RT Book T1 Solomon's child: method in the early Royal Society of London T2 Writing science A1 Lynch, William 1965- LA English PP Stanford, Calif. PB Stanford Univ. Press YR 2001 ED Orig. print. UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/330803255 AB Machine generated contents note: Varieties of Things: Objects of Knowledge and Baconian -- Method in the Early Royal Society of London -- Text, Skill, and Experience in John Evelyn's Sylva -- Similitudes and Congruities: The Mechanical Philosophy, -- Practical Mechanics, and Baconian Analogy in Hooke's -- Micrographia -- 4 A Language of Things: John Wilkins' Philosophical -- Language and Operative Forms -- 5 Disarming Words for a Land of Experimental Knowledge: -- Sprat's History of the Royal Society -- 6 Preserving the Subject in Peace and Plenty: John Graunt's -- Natural and Political Observations upon the Bills of -- Mortality -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index NO Includes bibliographical references (p. [251] - 286) and index CN Q174.8 SN 0804732914 K1 Bacon, Francis : 1561-1626 K1 Bacon, Francis K1 Royal Society (Great Britain) K1 Royal Society Great Britain K1 Science : Great Britain : History : 17th century K1 Science : Methodology : History : 17th century K1 Science : Great Britain : Methodology : History : 17th century K1 Great Britain : Intellectual life : 17th century