HISTORY 



OF THE 



INDUCTIVE SCIENCES, 



FROM THE 

 EARLIEST TO THE PRESENT TIME. 



BY WILLIAM WHEWELL, D, D., 



MASTER OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. 



A NEW EDITION, REVISED AND CONTINUED. 

 IN THREE VOLUMES. 



An/iTraSta exovrts 8ta8<o(rov(nv aXArjXoty. 



VOLUME THE FIRST. 



LONDON: 

 JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND. 



M.DCCC.XLVII. 



