THE

CABINET CYCLOPÆDIA.

THE

CABINET CYCLOPÆDIA.

CONDUCTED BY THE

REV. DIONYSIUS LARDNER, LL. D. F.R.S. L. & E.
M.R.I.A. F.R.A.S. F.L.S. F.Z.S. Hon. F.C.P.S. &c. &c.

ASSISTED BY

EMINENT LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEN.

Natural Philosophp.

AN

HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE PROGRESS

OF

THE PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL

SCIENCES,

FROM THE EARLIEST AGES TO THE PRESENT TIMES.

BY

THE REV. BADEN POWELL, M.A. F.R.S.

SAVILIAN PROFESSOR OF GEOMETRY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMAN,

PATERNOSTER-ROW;

AND JOHN TAYLOR,

STOR LIBRA

UPPER GOWER STREET.

EW-YORK.

1896. NEW YORK

PUBLIC