Science

Home Geography for Primary Grades

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C. C. Long


Lessons and exercises for young children, exploring map and compass, mountains and rivers, trees and flowers, wind and rain, and more. (Summ…

Dinosaurs, With Special Reference to the American Museum Collections

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William Diller Matthew


America has had a fascination with dinosaurs, particularly since the wild enthusiasm of Jurassic Park and its sequels. The term "dinosa…

The Strangest Things in the World: A Book About Extraordinary Manifestations of…

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Thomas R. Henry


"THE STRANGEST THINGS IN THE WORLD - A Book About Extraordinary Manifestations of Nature" This title sums up the wonderful line up…

The Extermination of the American Bison

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William T. Hornaday


The American bison (Bison bison), also commonly known as the American buffalo, is a North American species of bison that once roamed the gra…

A Selection of 19th Century Scientific Verse

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Various


In the 18th and early 19th centuries, it was common for discoveries in branches of science such as botany, astronomy and medicine to be desc…

Science in Short Chapters

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W. Mattieu Williams


This is a collection of articles written by W. Mattieu Williams on different subjects, that in his opinion "are likely to be interestin…

The Elements of Ornithology

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William Ruschenberger


The Elements of Ornithology is one of seven in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. This…

The World of Sound

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Sir William Henry Bragg


The World of Sound consists of six lectures delivered before a juvenile audience at the Royal Institution, Christmas 1919. The Royal Institu…

The Elements of Geology

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William Ruschenberger


Elements of Geology is one in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. This succinct little …

On the Elementary Electrical Charge

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Robert Andrews Millikan


The experiments herewith reported were undertaken with the view of introducing certain improvements into the oil-drop method of determining …

The North West Passage -The Gjöa Expedition 1903-1907 (Volume I)

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Roald Amundsen


Roald Amundsen and six hearty seafarers tackle the North West Passage in search of the elusive wandering magnetic North Pole. (Summary by St…

The American Egypt

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Channing Arnold


Arnold and Frost were English archaeologists who traveled to the Yucatan Peninsula and wrote "the first book ever written by Englishmen…

Within the Deep

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R. Cadwallader Smith


Presented in the form of lessons, R. Cadwallader Smith vividly portrays life in the ocean. Learn about the common and not so common that swi…

A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Thei…

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Anonymous


This book, a reprint of a successful English publication, has been so enlarged as to be to all intents and purposes new. It has been careful…

Insect Adventures

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Jean-Henri Fabre


This book is composed of selections from Alexander Teixeira de Mattos’ Translation of Fabre’s “Souvenirs Entomologiques,” retold for childre…

Criminal Investigation: a Practical Handbook for Magistrates, Police Officers a…

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Hans Gross


Reputedly inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories, Austrian criminal jurist and examining magistrate Hans Gross wrote the first handbook on …

How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers

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Robert Williams Wood


How do you tell apart a parrot from a carrot? A plover from a clover? A bay from a jay? Although there are several ways of differentiating, …

The Woodpeckers

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Fannie Hardy Eckstorm


The Woodpeckers is a wonderful introduction to the world of bird study for the young naturalist, covering such topics as how he finds food, …

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