
Stanhusius, Mich., “De Meteoris ...,” 1572 and 1578.
Stanley, Sir Edward, of Tongue Castle, [121]
Stanley, Venetia Anastasia, [121]
Stark, Dr. James, of Edinburgh, [375]
Stark, J. C. (at Galvani, Luigi, A.D. 1786), [284]
Stark, John, “Biographia Scotica”: Edinburgh, 1805, [311]
Starke, Mariana (at School of Athens), [542]
Statistical Society, London, [471]
Staunton, Sir George Thomas (1737–1801), “The history of the great and mighty kingdom of China,” “Account of an Embassy,” [1], [21]
Steavenson, Robert, “Dissert. de electricitate ...,” 1778, [556]
Steele, Robert, “Gleanings from Barthol. de Glanvilla,” [16];
“Mediæval Lore,” [526]
Steichen, Michel, “Vie et travaux de Simon Stevinus,” [79]
Steiglehuer—Steiglehner—Cölestin (1738–1819), [272], [274]
Steindachner, F. (at Shaw, George), [299]
Steinhaueser, Johannes Gottfried (1768–1825).
Steinheil, Karl August (1801–1870), [422]
Steininger and Neggerath, [315]
Stenischneider—Steinschneider—Moritz (1816–1907), “Intorno alla calamita,” [38], [72]
Stella, F. M. (at Amoretti, Carlo), [401]
Stens—Stensen—Niels—Nicolas, 1671, [270]
Stephen, Leslie. See “Dict. of National Biography.”
Stephens (at Franklin, Benjamin), [196]
Stepling, Jos. (at Dalton, John), [308]
Stevens, B. P., and Brown, [xx].
Stevinus, Simon (1548–1628), called Simon of Bruges, [63], [78], [79], [80], [81], [102], [517].
See [Wright, Edward].
Stewart, Professor Balfour, “Lessons in elementary physics”: London, 1872.
Stillingfleet, Edward (1635–1699), [147]
Stobæus, Joannes (fl. c. A.D. 500), [24]
Stockholm, Royal Academy of Sciences, [187], [232]
Stockler de Borja, Franc. de (1759–1829), [530]
Stoeckl, Albert, [39]
Stœffler, Johann, “Cœlestium ... totius sphericæ ...,” [553]
Stones, meteoric. See [Salverte].
Stow, John (1525–1605), [210], [211]
Strabo, Greek historian (66–28 B.C.), [17], [67], [520], [533]
Strada, Famianus, Italian Jesuit (1572–1649), “Prolusiones Academicæ ...,” [82], [98], [123]
Strato of Lampsacus, philosopher who lived in the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus, [542]
Streizig of Verona (at Gay-Lussac, J. L., A.D. 1804), [389]
Stroemer—Stromer—Märten (1707–1770) [187]
Struve, Christian August (1767–1807), [326], [385], [433]
Strype, John (1643–1737), [210], [232]
Stuart, Thomas (at Ampère, A. M., A.D. 1820), [477]
“Student, The, or Oxford and Cambridge Misc.,” [98]
Stuebler—Stuber—Eugen, “Life of Franklin,” [199]
Stuello, “Bibl. Scrip., S. J.”: Rome, 1676, [110]
Stukeley, Rev. William (1687–1765), [187–189]
Sturgeon, William (1783–1850), “Annals of Electricity,” 1836–1843; “Lectures on Electricity”: London, 1842; “Scientific Researches”: Bury, 1850; “Annals of Philosophical Discovery ...,” [79], [80], [140], [142], [162], [181], [199], [201], [204], [207], [223], [232], [239], [243], [245], [256], [257], [263], [296], [297], [304], [306], [330], [337], [339], [347], [359], [370], [384], [388], [394], [395], [397], [406], [407], [408], [414], [415], [420], [428], [432], [433], [440], [441], [454], [455], [460], [464], [468], [472], [476], [481], [482], [483], [491], [498]
Sturla, Jarl—Snorri Sturlason, [44]
Sturm, Johann Christoph, of the Altdorff University (1635–1703), [129–130]
Sturmy’s “Mariner’s Magazine,” [143], [242]
Stuvenius (at Columbus, Christopher, A.D. 1492), [67]
Subtle—subtil—subtile—matter (materia subtilis) subtile medium, [57], [122], [133], [151], [174], [183], [212], [213], [214], [355], [360], [495]
Succinum—Succini, [137], also at p. [8].
Sue, Jean Joseph (1760–1830), “Recherches physiologiques,” [306]
(Hœfer, “Biog. Gén.,” 1865, Vol. 44, pp. 620–621)
Sue, Pierre aîné (1739–1816), “Histoire du Galvanisme,” [247], [248], [249], [264], [275], [281], [285], [299], [301], [303], [306], [326], [328], [330], [350], [353], [355], [359], [361], [363], [376], [378], [383], [385]
Suhm, Peter Frederik, “In effigien Torfæi ...” (at A.D. 1266), [45]
Suidas, author of a prominent Greek lexicon compiled during the tenth century, [541]
Sulzer, Johann Georg (1720–1779), [152], [223], [312], [419]
Summanus, night source of lightning, [9]
Sunde, Janus Hercules de (pseud. of Schwenter, Daniel, 1585–1636), [81], [125], [240]
Sundelin, K., 1822 (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine, A.D. 1803), [385]
Suspension of statues, etc., in mid-air, [18], [123], [222], [527]
“Svenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar” for 1740, [168]
Swammerdam, Jan (1637–1682), [202]
Swanwick, Anna, translator of Æschylus, [4]
Swedenborg, Emmanuel (1688–1772), [163–165]
Swedish Academy of Sciences, [190]
Swickardus (at Browne, Sir Thomas, A.D. 1646), [124]
Swieten, Gerard van, pupil of Boerhaave (at A.D. 1722), [157]
Swiettiki of Denmark (at A.D. 1745), [174]
Swift, William (at Henley, William T.), [237]
Swinden, Jan Hendrik van (1746–1823), “Tentamina theoriæ mathematicæ ...,” 1772; “Recueil de mémoires sur l’analogie de l’électricité et du magnétisme ...,” 1784; “Analogia electricitatis et magnetismi,” 1780–1781; “Positiones physicæ,” 1786, [65], [103], [106], [121], [131], [135], [140], [170], [199], [218], [224], [229], [230], [233], [237], [240], [254], [263], [271–274], [285], [309], [393]
Sylvester, Charles (at A.D. 1805, 1806 and 1812), [392], [394], [419]
Symes, R., 1771 (at Thillaye-Platel, Antoine), [385]
Symmer, Robert (d. 1763), [161], [218–220], [221], [224], [409]
Symonds, John Addington (at Ficino, Marsiglio), [515]
Symons, G. J. (at Franklin, Benjamin), [199]
Szuki—Shiki—or “Historical Memoirs of Szu-ma-thsian”—Szu-mats’een—the greatest of all Chinese historical works, [5]

Table générale des Bulletins des sociétés savantes. See [Tessier, Octave].
