JF Ptak Science Books: Timelines in the History of Science from Thomas Young, 1807

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Timelines in the History of Science from Thomas Young, 1807

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I've always liked these timelines as they graphically display the lifespans of scientists/mathematicians/etc against one another, making it a little easier to see a selected period and who was active within it.

The work is by Thomas Young (1773-1829), a polymath remembered mostly for his work in optics and his very early translations of Egyptian hieroglyphics, and is found in his classic book A course of lectures on natural philosophy and the mechanical arts, published 1807.

Full text: https://archive.org/details/lecturescourseof02younrich