Astronomy
Einstein and the Universe
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Charles Nordmann
"M. Nordmann has presented Einstein’s principle in words which lift the average reader over many of the difficulties he must encounter …
Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol 1
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Edmond Halley
"The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous ex…
Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies
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David Todd
The progress of astronomy from age to age has been far from uniform—rather by leaps and bounds: from the earliest epoch when man's planet ea…
Our Atomic World: The Story of Atomic Energy
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C. Jackson Craven
This booklet is part of the "Understanding the Atom Series" published by the Division of Technical Information of the U.S. Atomic …
The Romance of Modern Mechanism
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Archibald Williams
In 1910, when this book was published, the advancement of modern mechanism was still moving at a rapid pace. It must have seemed like very d…
Faraday As A Discoverer
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John Tyndall
This is the first of two related Faraday projects. It is about Faraday and deals more with biographical references to Faraday, outlining the…
Mars and Its Canals
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Percival Lowell
In the days before telescope photography, astronomers had to draw what they thought they saw through the eyepiece throughout the long dark n…
The Romance of Modern Electricity
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Charles R. Gibson
From the series, The Library of Romance, this book introduces the reader to the modern concepts of electricity. The author discusses how ma…
Meteorology, On the Universe & On Breath
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Aristotle
Meteorology (Greek: Μετεωρολογικά; Latin: Meteorologica or Meteora) by Aristotle Translated by Erwin Wentworth Webster before he fell in act…
The Romance of Modern Astronomy
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Hector Macpherson
From the series, The Library of Romance, the reader is introduced in this book to the modern astronomy of 1911. The author discusses our sol…
Little Masterpieces of Science - The Skies and The Earth
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George Iles
The Skies and the Earth is another in the series Little Masterpieces of Science edited by George Iles and published in 1902. It includes es…
The Atom and the Ocean
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E. W. Seabrook Hull
This is one of the publications in the “Understanding the Atom” Series from the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. Topics covered include an o…
The Animate and the Inanimate
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William James Sidis
Sidis wrote The Animate and the Inanimate to elaborate his thoughts on the origin of life, cosmology, and the potential reversibility of the…
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883
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Various
The Scientific American claims to be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, have launched its first publication …
Sun, Moon and Stars: Astronomy for Beginners
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Agnes Giberne
For many years I have had it in my mind to endeavor to supply some day, so far as might be, that of which there appeared to be a serious wan…
Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885
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Various
The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, havinge launched its first publication in …
Thunder and Lightning
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Camille Flammarion
It would be an interesting thing to make a careful study once a year, towards the end of the summer, of the habits and customs of thunder an…
The Kingdom of the Heavens
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Charles Nordmann
Thought is the most swift and subtle of vehicles. Let us therefore use that craft to reach a trysting-place in the skies. The light which r…
Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884
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Various
The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, having launched its first publication in 1…
Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891
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Various
The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, having launched its first publication in 1…