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Lectures on popular and scientific subjects
James Sinclair, 14th earl of Caithness
The Earl of Caithness took the platform to explain the wonders of his age: coal and coal-mines, science applied to art, and the march of communication. His lectures make thrift, industry, and invention lively for a general audience. A Victorian enthusiast sharing the marvels of progress. Sit in on an evening of popular science.
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19 chapters
- 1LECTURES ON POPULAR AND SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS
- 2DELIVERED AT VARIOUS TIMES AND PLACES. Second Enlarged Edition.
- 3CONTENTS.
- 4LECTURES ON POPULAR AND SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS.
- 5COAL AND COAL-MINES.
- 6SCIENCE APPLIED TO ART.
- 7FOOTNOTES:
- 8A PENNY'S WORTH;
- 9OR,
- 10"TAKE CARE OF THE PENCE, AND THE POUNDS WILL TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES."
- 11PAST AND PRESENT MEANS OF COMMUNICATION.
- 12THE STEAM-ENGINE.
- 13ON ATTRACTION.[B]
- 14FOOTNOTES:
- 15THE OIL FROM LINSEED.
- 16THE OIL FROM LINSEED.
- 17HODGE-PODGE: OR, WHAT'S INTILT.
- 18FOOTNOTES:
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