Science byways: a series of familiar dissertations on life in other worlds; comets and the sun; the North pole; rain; danger from lightning; growth and decay of mind; the brain and mental feats; automata; &c. /
To which is appended an essay entitled Money for science. By Richard A. Proctor ... With a photographic portrait of the author.
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Smith, Elder, & Co.,
1875.
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| Notes: | Physical description: xv p., 1 leaf, 422 p. : ill. port. ; 20 cm. |
Table of Contents:
Life, past and future, in other worlds.
The planets put in Leverrier's balance.
Comets' tails.
Three orders of comets.
The sun a bubble.
The sun's surroundings and future eclipses.
The weather and the sun.
Finding the way at sea.
Journeys towards the North pole.
Rain.
Danger from lighting.
Growth and decay of mind.
Have we two brains?
On some strange mental feats.
Automatic chess and card playing.
Money for science.
Life, past and future, in other worlds.
The planets put in Leverrier's balance.
Comets' tails.
Three orders of comets.
The sun a bubble.
The sun's surroundings and future eclipses.
The weather and the sun.
Finding the way at sea.
Journeys towards the North pole.
Rain.
Danger from lighting.
Growth and decay of mind.
Have we two brains?
On some strange mental feats.
Automatic chess and card playing.
Money for science.