Tachard, Father Guy (d. 1714), [156]
Tacitus, Publius Caius Cornelius (c. A.D. 54–120), “Germania,” “Annals,” “Agricola,” etc., [140], [524].
See “Annals of C. C. Tacitus.”
Tafel, Dr. R. L. (at Swedenborg, E.), [163]
Tafuri, Giovanni Bernardino, “Scrittori ... di Napoli,” 1749, [540]
Taisnier, Jean—Joannes (Taisnier of Hainault—Hannonius) (1509–1562), “De natura magnetis ...,” 1562, [13], [46], [53]
Tait, Professor Peter Guthrie. See [Thomson, Sir William].
Talbot, Sir Gilbert, on magnetical remedies, [126]
Talmud, designation of the loadstone, [15]
Tamery, Prof. Paul, “Pour l’histoire de la science Helléne,” [8], [504], [511], [532]
Tarchon, founder of Etruscan theurgism, [9]
Tarde, J., “Les usages ... esguille aymantée,” 1621, [553]
Tatum’s lectures (at Faraday, Michael), [455], [496]
Taylor and Phillips, editors of the Phil. Mag., [466]
Taylor, Brook—Brooke, F.R.S. (1685–1731), [150], [155], [156], [191], [264]
Taylor, Richard (1781–1858), “Scientific Memoirs,” [428], [495]
Taylor, Thomas, translator of Iamblichus, the treatises of Aristotle and the six books of Proclus, [2], [503], [537]
Taylor, W. B., “Memoir of Joseph Henry,” [447], [460];
“(1) La longitude terrestre ...,” 1556; “Recherches sur les propriétés magnetiques du fer,” 1862
Tcheou-Koung—Choung (Ki-tan), [3]
Tchéyeou—Tchi-yeou—Chinese prince (at 2637 B.C.), [1]
Tchi-nan, chariot of the South, [3]
Tchin-Thsang-Ki, [77]
Tching-Onang, nephew of Tcheou-Koung, regent of the Chinese Empire, [3]
Tchou-lou plains, [1]
“Telegrafista (II),” publication commenced in Rome during 1881.
Telegrafo elettrico scintillante, [227]
Telegraph Polygrammatic, [397]
Telegraph-Anthropo of Knight Spencer employed as early as 1805, [400]
Telegraph electro-chemical, the first, [407]
Telegraph, Symbolic, also the Terrestrial Telegraph introduced by Macdonald, [399]
Telegraph: on the history of the word telegraph.
See [Axon, W. E. A.]
See [History of the telegraph].
“Télégraphe, La.” See [Ternant].
“Telegrapher, The,” publication commenced in New York during 1864, afterwards called “Journal of the Telegraph.”
“Telegraphic Journal,” publication commenced in London during 1864, [408]
Telegraphic signals, first transmitted by voltaic electricity, [406]
“Telegraphist, The,” publication commenced in London during 1883; “The Telegraphist and Electrician” first appeared in London during 1876.
Telegraphs, electric and galvanic. See [Electric Telegraphs].
Telegraphs, optical. See [Semaphores].
Telegraphy, histories of, [301]:
written by I. U. J. Chappe, Paris, 1824, and Le Mans, 1840; Bois, Victor, 1853–1856; Bonel, A., Paris, 1857; Mangin, M., 1752; Reynaud, J. J., 1851.
Telegraphy, oceanic: Brett in 1858; and Brigge, also in 1858.
Telegraphy, pneumatic, by Medhurst, [408]
Telegraphy, wireless, [10], [19]
“Telephone, The,” “Review of electrical science”: London, 1889.
Telephoning—communicating sound through a wire—in 1667, [143]
Telesio, Bernardino, “De rerum natura ...,” 1570.
Tellograph of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, [316]
Templeman, in the “Nouvelliste,” 1759, [298]
Temple of Jerusalem, never struck by lightning during 1000 years, [9]
Temple of Diana at Ephesus, [18]
Temple of Juno had its roof covered with sword blades, [9]
Temple of Pharos, [18]
Temple of Solomon, [10]
Temple of Serapis at Alexandria, [18]
Temples of Hercules, [13]
Tentzel—Tentzelius—Andreas, “Medicina Diastalica,” [245]
Tentzel, Wilhelm Ernst, “Collection Académique,” [229]
Termeyer, Raimondo Maria de, [298], [299]
Ternant, A. L., “Le Télégraphe,” [147], [264], [265]
Terrella—terrella-microge, little earth, [47], [48], [50], [83], [86], [121].
