Scientific Culture, and Other Essays: Second Edition; with AdditionsCooke, Josiah P., Jr. (Josiah Parsons)
Science
Scientific Culture, and Other Essays: Second Edition; with Additions
Cooke, Josiah P., Jr. (Josiah Parsons)
Science
"This admirable work does credit to, or should we say is worthy of,
the author, the translators, and the editor. The first part treats
on the artificial sources of high degrees of heat and light; the
second on Spectrum Analysis in its application to the heavenly
bodies. We must approve the method followed in the translation and
by the editor. In many translations the views of the author are
suppressed, in order that the views of the translator or editor may
be expounded; but here Dr. Huggins, however leniently such a fault
might have been looked upon with him, has permitted the author's
views to remain intact, clearly stating his own and wherein lies
the difference."--_The Chemical News._
"Certainly, as regards mere knowledge, the 'Spectrum Analysis' has
let us into many secrets of the physical universe which Newton and
Laplace would have declared impossible for man's intellect to
attain. The science is still in its infancy, but it is prosecuted
by some of the ablest, most patient, and most enthusiastic
observers, and some of the keenest thinkers, at present existing
on our little, insignificant physical globe."--_Boston Globe._
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"The study of spectrum analysis is one fraught with a peculiar
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the last page is reached."--_New York Evening Express._
Origin of the Stars, and the Causes of their Motions and their Light.
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Astronomy and Geology Compared. By Lord ORMATHWAITE. 18mo. Tinted
paper. Cloth, $1.00.
The Expanse of Heaven. A Series of Essays on the Wonders of the
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"'The Expanse of Heaven' can not fail to be of immense use in
forwarding the work of education, even when it is read only for
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The Moon: Her Motions, Aspect, Scenery, and Physical Conditions, with
Two Lunar Photographs and many Illustrations. By R. A. PROCTOR. New
edition. 12mo. Cloth, $3.50.
Other Worlds than Ours; the Plurality of Worlds, studied under the
Light of Recent Scientific Researches. By R. A. PROCTOR. With
Illustrations, some colored. 12mo. Cloth, $2.50.
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