History of the inductive sciences, from the earliest to the present time
CHAPTER I.--PRELUDE TO THE EPOCH OF GALILEO.
_Sect._ 1. Prelude to the Science of Statics. 312 _Sect._ 2. Revival of the Scientific Idea of Pressure. --Stevinus.--Equilibrium of Oblique Forces. 316 _Sect._ 3. Prelude to the Science of Dynamics.--Attempts at the First Law of Motion. 319 {18}