See [Petit P.], also [Wren, Sir Chr.]
“Terrestrial Magnetism,” [59], [138], [140], [199].
See also [Bauer, L. A.]
Terzagus, “Musæum Septalianum,” [159]
Teske, J. G. (at Thillaye-Platel), [385]
Tessier, Henri Alexandre, “Eloges des hommes illustres,” [93], [515], [527], [539]
Tessier, Octave, “Table générale des bulletins des sociétés savantes”: Paris, 1873, [43]
Tetens, J. N., “Schreiben ... magneteuren,” 1775, [246]
Tetraodon—tetrodon—electricus, [298], [374]
Teyler, Archives du Musée, [160]
Teyler Van der Hulst, Pieter (1702–1778), “Tweede Genootschap,” published at Haarlem, 1781, [280]
Teylerian electrical machine, [292]
Teylerian Society. See [Haarlem].
Thalen, J. R., “Recherches ... magnétiques du fer ...” (Nova Acta Reg. Soc. Upsala, III. Série), 1862.
Thales of Miletus (639–548 B.C.), [7], [15], [515], [532], [534], [542], [543]
Thatcher—Thacher—John Boyd, [66], [524]
Theamedes of the ancients believed to be identical with the tourmaline, [17]
Thebit-ben-Korah—Thebitius (836–901), [540–541]
Thebitius. See [Thebit-ben-Korah].
Themistius (c. A.D. 315–390), “Oratio,” “Euphrades,” [10], [541]
Thénard, Louis Jacques, Baron (1777–1857), [249], [338], [340], [347], [352], [354], [376], [380], [388], [389], [419], [480]
Theodoric the Great (c. A.D. 454–526), [18]
Theodorus, Emperor, [144] (entered at Louis Maimbourg).
Theodosius the Great (fl. 379–395), [24], [541]
Theophrastus (372–286 B.C.), [7], [13], [21], [270], [530], [539], [543].
See [Scaliger, J. C.], also [Hill, Sir John].
Theory, undulatory—Young, Dr. Thomas, [395]
Thermo-dynamics, second law of, [346], [392].
The first law or principle of thermo-dynamics was enunciated by the French physicist Carnot (Nicolas Leonard Sardi, 1796–1832).
Thermo-electric inversion, discovered by Prof. James Cummings.
Thermo-electric needle of Becquerel, [463]
Thermo-electric tension of minerals (Phil. Mag., Ser. IV. Vol. XXX. pp. 337–339, 1865).
Thermo-electricity: Dessaignes, [415];
Seebeck, [415];
Brewster, [465].
See Cummings, James, and consult Table Analytique des Annales de Ch. et de Phys., Index, pp. 364–370.
Thermo-electrometer of Harris, [469]
Thevenot, Melchisedech (1620–1692), “Recueil de Voyages,” [47], [53]
Thibaud VI, Comte de Champagne, [33]
Thicknesse, Ra. (at Williamson, C. H.) [270]
Thillaye, Jean Baptiste Jacques (1752–1822), [385]
Thillaye-Platel, Antoine (1782–1806), [274], [384–385], [430]
Thilly, Frank, [504], [505].
See [Weber, Alfred].
Tholuck, Friedrich August Gottren (1799–1877), [38]
Thoman, Fédor (at Arago, D. F. J.), [480]
Thomas Aquinas, Saint, Doctor Angelicus (1225–1274), [16], [35], [36], [37], [39], [57], [171], [505], [506].
See Joannes de Rupescissa.
Thomas, John, “Univ. Pron. Dict.,” [146], [148]
Thomas, Joseph (Dict. of Nat. Biogr.), [163], [286], [370]
Thompson, A. T., translator of Salverte’s “Philosophy of Magic,” [1]
Thompson, Benjamin, Count Rumford (1753–1814), [225], [346], [370–371].
See [Copley Medal], also [Rumford Medal].
Thompson, Silvanus P. (1851–1916), Introduction, [xi], [xiii–xv], [xvii], [xix], [45], [46], [54], [63], [92], [113], [189], [342], [498].
See [Aerolites].
Thoms, William T. (at Strype, A.D. 1754), [210]
Thomson, Allen (1809–1884), [425]
Thomson, Elihu, [xi], [184]
Thomson, Thomas (1773–1852), “An outline of the sciences of heat and electricity,” 1st ed. 1830; “Annals of Philosophy”: London, 1813–1826; “Outline of the Sciences ...”; “Annals of Philosophy”; “History of the Royal Society”: London, 1812; “History of Chemistry,” etc.; [90], [105], [132], [150], [152], [155], [156], [162], [167], [189], [190], [196], [199], [214], [218], [221], [222], [227], [233], [239], [248], [249], [251], [256], [262], [263], [268], [277], [284], [286], [313], [347], [363], [364], [370], [403], [408], [412], [414], [423], [427], [435], [440], [441], [443], [446], [449], [452], [455], [458], [461], [468], [478], [479]
Thomson, Sir William, first Baron Kelvin of Largs (1824–1907), dedication, [x], [xi], [87], [141], [218], [239], [321], [346], [371], [392], [411], [412], [413], [455], [470], [492], [493], [499].
See Le Roux, F. P., Electro-dynamic qualities of metals (Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. for 1879, pp. 55–85).
