Curiosities of Science, Past and Present

479 chapters

1. 1CURIOSITIES OF SCIENCE, Past and Present. A BOOK FOR OLD AND YOUNG.
2. 2CONTENTS.
3. 3The Frontispiece.
4. 4THE GREAT ROSSE TELESCOPE.
5. 5The Vignette.
6. 6SIR HUMPHRY DAVY’S OWN MODEL OF HIS SAFETY-LAMP.
7. 7CURIOSITIES OF SCIENCE. Introductory.
8. 8SCIENCE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.
9. 9SCIENCE AT OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE.
10. 10PLATO’S SURVEY OF THE SCIENCES.
11. 11FOLLY OF ATHEISM.
12. 12THE ART OF OBSERVATION.
13. 13MUTUAL RELATIONS OF PHENOMENA.
14. 14PRACTICAL RESULTS OF THEORETICAL SCIENCE.
15. 15PERPETUITY OF IMPROVEMENT.
16. 16THE EARLIEST ENGLISH SCIENTIFIC TREATISE.
17. 17PHILOSOPHERS’ FALSE ESTIMATES OF THEIR OWN LABOURS.
18. 18RELICS OF GENIUS.

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