Library of 19^th Century Science:
The Golden Age of Geology



HISTORY OF THE

INDUCTIVE SCIENCES ,

FROM

THE EARLIEST TO THE PRESENT TIME.




BY

WILLIAM WHEWELL, D. D.,

Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.


THE THIRD  EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOLUME I.

NEW YORK:
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY


1858

This electronic edition prepared by Dr. David C. Bossard
from original documents in the library holdings of Dartmouth College.

February, 2006.

Copyright © 2006 by Dr. David C. Bossard.  All rights reserved.