Thor, son of Odin, personifies electricity, [13]
Thore and Croissant (at Hare, Robert), [449]
Thorp, R. W. D. (at Thillaye-Platel), [385]
Thorpe, T. E., “Essays in historical chemistry,” [132], [189], [228], [239], [262], [347], [499]
Thou, François Auguste de (at Fracastorio, H.), [515]
Thouin, André (compass plant), [259]
Thoung-Kian-Kang-Mou, [2], [5]
Thouret, Michel Augustin (1749–1810), “Rapport sur les aimants ... Le Noble,” 1783; “Lettre sur le magnétisme animal,” 1784–1785, [245], [273]
Thouret, T. Auguste (at Mesmer, F. A.), [237]
Thouri, de (at Thillaye-Platel), [385]
Thouron, V. C., [505]
Thouvenel, Pierre (1747–1815), “Mémoire physique ...,” 1781, [384], [401]
Thrasyllus, the grammarian, [511]
Thumstein, apparatus for transmitting sound through wires (at A.D. 968), [28]
Thunder and lightning attracted and directed by the ancients, [9], [294]
Tiato (at Toaldo, G.), [253]
Tiberghien, Guillaume, “Essai théorique et historique sur la génération des connaissances humaines,” [42], [102], [122], [504], [505], [511], [519]
Tiberius, [20], [513]
“Tidsskrift for naturvidenskaberne; af Orsted ...”: Kjobenhavn, 1822–1828, [455]
Tillard—Tilland—Captain (islands of eruption), [417]
Tillemont, Louis Sébastien Lenain de (1637–1698), “Histoire des Empereurs,” “Mémoires Hist. Eccles.,” [25], [525], [541]
Tillet, “Sur l’incendie,” 1760, [555]
Tilloch, Alexander (1759–1825), one of the editors of the “Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science,” [252], [381], [392], [396], [429], [434], [452], [467], [474], [478]
Timæus (c. 352–256 B.C.), Greek historian, [8]
Timæus. See [Plato].
“Times,” London, [134], [248]
Timochares (c. 367–283 B.C.) (at Ptolemy—Ptolemæus II), [18]
Tinan, Barbier de (at Toaldo, G.), [253]
Tingry, P. F. (Journal de Physique, Vol. XLVII.), [557]
Tipaldo, Emilio A. de, “Biografia degli Italiani illustri, nella scienze ...”: Venezia, 1834, [253], [300], [303]
Tiphys Batavus, [521]
Tiraboschi, Girolamo (1731–1794), “Biblioteca Modenese,” “Storia della litteratura Italiana,” [55], [113], [510], [514], [529], [540]
Tisserand, L. M., “Paris et ses historiens,” [34]
Tissot, “Historie de la philosophie,” [532]
Titelmanni, Franc, “Naturalis Philos. Compendium,” 1571, [553]
Titius—Tietz—Johann Daniel (1729–1796), “De electrici experimenti ...,” 1771; “Gemeinützige ...,” “Tableau du travail actuel de toutes les Académies de l’Europe ...,” [158]
Titus Livius (b. A.D. 59), Great Roman historian, generally called Livy, [10], [24], [78]
Toaldo, Giuseppe (1719–1798), [140], [253], [254], [271], [295]
Todd, John T. (experiments on the torpedo), [436]
Tolloy, Crimotel de (at Jadelot, J. F. N.), [330]
Tomlinson, Charles, “Cyclopædia of useful arts and manufactures,” [317], [322], [337], [339], [437], [455], [470]
Tommasi—Tomasi—Donato, of Paris (b. 1848), “Traité des piles électriques,” [365], [376].
See [Romagnosi], G. D.
Tonkin, John, of Penzance, [339]
Topaz, a talisman, [8]
Torfæus, Thormodr (Phormodur Torfesen) (1636–1719), [44]
Torpedo, torpille. See also “raia torpedo,” also [Savi, P.], [11], [20], [136], [149], [229], [230], [239], [240], [241], [258], [270], [319], [334], [345], [346], [374], [409], [436], [493], [527]
Torsion balance, invented by Coulomb, [275]
Tortolini, Barnaba, “Annali di scienze ...,” 8 Vols.; “Annali di matematica ...,” 1856–1861.
Toscanelli, Paul del Pozzo (1397–1482), 34; Nouv. Biog. Gén. (Hœfer), Vol. 45, pp. 557–558.
Touche, Daillant de la, [164]
Toulouse, Academy Reports, Mémoires, etc., [229], [288], [556]
Tourdes, J. (at Aldini, G.), [306]
Tourmaline, [8], [13], [17], [152], [153], [184], [193], [218], [286], [287–288], [364], [451], [465]
Tourtelle, Etienne, “Histoire philosophique de la médecine,” [65], [170]
Toutain (at Thillaye-Platel), [386]
Townsend, W. J., “The great schoolmen of the Middle Ages,” [37], [41], [505]
Tozzetti, Targioni, “Atti e Memorie inedite dell’ Accademia del Cimento ...,” 3 Vols.; also, “Notizie ...,” 3 Vols. 1780, [556]
Trail—Traill, Thomas Stewart (1781–1862), [339], [465], [477]
Tralles, Johann Georg (1763–1822) (“Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie,” 1894, Vol. 38, pp. 494–495), [292–293], [331]
Transactions Elec. Soc. Mannheim, [29].
See “Academia electoralis scientiarum,” which is also called “Academia Theodoro Palatina.”
Transmitting intelligence by wire; in early days said to have been done by one of the Cleopatras, [12].
See also Kung-foo-Whing (at A.D. 968), [28]
Tredwey, Robert (Phil. Trans., XIX. 711), 1698, [554]
Trembley, A., on light caused by quicksilver shaken in glass tube, [175], [177], [555]
Treméry, Jean Louis (1773–1851), [288], [324];
“Observations sur les aimants elliptiques,” 1797.
Trendelenberg, Friedrich Adolf (1802–1872), [544]
Trent, History of the Council of, [90], [110], [528]
Tressan, Louis Elizabeth de la Vergne de (1705–1783), [189], [385], [417]
Treviranus, Gottfried Reinhold (1776–1837), [255], [257], [327], [557]
Treviso Athenæum, “Memorie scientifiche ...,” 1817–1847, [253]
Treviso Giornale, “Giornale sulle scienze ...,” 1821–1830.
