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On Molecular and Microscopic Science, Volume 1 (of 2)
Mary Somerville
Mary Somerville, the self-taught woman who tutored a nation in science, turns to the smallest things: atoms, molecules, and the forces that bind matter together. This first volume lays out the elementary constitution of the physical world in her famously lucid prose. Big ideas made clear. Explore the invisible architecture of matter with a legendary mind.
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25 chapters
- 1ON MOLECULAR and MICROSCOPIC SCIENCE VOLUME THE FIRST
- 2PREFACE.
- 3CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
- 4ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE FIRST VOLUME.
- 5Errata.
- 6PART I. ATOMS AND MOLECULES OF MATTER.
- 7SECTION I. ELEMENTARY CONSTITUTION OF MATTER.
- 8SECTION II. ON FORCE, AND THE RELATIONS BETWEEN FORCE AND MATTER.
- 9SECTION III. ATOMIC THEORY, ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF MATTER, UTILITY OF WASTE SUBSTANCES—COAL-TAR COLOURS, ETC.
- 10SECTION IV. THE SOLAR SPECTRUM, SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, SPECTRA OF GASES AND VOLATILIZED MATTER, INVERSION OF COLOURED LINES, CONSTITUTION OF SUN AND STARS.
- 11PART II. VEGETABLE ORGANISMS.
- 12SECTION I. MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURE OF THE VEGETABLE WORLD.
- 13SECTION II. ALGÆ.
- 14SECTION III. FUNGI.
- 15SECTION IV. LICHENS.
- 16SECTION V. CHARACEÆ.
- 17SECTION VI. HEPATICÆ, OR LIVERWORTS.
- 18SECTION VII. MUSCI, OR MOSSES.
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