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This text examines the transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern era, highlighting how the fall of Constantinople and the invention of the printing press catalyzed a revival of classical learning. It traces the shift toward scientific inquiry through the rise of pure mathematics and astronomy, detailing the intellectual struggle against established scholastic and ecclesiastical authority.

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Applied Mathematics

Key. New Edition. $2.25.

Class-Book of Arithmetic. $1.00.

Book of Arithmetic. With Answers. 18mo. 40 cents.

Papers in Arithmetic. With Answers. 60 cents.

Metric System of Arithmetic. 18mo. Paper. 8 cents.

THOMAS: Enunciations in Arithmetic, Algebra, Euclid, and Trigonometry, with a Few Examples and Notes. By P. A. Thomas, B.A., Assistant Master in Sedbergh School. Globe 8vo. 60 cents.

ASTRONOMY.

AIRY: Works by Sir G. B. Airy, K.C.B., formerly Astronomer-Royal.

Astronomy. With Illustrations. New Edition. 18mo. $1.10.

. An Elementary Explanation of the Principal Perturbations in the Solar System. New Edition. 12mo. $1.90.

CHAMBERS: A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy. By George F. Chambers, F.R.A.S.

Vol. I. The Sun, Planets, and Comets. 8vo. $5.25.

Vol. II. Instruments and Practical Astronomy. 8vo. $5.25.

Vol. III. The Starry Heavens. (Completing the work.) 8vo. $3.50.

Astronomy. By G. F. Chambers. With Numerous Illustrations. $1.25.

CHEYNE: An Elementary Treatise on the Planetary Theory. By the late C. H. H. Cheyne, M.A. Third Edition. Edited by Rev. A. Freeman, M.A. 12mo. $1.75.

CLARK and SADLER: The Star Guide. A List of the most remarkable Celestial Objects visible with small Telescopes, with their Positions for every Tenth Day in the Year, and other Astronomical Information. By Latimer Clark, F.R.A.S., and Herbert Sadler, F.R.A.S. Royal 8vo. $2.50.

CLERKE: A Popular History of Astronomy during the Nineteenth century. By Agnes M. Clerke. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 8vo. $4.00.

CROSSLEY, GLEDHILL, and WILSON: A Handbook of Double Stars. For the Use of Amateurs. By Edward Crossley, Joseph Gledhill, and James M. Wilson, F.R.A.S. With Illustrations. 8vo. $6.00.

to the Handbook of Double Stars. 8vo. 30 cents.

DURHAM: Astronomy–-Sun, Moon, Stars, etc. By William Durham, F.R.S.E. 12mo. 50 cents.

FORBES: The Transit of Venus. By George Forbes, B.A. With Illustrations. 12mo. $1.00.

GODFRAY: Works by Hugh Godfray, M.A.

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