Trévoux, Mémoires de, [551]
Trew, Abdias, “De meteoris ...”: Argent, 1654.
Trichiurus electricus—trichiurus Indicus, [297], [298]
Triennald, S. von, [308]
Tries’ claim to Van Marum’s machine, [280]
Trieste, School of Arts and Navigation, [407]
Trinity College, at Cambridge, England, [4], [212], [319]
Tripier, A. (at Thillaye-Platel), [386]
Trismegistus. See [Hermes].
Tristan, Comte J. de, [401]
Trithemius, Johannes (1462–1516), author of “Steganographia ...,” 1606; “Annalium Hirsaugiensium ...,” 1690; “De scriptoribus ecclesiasticis,” [37], [504], [554]
Trommsdorff, Johann Barthelomaüs (1770–1837), [285], [352–353], [419]
Troostwijk, Adriaan Paets van (1752–1837), and Deiman, Jean Rodolph, [280], [291–292], [385]
Trouvé (at Zamboni, Giuseppe), [420]
Tsching-Vang, second emperor of the Tcheou dynasty, [3]
Tübingen. See [Gmelin family].
Tübingen, “Morgenblatt,” [351]
Tübingen University, [284], [303], [433], [450], [451]
Tufts, James H. See Windelband’s “History of Philosophy.”
Tulk, Dr. Alfred, [404]
Tullus Hostilius (672–640 B.C.), third legendary King of Rome, [9]
Turnbull, Laurence (1821–1900), “Electro-magnetic Telegraph, with an historical account of its progress”: Philad., 1853, [11], [317], [318], [368], [384], [407], [422], [436], [440], [455], [476]
Turner, Robert, “Electricology; or a discourse upon electricity ...,” 1746, [554]
Turner, William, “History of Philosophy,” [504]
Turin—Torino—Academie Royale des Sciences or University, [30], [140], [209], [294], [295], [296], [302], [306], [367]
Turin—Torino—Bibl. de, [284]
Turin—Torino—College of Fine Arts, [294]
Turin—Torino—Memorie della Soc. Agr., [257], [295]
Turin—Torino—Normal College, [294]
Turin—Torino—Nuova Encyclopedia Italiana. See [Bocardo].
Turin—Torino—Observatory, Annals of, [295]
Turin—Torino. See Giornale Scientifico d’una Soc. Fil.
Twast (at A.D. 1812), [419]
Two-fluid theory: Hare, 1823; Ingen-housz, 1778; Symner and Dufay, [409–410]
Tycho Brahé (1546–1601), [92], [94], [95], [102], [508], [530], [533].
See Jöcher, C. G., “Allgemeines Gel. Lex.,” pp. 1325–1327.
Tyndall, John (1820–1893), “Heat as a mode of motion,” [vii], [xiii], [14], [131], [132], [142], [166], [170], [173], [177], [231], [255], [282], [314], [344], [346], [380], [383], [396], [411], [433], [487], [489], [492], [495], [497], [498], [499].
See “Lives of the Electricians,” by William T. Jeans, 1887; “Lessons in Electricity.”
Also Rumford Medal.
Typhon, bone of (Typhoëus, in Greek Legend), [14]

Uberti, Bonifacio—Fazio degli (d. 1368), “Il Dittamondo ... ridotto,” [44]
Ueberweg, Dr. Friedrich (1826–1871), History of Philosophy, translated by George S. Morris, [26], [32], [33], [37], [38], [39], [40], [41], [102], [122], [504], [505], [507], [510], [511], [512], [518], [519], [532], [534], [537]
Ughelli, Fernandino, “Italia Sacra,” [516]
Ugo di Bercy (Sercy) (fl. thirteenth century A.D.), [56], [61].
See Nouvelle Biographie Générale, of Hœfer, V. 783.
Ugollet at Venice, publisher of Ausonius’ “Mosella,” [18]
Uhland, W. H. (at Faraday), [498]
Ulloa, Don Antonio de, Spanish mathematician (1716–1795). Makes the earliest recorded reference to the Aurora Australis, [141], [165–166]
Ulstadius, Philippus (fl. sixteenth century A.D.), “Cœlum philosophorum”: Paris, 1544, [553]
Undulatory theory of light, interferences in the, Dr. Young, 1807, [395]
Unger, Johann Friedrich von (1716–1781), “Abhandlung von der natur der Electricität”: Braunschweig, 1745 (Hamb. Magaz., VIII. 1751).
“United Service Journal,” [397]
United States Japan Expedition (Zodiacal Light), [142]
Universal Encyclopædia, [38]
Universal Lexicon, Leipzig, [48]
Université de Padone. See [Boulay, H. de].
Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages. See [Rashdall, Hastings].
Unzer, T. C., [245]
Upsala Academy (University), [141], [163], [168], [221], [387]
Upsala Botanical Gardens, [259];
Compass plant, [259]
Upsala Royal Society, [232]
Urbanitzky, Alfred von, “Electricity in the service of man ...,” edited by Richard Wormell, and revised by R. Mullineux Walmsley, London, 1886; “Les lampes électriques ...”: Paris, 1885 (Bibliothèque des Actualités Industrielles, No. IV.), [162], [219]
Ure, Andrew (1778–1857), “Dictionary of Arts,” “Dictionary of Chemistry,” [354], [370], [417–418], [440], [446], [455]
Ursa Major: star referred to by William Gilbert in connection with Marsilius Ficinus, Cardanus, Lucas Gauricus and Gaudentius Merula, who believe it to influence magnetic variation, [108]
Usiglio, C., 1844 (at Jadelot, J. F. N.), [330]
Ussher, Henry (1743–1790) (at John Dalton), [308]

Van: all additional names with this prefix appear under the names.
