Empirical Spirit

28 books

Man's Place in Nature cover
Rating 4.2
Man's Place in Nature 托马斯·亨利·赫胥黎 / 李思文 Shaanxi Normal University Press · 2022 This book is a collection of popular science lectures by the British biologist Thomas Henry Huxley. Drawing on comparative anatomy, embryology, paleon…
Coca and its Therapeutic Application, Third Edition cover
Rating 2.9
Coca and its Therapeutic Application, Third Edition Mariani, Angelo, 1838-1914 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
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Rating 3.4
Discourse on the Lodestone Castelli, Benedetto, 1578?-1643 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
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Rating 3.0
Gunshot Roentgenograms Ford, Clyde S. (Clyde Sinclair), 1867- Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
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Rating 3.0
Experiments and Observations Tending to Illustrate the Nature and Properties of Watson, William, Sir, 1715-1787 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
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Rating 4.4
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses Withering, William, 1741-1799 Project Gutenberg · 2023 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Experiments upon Magnesia Alba, Quicklime, and Some Other Alcaline Substances cover
Rating 4.3
Experiments upon Magnesia Alba, Quicklime, and Some Other Alcaline Substances Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
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Rating 3.8
Experiments on the Particular Motion of the Muscles in the Frog Swammerdam, Jan, 1637-1680 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
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Rating 4.0
New Observations on the Natural History of Bees Francis Huber · 2015 Interesting observations and an eye-opener to the experimental methods used in the 1700s. Much early information on the use of "leaf" hives. This book…
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Rating 3.0
A Manual of Ginseng 陆烜 · 2024 In the past, the master Yuyang wanted to compile a Register of Ginseng, gathering notes from many sources scattered through Chicibei Outan, Juyi Lu, X…
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Rating 3.5
Brief Notes from the Woodcutter's Fragrance 何琇 · 2024 Traditional Chinese thought has a long history and is highly original, inventive and literary. Early forms of thought have striking characteristics: r…
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Rating 4.5
Introduction to Historical Methods Fu Sinian Shidai Literature Publishing House · 2023 This book collects Mr. Fu Sinian's academic writings on historical research, expounding his historiographical thought and scholarly method in three ar…
Records of Personal Trials with Chinese Herbal Medicines cover
Rating 4.3
Records of Personal Trials with Chinese Herbal Medicines 张锡纯 China Press of Traditional Chinese Medicine · 2020 This book is Part Four of Zhang Xichun's Records of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine in Combination, namely the "Materia Medica" section. Reco…
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Rating 2.9
Xu Xiake Wang Jinfeng International Culture Publishing Corporation · 2020 Xu Xiake (1587–1641): a geographer of the Ming dynasty. His given name was Hongzu, his courtesy name Zhenzhi, and his style name Xiake. He was a nativ…
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Rating 4.0
On Auspicious Omens Wang Chong Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 Confucian scholars say that the phoenix and the qilin come for the sage king, believing the phoenix and qilin to be benevolent and sage birds and beas…
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Rating 4.2
Chapter Refuting the Year Wang Chong Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) · 2024 Ordinary people have fearful minds and are fond of believing in taboos; even the knowledgeable harbor doubts and cannot settle the matter with facts. …
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Rating 4.9
Brush Talks from Dream Brook Shen Kuo Qunyan Publishing House · 2024 Dream Pool Essays (Mengxi Bitan) was written by Shen Kuo (1031–1095), a Northern Song scientist and statesman. It is a comprehensive collection of not…
A Comparative View of the Mortality of the Human Species, at All Ages cover
Rating 2.5
A Comparative View of the Mortality of the Human Species, at All Ages Black, William, 1749-1829 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
On Molecular and Microscopic Science, Volume 1 cover
Rating 4.1
On Molecular and Microscopic Science, Volume 1 Somerville, Mary, 1780-1872 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …
Man's Place in Nature, and Other Essays cover
Rating 4.0
Man's Place in Nature, and Other Essays Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895 Project Gutenberg · 2019 Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and …