Some new methods for the measurement of thermal conductivity: T. Barratt and R. M. Winter. (Phil. Mag., Feb., 1925.)
✍ Scribed by G.F.S.
- Book ID
- 104126091
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1925
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 62 KB
- Volume
- 199
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-0032
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✦ Synopsis
- Latin and European vernaculars, corresponding to Western Christendom, 373; (3) Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, Persian, corresponding to Israel and Islam, 324; (4) Sanskrit, Tibetan, Chinese, and Japanese, corresponding to India, Central Asia and the Far East, I89.
"A curve presents the numbers of scientists in the East and West, respectively, from 90o ~.c. to I3oo A.D. From the initial date to 60o inc. the West was in the lead; thence to 650 A.D. the West became the more productive, but for the next 5o0 years the hegemony of science returned to the Eastern World. After II5O A.D. the Fast increased only a little its output of scientific men, while the West showed vastly greater activity. A second diagram setting forth the distribution through the centuries, according to the four groups above mentioned, leads to this reflection." " Greek influence was paramount down to the sixth century; then, for one century, the Hindu and Chinese; and from the eighth to the eleventh century, and to an astonishing extent, the Muslim. This makes it clear why knowledge of Arabic is as essential for understanding mediaeval thought as knowledge of Latin and Greek. Indeed, it is indispensable for a deeper study of the eighth to eleventh centuries. After the eleventh century, Western Christendom has been the main leader."