Vacca, Andrea (1772–1826), [299]
Vacca, Leopold (1732–1812), [299]
Vacuo, in. Propagation of light in vacuo, [132], [182], [202], [294].
See Picard, Jean (Anc. Mémoires, Paris, Vols. II. and X.); Return of electric light in vacuo (Grummert, G. H.), 172; Attrition of bodies in vacuo (Phil. Trans., XXIV. 2165); Electric light in vacuo (Dantzig, Memoirs, I. 417).
Vail, Alfred (1807–1859), “History of the American Electro-magnetic Telegraph ...,” [286], [316], [436]
Vairano, Josephus, “Diatriba de electricitate,” 1777, [556]
Valenciennes (at Arago), [481]
Valens, Flavius, Roman Emperor, 144 (A.D. 328–378). See Moreri, L., “Grand Dict.,” Vol. VIII. pt. 3, p. 13; Hœfer, “Nouv. Biog. Gén.,” Vol. XLV. pp. 855–856.
Valentinelli, Giuseppe, Royal Librarian of the Marciana, Venice, [111]
Valentinus, Bazilius (fifteenth century)—Basil Valentine, “Conclusiones ... magnect ...”: Rottm., 1632.
Valère, André, Biblio. Belgica, [538]
Vallemont, Pierre Le Lorrain de (1649–1721), “La physique occulte, en traité de la baguette divinatoire,” 1693; “Description de l’aimant ...,” 1692, [110], [144], [401]
Vallensis, Roberti, “Di veritate ...,” 1593 and 1612, [502]
Vallerius, H. (at Thillaye-Platel), [386]
Vallesius—Valles de Corarrubias—Francisco, [538]
Valli, Eusebio (1755–1816), [249], [270], [285], [302–303], [327], [393], [419]
Vallot, Joseph, “Report on difference between chalcedony and tourmaline,” [288]
Vanderlot’s work on the Surinam Eel, [230]
Van Etten, Henry, is pseud. of Jean Leurechon (1591–1670), q.v., “Mathematical Recreations,” “Récréations Mathématiques,” [109], [126], [127], [148], [401]
Van Swinden. See [Swinden].
Van’t Hoff, Professor Jakobus Hendrikus (b. 1852, d. 1915). He established, with F. W. Ostwald, the “Lehrbuch der Allegem. Chemie” and “Zeitschrift für physikalische chemie”; “Dix années dans l’histoire d’une théorie ...,” 1865.
See [Ostwald].
Vapereau, G., “Dictionnaire Universel des Contemporains”: Paris, 1893.
Vargas, Bernardo Perez de, “De re metallica,” [502]
Variation and dip of the magnetic needle, observations on the.
See [Gilpin, George].
Variation charts: Barlow, 1820; Churchman, at 1790–1804; Halley, 1701; Bianco, 1436.
Variation denied by Medina, Pedro de, [63–64]
Variation of the compass, first shown by Burrowes—Borough—in 1592, [77]
Variation of the declination:—
Annual—Cassini at 1782–1791, [117], [266];
Cause of errors investigated, Flinders, 1801, [348];
Dip or inclination, Hartmann, 1544, [70];
Norman, 1576, [75–76];
Peregrinus (1269), [76]
Diurnal and horary—Beaufoy (1813), [427];
Graham, 1722, [117], [156];
Swinden, 1784, [273]
Cassini IV. 1784, [157], [273]
Intensity—“The third and most important element of terrestrial magnetism,” Borda, 1776, [249]
Secular—Gellibrand, 1635, [117].
See [John Mair] and [John Pell], 1635.
Variation of the variation: Gellibrand, 1635, [117–118];
Wright, Edw., 80; Petit, P. (Phil. Trans., 1667, p. 502).
Varley introduced the use of compressed air for message transmission, [408]
Varnhagen, Francisco, Adolfo de (at Pedro Nuñez), [531]
Varthema. See Vertomannus.
Vasco da Gama. See [Gama].
Vasco, on Galvanism, [327]
Vasquez y Morales, D. Jos., “Ensayo sobre la electricidad ...,” 1747, [555]
Vassalli-Eandi, Antonio Maria (1761–1825). See [Bibliothèque Italienne]; also Mem. Accad. Torino, Vols. 6, 10, 12, 14, 22, 24, 26, 27, 30; Phil. Mag., XV. 319; Journal de Physique, 1799, 1800; Biblioteca Oltremontana, 1787 and 1788, [9], [207], [224], [257], [259], [270], [274], [285], [294–296], [298], [305], [306], [331], [393], [401], [419], [514]
Vauquelin, Louis Nicholas (1763–1829), [247], [333], [344], [349], [352], [354], [355], [389], [419]
Veau de Launay. See [Delaunay].
Veaumorel, Caullet de, [265], [280]
Veen, Otto van (Aquinas, St. Thomas), [505]
Venanson, Flamminius—Flamnius, “De l’invention de la boussole nautique,” 1808, [5], [17], [30], [31], [43], [54], [56], [57]
Venetian Athenaeum—Ateneo di Venezia.
Venetian Imperial Royal Institution, Atti ... (also Memorie) dell’ I.R. Istituto Veneto di science....
Venetus, Paulus. See [Sarpi].
Venturi, Giambattista of Modena (1746–1822), [331], [333]
Veratti, Giuseppe of Bologna (1707–1793), [186], [204], [213], [264], [384]
Vergil—Virgil, “De inventoribus rerum.”
Vergil—Virgil (70–19 B.C.), Publius V. Maro, “Georgics,” “Eclogues,” “Æneid,” etc., title page.
