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List of plates List of illustrations in the text Alex Wood - a memoir Charles E. Raven Preface Acknowledgements 1. Early years, 1733-92 2. Medical study in London and Edinburgh, 1792-4 3. Medical study in Gottingen and Cambridge, 1795-9 4. Physician and medical author 5. The human eye 6. Professor at the Royal Institution 7. The wave theory of light is founded 8. Theory of light 9. The Rosetta Stone 10. Rival claims of Young and Champollion 11. The Encyclopaedia Britannica (1917-25) 12. Herculaneum and languages 13. Standards of length, Young and the Admiralty, life assurance 14. Nautical almanac and board of longitude 15. Events in later life Appendix Index of names Index of subjects.
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