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History of Science Society, Smithsonian Institute, 1972. Periodical. Includes (218) Shimao, Reception of Lavoisier's Chemistry in Japan; Gale, Darwin & the Concept of a Struggle for Existence. A Study in the Extrascientific Origins of Scientific Ideas; Miller, Myth of Gauss's Experiment on Euclidean Nature of Physical Space; Kohler, Origin of Lavoisier's First Experiments on Combustion; Multhauf, A Premature Science Advisor. Jacob A. Weber, 1737-1792; Lam Lay Yong, 'Jih yung suan fa': An Elementary Arithmetic Textbook of the 13th Century; (219) Thackray & Merton, On Discipline Building: The Paradoxes of George Sarton; Unguru, Witelo & 13th-Century Mathematics: An Assessment of his Contributions; Cowan, Francis Galton's Statistical Ideas: The Influence of Eugenics; Guralnick, Geology & Religion before Darwin: The Case of Edward Hitchcock, Theologian & Geologist, 1793-1864; Palter, Early Measurements of Magnetic Force; brief index to vol. 63. Three parts paged consecutively, illus.; plus 97th Critical Bibliography & index, 233 p.; 25.5 cm.; printed paper wraps, as issued; VG. Individual parts may be had for $7.50. 33202, three parts.