books by American Philosophical Society     books:       Cavendish (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society) (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society) Christa Jungnickel, Russell McCormmach American Philosophical Society, 1996             The Physiologia of Jean Fernel: 1567 (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society)1 review Jean Fernel American Philosophical Society, 2003 Translated and annotated for contemporary readers Translated and annotated for contemporary readers by John M. Forrester, The Physiologia Of Jean Fernel (1567) pre-sents a classic work from the history of medicine in both its original Latin and a full English translation. An notedly important, groundbreaking study, The Physiologia Of Jean Fernel (1567) deserves to be recognized for its historical value, and also as an invaulable text which ...             The Harmony of the World (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society) (Memoirs of the American ...2 reviews Johannes Kepler, E. J. Aiton, ... American Philosophical Society, 1997 Kepler vs. Aristotle This book is a thorough going treatment of the subject of Harmony. It contradicts Aristotle, who held science back for centuries because of his witting fraud upon the discoveries of Pythagoras, Thales, et al. Aristotle misrepresented the ideas concerning Music, Harmonics, Geometry as well as Astronomy, which Plato described in the Epinomis to be the fount of all knowledge. In this volume, Kepler ...             Trukese-English Dictionary: Pwpwuken Tettenin Foos, Chuuk-Ingenes (Memoirs of the American Philosophical ... Ward H. Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita American Philosophical Society, 1980 Three closely related languages are spoken in Truk State, Federated States of Micronesia: Trukese, Mortlockese, & Puluwatese. Trukese has by far the largest number of of speakers in the Truk state. Building on the dictionary by Samuel H. Elbert, published in 1947, this dictionary representes the Trukese language as it is spoken in the lagoon islands of Truk. It also includes an introduction which covers: the languages of Truk; the alphabet; the ...             From Latin to Spanish: Historical Phonology and Morphology of the Spanish Language (Memoirs of the American ... Paul, M. Lloyd American Philosophical Society, 1987 Paul Lloyd presents an historical grammar of Spanish that includes twentieth-century research on Romance and Spanish languages. He offers a synthesis of the research that has illuminaated much of the phonetic and morphological development of Spanish.             James Bowdoin: And The Patriot Philosophers (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society) (Memoirs of the ...1 review Frank Edward Manuel, Fritzie P. Manuel American Philosophical Society, 2003 Superbly presents a realistic picture of the society A welcome and unique addition to American History reference and resource shelves, James Bowdoin and the Patriot Philosophers by Frank and Fritzie Manuel is a close examination of the early years of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, as well as offering the life story of James Bowdoin II, the Academy's first president. Drawn from the unpublished records of the AAAS, the personal papers of ...             Gears from the Greeks: The Antikythera Mechanism, a Calendar Computer from Ca 80 B.c. (Transactions of the ...2 reviews Derek De Solla Price American Philosophical Society, 1974 Guide to Gears from the Greeks If you want to study the Antikythera Mechanism, this is where to start. It is helpful if you have a background in mechanics and in astronomy. The work is 70 pages, and should be read methodically. There are a few irregularities here and there, but they do not detract from the total work. You will then appreciate this exceptional and perceptive work. To get you started: General background: ...             The Maecenas And The Madrigalist: Patrons, Patronage, And The Origins Of The Italian Madrigal (Memoirs of the ...1 review Anthony M. Cummings American Philosophical Society, 2004 An in-depth, scholarly history of the madrigal The Maecenas And The Madrigalist: Patrons, Patronage, And The Origins Of The Italian Madrigal is an in-depth, scholarly history of the madrigal, a secular musical genre originating in early sixteenth-century Florence. Connecting the musical heritage of informal Florentine institutions and the aspects of patronage to the evolution of the madrigal, The Maecenas And The Madrigalist closely examines ...             Greek Horoscopes (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society) (Memoirs of the American Philosophical ... O. Neugebauer, H. B. Van Hoesen American Philosophical Society, 1987 What we know about Greek astronomy is dominated by Ptolemy s Almagest (written c. 140 A.D.) & closely related works like Theon s Handy Tables (end of 4th C.) but we have only very little info. about the practice of computing the positions of sun, moon, & planets during any period of antiquity. Now, the Greek horoscopes are available for study as a group which could be expected to reflect the current techniques of Greek astronomy. About 60 ...             Armenian Merchants of the Seventeenth and Early Eighteenth Centuries: English East India Company Sources ... American Philosophical Society, 1999             Tintype in America, 1856-1880 (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society)1 review Janice G. Schimmelman American Philosophical Society, 2007 A must for collectors and photography enthusiasts First, disclosure: the author of this book is a friend and colleague, so my review is not altogether impartial. However, thanks to my acquaintance with Dr. Schimmelman, I can tell you with certainty that this book is the product of decades of collecting and scholarship, and that it fills an important need for collectors and photo-historians. Before the publication of The Tintype in America, there ...             Schmick's Mahican Dictionary (Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society) (Memoirs of the American ...1 review American Philosophical Society, 1992 A Labor of Love This fine volume includes 1.)a host of background material about the Mahicans, their language, and the 18th century German missionaries who helped preserve it; 2.)a section for professional linguists, devoted to interesting dialectal features of Mahican, and delineating ways in which it diverged from other branches of Algonquian; and 3.)the actual dictionary, which offers three-way translations ...             Papacy and the Levant, (1204-1571) vol.2 Kenneth M. Setton American Philosophical Society, 1978 The second of 4 vols. which trace the history of the later Crusades & papal relations with the Levant from the accession of Innocent III (in 1198) to the reign of Pius V & the battle of Lepanto (1566-71). Contents: Venice & the Latin Failure to Halt the Ottoman Advance in Greece; Martin V & Eugenius IV, Constance & Ferrara-Florence, Opposition to Murad II; The Crusade of Varna & Its Aftermath; The Siege & Fall of Constantinople (1453) & Perils & ...              search for books 1204-1571, 1856-1880, american, antikythera, armenian, calendar, cavendish, centuries, chuuk-ingenes, computer, dictionary, eighteenth, historical, horoscopes, language, madrigalist, maecenas, mechanism, merchants, morphology, patronage, philosophers, philosophical, phonology, physiologia, pwpwuken, seventeenth, tettenin, transactions, trukese-english books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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