Vergilius—Virgilius—Bishop of Salzburg from 744 to the time of his death during the year 784, [523]
Verhand, van het Genootsch te Rotterdam, [280], [292]
Vernier (at Coulomb, C. A. de), [276]
Verona Lyceum, [420]
“Verona Poligrafo,” “Poligrafo, Giornale di scienze ...,” [420]
Verrall, A. W., translator of the Agamemnon of Æschylus, [4]
Versorium, introduced by Wm. Gilbert, [83]
Vertommanus—Varthema—Ludovico di (b. 1480, d. early sixteenth century), [69–70]
Vespucci, Amerigo (1452–1512), Italian navigator, in whose honour the new world was named America, Vespuccius Americus, [536], [537]
Vetensk Akad. Nyr. Handl., [216], [257], [288], [299], [370]
Vicenza, Giornale Enciclopedico, Vicenza 1779–1784, [253]
Vicq d’Azyr, Felix (1748–1794). Sécr. Perpétuel Soc. Royale de Médecine, [302], [303]
“Vidensk. Salsk. Skrift. Ny Samml.,” [557].
See [Copenhagen Academy].
Videt, F. F. (at Thillaye-Platel), [386]
Viegeron, P. D., “Mémoire sur la force des pointes,” [252]
Vienna Academy—“Kais. Akad. der Wissenschaften,” [250]. See also p. [408].
Vienna Polytechnic Institute, [407], [408]
“Vierteljehrschrift des Astronomischen Gesellschaft,” Leipzig, 1879, [165]
Vieta, Francis (1540–1603), [90], [102], [109]
Vigenere, Blaise de (1523–1596), [78]
Vignaud, Henri, on Toscanelli and on Columbus, [34], [66]
Vigneul—Marville—pseud. Noel Bonaventura d’Argonne—“Mélanges d’histoire et de Littérature,” 1699–1701, [97]
Vilette, M. F., Paper electrophorus, [249]
Vilgerderson, Floke (at Frode, the Wise), [28]
Villeneuve, Arnaud de. See [Arnaldus de Villa Nova].
Villeneuve, O. de (at Thillaye-Platel), [385]
Vimercati, Guido, Rivista Scientifico-Industriale.
Vincent and Boncompagni in “Bulletino di Bibliogr.,” Vol. IV., [520]
Vincent de Beauvais (c. 1190–1264), [xix], [16], [18], [33–35], [39], [40], [59]
Vineis, P. de, [15]
Vircy, Jules Joseph (1775–1847), “Dictionnaire des sciences médicales,” [425]
Virgil. See [Vergil].
Virginia University, [467]
Virgula Divina or divining rod, at Amoretti, [401]
Visconti—Visconte—Pietro, author of the oldest known portolan, 1311, [63]
Vitalis, H., “De magnetica vulnerum curatione,” 1668, [554]
Vitruvius, G.—Marcus Vitruvius Pollio—believed to have flourished in the time of Julius Cæsar, [505], [510]
Vitry, Jacobus de, Cardinal Bishop of Ptolemais (d. betw. 1240 and 1244), [30], [56], [59]
Vivenzio, Le Chevalier G. (at Thillaye-Platel), “Teoria e practica della elletricita medica,” 1784, [274], [385]
Vogel, Johann Ludwig Andreas (1771–1840), “Die wunder des magnetismus”: Erfurt, 1818.
Vogt, Joannis, author of “Catalogus Historico-Criticus,” 1793, [xix]
Voigt, Johann Heinrich (1751–1823), “Magazin für das Neueste aus der Physik,” “Versuche ... magnetismus,” Iena, 1793; “Mag. für Naturkunde ...”
See Lichtenberg, [314], [316], [318], [327], [368], [380], [383], [452]
Volhard, Jacob, in “Le Moniteur Scientifique,” [262]
Volland—Voland—Mlle. (at Ledru Comus), [224]
Volpicelli, Paolo (1804–1879), “Intorno ... magnete,” “Sul cognito fenomeno ...,” [71], [353], [470]
Volt.... See [Nipher, Francis Eugène].
Volta, Alessandro (1745–1827). See “Raccolta Voltania”: Como, 1899, [217], [224], [245], [246–249], [261], [274], [276], [277], [278], [279], [284], [285], [288], [293], [295], [304], [320], [327], [331], [332], [337], [338], [339], [349], [350], [351], [361], [368], [389], [395], [416], [419], [424], [426], [443], [447], [461], [462], [470], [483], [487], [490], [491].
At p. 15, Vol. II. of Catalogue of the Wheeler Gift is mention of Volta’s well-known letter to Sir Joseph Banks, wherein he announces his discovery of the Voltaic pile, called by him Organe électrique artificiel.
Voltaic electricity, first suggestion as to its chemical origin, [329]
Voltaic pile, chemical theory of: Parrot, George Friedrich (1802, 1831, 1838), [367–368]
Voltaic pile, preparation of ammoniacal amalgam, [388]
Voltaire, F. M. Aronet de (1694–1778), “Essai sur les mœurs ...,” [56], [58–59], [61]
Von Vang, first emperor of the Tcheou dynasty, [3]
Vorsselmann de Heer, Pieter Otto Coenraad (1809–1841) (Algem. Konst-en-Letterb., 1836–1838, also Pogg. Ann., 1839, 1841).
Vossius, G., “De Scientiis Mathem ...,” [513]
Vossius, Isaac, Canon of Windsor, “De Motu Morium ...,” 1663.
Vuccher, Jean Jacques, “De Secretis ...,” 1596, [26], [553]

Wadding, Luc (1588–1657), “Annales Ord. Min ...,” “J. Duns Scoti Opera” in 12 Volumes: Lyons, 1639, [39], [41]
Wagenaar, Jan, “Histoire de la Hollande,” [534]
Wagner (at Zamboni), [420]
Waite, Arthur Edward, “Lives of Alchemystical Philosophers,” [32], [64], [65]
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Wa-Kan-san siü-tson-ye, the great Japanese encyclopædia, describes the compass, [153]
Wakeley, Andrew, “The mariners’ compass rectified,” [555]
Walchius (at Wilkins, John, and at Kratzenstein, C. G.), [119], [172]
Wales, William (1734–1798), English mathematician, [242], [457]
Walimer, father of Theodoric and King of the Goths, [29]
Walker, Adam (1730–1821), [359–360]
Walker and Mitchel (Astronomical Journal, Cambridge, Mass., 1848).
