Dictionary of Physics or an Attempt at an Explanation of the Most Important Concepts and Technical Terms of Natural Philosophy
Physikalisches Wörterbuch oder Versuch einer Erklärung der vornehmsten Begriffe und Kunstwörter der Naturlehre : mit kurzen Nachrichten von der Geschichte der Erfindungen und Beschreibungen der Werkzeuge begleitet in alphabetischer Ordnung. 1, Von A bis Epo : mit sieben Kupfertafeln
Gehler, Johann Samuel Traugott
German
1787
894 pages
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Johann Samuel Traugott Gehler's 'Physikalisches Wörterbuch' (Dictionary of Physics) was a major German reference work published in multiple volumes starting in 1787. Extensive searches across major library catalogs and academic databases have yielded no evidence of an English translation of this work. While the work is frequently cited in historical academic literature (often in the context of 18th/19th-century science), it remains untranslated into English.
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encyclopedismnatural-philosophyastronomychemistrymathematics
Johann Samuel Traugott Gehler’s 1787 dictionary captures the precise moment when natural philosophy transformed from abstract speculation into modern experimental science. Readers will track the birth of balloon flight, the refinement of telescopic vision, and the frantic attempts to map the invisible forces of terrestrial magnetism.
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