William Whewell: drafts of and notes for History of the inductive sciences and Philosophy of the inductive sciences

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
4a Draft, review of History of the inductive sciences Item [1837?]
5-8 Notes, fragments, and portions of drafts related to History of the inductive sciences Item 1829, [c 1835?]
10 Drafts of sections of [Philosophy of the inductive sciences?] Item 1839
11 Draft, "Note to Chapter I, Book XI, The Development of Fundamental Ideas" Item [c 1845?]
12 Draft, "The Idea of Chemical Affinity" Item [c 1845?]
17-18a Notes and drafts concerning J. S. Mill's System of logic Item [1849?]
2 Draft, "The diffusion of the Copernican System" Item [c 1835?]
3 Notes on Francis Bacon Item [c 1835?]
4 Miscellaneous notes, with draft of additions to the second edition of History of Inductive Sciences Item [c 1835-1847]
13 Draft, "Book XV. Of the Methods of Induction" Item 11 Sept. 1838
16 Draft, "(Conjectural) View of Systems of Philosophy" Item [c 1835?]
20 Draft, "Chap 5. Attempts at more extensive applications of the Idea of Affinity" Item [c 1835?]
1 Folder titled "VII (includes parts of B and C) References and extracts for Philosophical History of Astronomy" Item [c 1835?]
9 Draft, with first heading "That real science is progressive" Item [c 1835?]
14 Draft, "Chapter III. Of Ideas and Conceptions. Item [c 1835?]
22 Fragment of outline of chapter on Bacon Item [c 1838?]
15 Draft, "Chapter 9 Of the Identity or Difference of Ideas and Things" Item [c 1835?]
19 Draft, identified by Isaac Todhunter as "Chap. 8. Collateral Influence of Mechanical Discovery upon Thought and Language" Item [c 1835?]
21 Draft of a lecture before the Royal Institute, "On the use of hypotheses" Item Jan. 1840