The Net Advance of Physics
RETRO

Being a Compendium of Materials Pertinent to Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy in the Long Nineteenth Century
(1750 - 1925)

for the use of students, historians, revivalists, steampunks, and all interested enquirers

Net Advance RETRO is a part of The Net Advance of Physics. Computer support for Net Advance is furnished by The Massachusetts Institute of Technology ("Boston Tech")

VIDEO OF THE MONTH (2014 July):
Philip Freneau's Battle of Stonington, performed by Tom Callinan.
Freneau, poet of the American Revolution and (in this case) the War of 1812, also wrote the comic science-fiction poem The Progress of Balloons, which would make an excellent song.

EDITOR'S BLOG
New entry most Mondays. See also list of all entries since 2012 Oct. 15.

2014 July 21: Tom 'n' Jim 'n' Huck 'n' the Philosophy of Science
From Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain [1893].

Norman Hugh Redington
E-Mail: redingtn at mit full-stop edu

In memory of Professor John D. Runkle, second president of MIT and outspoken advocate of the "Mens et Manus" philosophy.