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Eisler, Robert (1882-1949): 



1946: The royal art of astrology (296 p., 16 pi, 48 ill., London; Isis 40, 79-81), 



Grant, Robert (1814-92): 



1852: History of physical astronomy (657 p., London). 



Houzeau, Jean Charles (1820-88); Lancaster, Albert (1849-1908): 



1882-89: Bibhographie generale de I'astronomie (2 vols, in 3, Bruxelles). 



Humbert, Pierre ( 1891- ) : 



1948: Histoire des decouvertes astronomiques (273 p., Paris). 



Makemson, Maud Worcester ( 1891- ) : 



1941: The morning star rises. An account of Polynesian astronomy (313 p., 5 

 fig.. New Haven, Yale; Isis 34, 71 ). 



Mitchell, Samuel Alfred ( 1874- ) : 



1935: Eclipses of the sun i4th ed., 530 p., ill.. New York; Isis 25, 496-504).— 

 First ed. 1923, Srd ed. 1932. 



Sageret, Jules ( 1861- ) : 



1913: Le systeme du monde des Chaldeens a Neviton (280 p., ill., Paris). 

 1931: Le systeme du monde de Pythagore a Eddington (346 p., Paris). 



Shapley, Harlow; Howarth, Helen E.: 



1929: Source book in astronomy (428 p., ill. New York, Isis 13, 130-34). 



Waterfield, Reginald L.: 



1938: A hundred years of astronomy (526 p., London; Isis 31, 109-12). 



Whitrow, G. J.: 



1949: Structure of the universe. Introduction to cosmology (172 p., London). 



Wolf, Rudolf (1816-1893): 



1877: Geschichte der Astronomie (832 p., 36 ill., Munich). 



Zinner, Ernst ( 1886- ) : 



1925: Verzeichnis der astronomischen Handschriften des deutschen Kulturge- 

 bietes (foUo, 544 p., lithographed, Munchen; Isis 8, 801; 15, 193-95). 



1931: Die Geschichte der Sternkunde (684 p., Berlin; Isis 16, 161-67). 



1941: Geschichte und Bibhographie der astronomischen Literatur in Deutschland 

 zur Zeit der Renaissance (456 p., Leipzig; Isis 36, 261-66). 



1943: Entstehung und Ausbreitung der Coppernicanischen Lehre ( Sitzungsber. 

 der Physik.-mediz. Societat zu Erlangen, 606 p., Erlangen; Isis 35, 61; 36, 261-66). 



See the Critical Bibliographies of Isis, section 23. Astronomy. 



PRYSICS 



Books on the history of physics in general, and on special topics except those 

 included in the following subsections entitled Mechanics, Heat and Thermodynamics, 

 Optics, Electricity and Magnetism. Various books dealing with the history or 

 philosophy of physical theories concern not only physics, but the physical sciences, 

 and are Hsted in the sections on the Philosophy of Science, or on the History of 

 Science. 



Auerbach, Felix ( 1856-1933 ) : 



1910: Geschichtstafeln der Physik (150 p., Leipzig). 



1923: Entwicklungsgeschichte der modernen Physik (352 p., Berlin; Isis 6, 

 444-47). 



Buckley, H.: 



1927: Short history of physics (275 p., London). 



