Cross-linguistic term history across scientific and medical texts.
Search historical terms across languages and centuries, then read each result in its original passage and edition.
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Pseudodoxia EpidemicaThomas Browne · 1646
Polyanthea MedicinalJoão Curvo Semedo · 1741
Les Époques de la NatureBuffon · 1778
Lehrbuch der NaturphilosophieLorenz Oken · 1809
Relation historique du voyage, Tome IIIAlexander von Humboldt · 1825
CosmosAlexander von Humboldt · 1845
On the Connexion of the Physical SciencesMary Somerville · 1858
On the Origin of SpeciesCharles Darwin · 1859
First PrinciplesHerbert Spencer · 1862