Walker, Charles Vincent (1811–1882), “Electrotype Manipulation,” “Manual of Electricity, Magnetism and Meteorology,” [379], [384], [495];
Walker, C. V., and Lardner, Dionysius.
Walker, E. (Phil. Mag., XLI. XLII. XLIII., London, 1813–1814).
Walker, Edward, “Terrestrial and Cosmical Magnetism”: Cambridge, 1866, [77], [107], [168], [268], [335]
Walker, Ezekiel (at Bennet, Rev. Abraham, and at Murray, John), [291], [429]
Walker, Ralph, “Treatise on Magnetism” and “Treatise on the magnet”: London, 1794 and 1798, [54], [77], [119], [137], [157], [191], [232], [249], [250], [546], [555]
Walker, Richard (1679–1764), Royal Society Transactions, [547]
Walker, S. C., “Researches ... meteors” (Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., 1843).
Walker, William, Captain, “The magnetism of ships”: London, 1853, [69], [292], [348]
Walker, William, senior (“Mem. of Dist. Men of Science”: London, 1862), [440]
Walker, William, junior, and Hunt, Robert, “Memoirs of distinguished men ...”: London, 1864.
Walkiers—Walckiers—de Saint-Amand. See [Amand].
Wall, Dr. William, [152], [193]
Waller, A. D. (Plant electricity), [260]
Waller, Richard, translator of Essays of the Accademio del Cimento, London, 1684, [143]
Wallerius, G. (at Ingen-housz), [257]
Wallis, John (1616–1703), [138], [141]
Walmsley, R. Mullineux. See [Urbanitzky].
Walsh, John (1725–1795), [149], [230], [239–240], [241], [258], [270], [290], [298], [319]
Waltenhofen, A. K. Elder von (Sitz. d. K. Akad. d. Wiss., Wien, 1863, 1869, 1870).
Walter and Girardi (Mem. Soc. Ital., III. 553), [298]
Walter, Louis H., [xi]
Walton and Cotton, “Complete Angler,” 1847, [37], [65], [109], [507]
Waltzemüller, Martinus Hylacomylus—Waldseemüller—“Cosmographiæ Introductio,” [535–536]
Ward, Henry (at Pasley, C. W.), [398]
Ward, John, “Lives of the Gresham Professors,” [143]
Ward, Samuel (1617–1689), “Magnetis reductorium ...,” “Wonders of the loadstone,” 1637 and 1639–1640, [554]
Ward, Thomas (1640–1704), [172]
Ware (at Thillaye-Platel), [386]
Wargentin, Pierre Guillaume (1717–1783), [139], [157], [168], [190], [308]
Waring, Edward John, “Bibliotheca Therapeutica,” [27]
Warltire, John, [227], [228]
Wartmann, Louis Elie François (1817–1886), author of many scientific works. The most notable ones on induction appeared at Geneva 1844, 1845, 1846–1850; “Mémoire sur les étoiles filantes”: Bruxelles, 1839, [207], [257]
Washington (D. C.) National Academy of Sciences, Memoir of, [321].
See [Smithsonian Institution].
Water decomposition, methods of and treatises on, [337]
Watkins, Fcis. (at Zamboni, G., and at Faraday, M.), [420], [484]
Watson, Sir William (1717–1787), [17], [159], [168], [175–177], [178], [186], [189], [196], [197], [198], [221], [227], [231], [251], [320], [385]
Watt, Alexander (1823–1892), “Electro-Metallurgy ...,” 1860; “Bibliotheca Britannica,” 4 Vols. 1824, [97], [238], [240]
Watt, Gregory (1777–1804), [339]
Watt, James (1736–1819), [126], [190], [208], [228], [297], [308], [339], [520]
Watt, Robert, “Bibliotheca Britannica” (1774–1819), [131], [134], [170], [255], [540]
Watts, Henry (1815–1884), “Dictionary of Chemistry,” “Dictionary of Arts ...,” [417], [449]
Weale, John, “Rudimentary series,” [366], [471]
Weaver, William D., [xi]
Webb, Jonathan, of Salem, Mass., [234]
Weber, Alfred, “History of Philosophy,” translated by Frank Thilly, [26], [41], [122], [504], [505]
Weber, Joseph (at Galvani, Aloysio), [285]
Weber, Wilhelm Eduard (1804–1891), [3], [263], [314], [422], [445], [489].
See [Gauss, Karl Friedrich] (1777–1855).
Webster (at Reinhold, J. C. L.), [327]
Webster, Dr. J. W., Professor at Harvard College, [417]
Webster, John (at Murray, John), [429]
Webster, Rev. W., translator of “Histoire de l’Arianisme,” [144]
Wedgwood, Aaron, [429].
He gives a brief notice of a writing telegraph in his “Book of Remembrance ...”: London, 1814.
Wedgwood, Ralph, [429–430], [439]
Wedgwood, Thomas, [429]
Weidler, Christian Gottlieb (at Erasmus, R.), [513]
Weidler, Johann Friedrich (1692–1755), [122], [130], [308], [505]
Weigel, Chr. Ehrenfried, “Grundriss ...,” 1777, [556]
Weigsenborn of Weimar (at Franklin, B.), [195]
Weiss, Charles Samuel (1780–1856), [431], [432]
Weiss, E., Electrometer, [431]
Weisse, John A., “Origin ... Engl. language and literature,” 1879, [42]
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