The Net Advance of Physics:
History and Philosophy: Thomas Dick

• Thomas Dick [Dictionary of National Biography]
• Observing God: Thomas Dick, Evangelicalism, and Popular Science in Victorian Britain and America by William J. Astore [Aldershot, England: Ashgate, 2001]
• Reason, revelation and reform: Thomas Dick of Methven and the "Improvement of Society by the Diffusion of Knowledge" by J. V. Smith [History of Education 12, 255 (1983)]

• WORKS:
  • The Philosophy of Religion, or an Illustration of the Moral Laws of the Universe by Rev. Thomas Dick [Brookfield, Mass.: Merriams, 1830]
  • The Christian Philosopher, or, The Connection of Science and Philosophy with Religion by Rev. Thomas Dick [Hartford: Robinson, 1833]
  • On the Improvement of Society by the Diffusion of Knowledge by Rev. Thomas Dick [Philadelphia: Biddle, 1833]
  • The Philosophy of a Future State by Rev. Thomas Dick [Philadelphia: Biddle, 1836]
  • On the Mental Illumination and Moral Improvement of Mankind, or, An Inquiry into the Means by Which a General Diffusion of Knowledge and Moral Principle may be Promoted by Rev. Thomas Dick [Philadelphia: Key and Biddle, 1836]
  • Celestial Scenery; or, The Wonders of the Planetary System Displayed, Illustrating the Perfections of Deity and a Plurality of Worlds by Rev. Thomas Dick [New York: Harpers, 1838]
  • The Sidereal Heaven and Other Subjects Connected with Astronomy, as Illustrative of the Character of the Deity, and of an Infinity of Worlds by Rev. Thomas Dick [New York: Harpers, 1844]
  • The Practical Astronomer by Rev. Thomas Dick [London: Seeley, Burnside and Seeley, 1845]
  • The Atmosphere and Atmospherical Phenomena by Rev. Thomas Dick [London: Religious Tract Society, 1848]
  • The Telescope and Microscope by Rev. Thomas Dick [New York: Lane & Scott, 1852]
  • The Solar System; with Moral and Religious Reflections in Reference to The Wonders therein Displayed by Rev. Thomas Dick [Philadelphia: Biddles, 1854]

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