156 History of Special Sciences 



Translated from the first German edition 1886; second German edition, Stuttgart 

 1903. 



Todhunter, Isaac (1820-84): 



1865: History of the mathematical theory of probability from the time of Pascal 

 to that of Laplace (640 p., Cambridge). — Reprinted New Yoork 1931. 



Walker, Helen Mary: 



1929: Studies in the history of statistical method (237 p., Baltimore; Isis 13, 

 382-83). 



Wester gaard, Harald: 



1932: Contributions to the history of statistics (288 p., London), 



See the Critical Bibliographies of Isis, section 21. Statistics. 



ASTRONOMY 



Abetti, Giorgio ( 1882- ) : 



1946: Storia dell'astronomia (370 p., 32 pi., Florence; Isis 42, 72). 



Armitage, Angus ( 1902- ) : 



1950: A century of astronomy (272 p., London). 



Bailly, Jean Sylvain (1736-1793; Isis 11, 393-95): 



1775: Histoire de I'astronomie ancienne depuis son origine jusqu'a I'etabHssement 

 de I'ecole d'Alexandrie (549 p., Paris). — Second ed., 1781. 



1785: Histoire de I'astronomie moderne depuis la fondation de I'ecole d'Alexan- 

 drie jusqu'a 1732. New edition (3 vols., Paris). First ed. of vol. 1, 1782. — German 

 translation (2 vols., Leipzig 1796-97). 



1787: Traite de I'astronomie indienne et orientale (607 p., Paris). 



Berry, Arthur (1862-1929; Isis 28, 418-20): 



1898: A short history of astronomy (470 p., ill, London). — Often reprinted, 

 my copy is dated 1910. 



Bigourdan, Guillaume (1851-1932): 



1911: L'astronomie, evolution des idees et des methodes (406 p., 50 figs., Paris). 



Gierke, Agnes Mary (1842-1907): 



1885: Popular history of astronomy during the nineteenth century (Edinburg). — 

 Second ed. 1887 (518 p.); Srd ed. 1893; 4th ed. 1902, reprinted in 1908 (505 p.). 



Davidson, Martin: 



1948: The stars and the mind (220 p., London; Isis 40, 386). 



Delambre, Jean Baptiste Joseph (1749-1822): 



1817: Histoire de I'astronomie ancienne (2 vols., Paris). 



1819: Histoire de I'astronomie au Moyen age (774 p., Paris). 



1821: Histoire de I'astronomie moderne (2 vols., Paris). 



1827: Histoire de I'astronomie au dix-huitieme siecle (800 p., Paris). 



Doig, Peter ( 1882- ) : 



1950: Concise history of astronomy (326 p., London; Isis 42, 73). 



Doublet, Edouard Lucien ( 1855- ) : 



1922: Histoire de I'astronomie (580 p., Paris; Isis 5, 172). 



Dreyer, John Louis Emil (1852-1926): 



1906: History of the planetary systems from Thales to Kepler (442 p., Cam- 

 bridge University). 



Duhem, Pierre (1861-1916): 



1913-17: Le systeme du monde. Histoire des doctrines cosmologiques de Pla- 

 TON a CoPERNic (5 vols., Paris; Isis 2, 203-04; 3, 125; 26, 302-03). 



