Science
- Explorations in Nature and Science
- Chronicles of Scientific Discovery
- Exploring Health Through Science
- Explorations in Science and Thought
On the Elementary Electrical Charge
The experiments herewith reported were undertaken with the view of introducing certain improvements into the oil-drop method of determining …
Weather Influences
An empirical study of the mental and physiological effects of definite meteorological conditions. The seasonal and daily climatic changes th…
Little Masterpieces of Science
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…
Submerged Forests
Submerged Forests, a volume in the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature series, is a study of the land beneath the coastal areas and …
Miscellanea Curiosa
"The Royal Society is a Fellowship of many of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous ex…
A Catechism of Familiar Things
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…
Keep-Well Stories for Little Folks
"The child's mind dwells constantly in the realm of imagination; dry facts are too prosaic to enter this realm. The "Land of Story…
Twentieth Century Inventions
This work from 1901 predicts what technological developments will manifest in the twentieth century. The author, a technical journalist, pre…
Thunder and Lightning
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…
Scientific American Supplement
The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, havinge launched its first publication in …
Pierre Curie
This biography of the noted French physicist Pierre Curie was written by his wife, the renowned physicist Marie Curie. In it, she not only c…
The San Francisco Calamity
The first half of this book describes the devastating earthquake that hit San Francisco in 1906, and the subsequent destruction caused by fi…
Madam How and Lady Why
Did you ever wish you knew how to explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes to your children? Search no more, this book ha…
Civilization and Climate
This book presents the science of geography one step further than just the physical features of the earth's surface. The relationship betwee…
The Outline of Science
The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Covering scientific subjects rang…
Lecture on Artificial Flight
Lecture on artificial flight given on request of the Academy of Natural Sciences on August 7, 1876 in San Francisco, California by William G…
Light Science for Leisure Hours
In preparing these Essays, my chief object has been to present scientific truths in a light and readable form—clearly and simply, but with a…
Scientific American Supplement
The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, having launched its first publication in 1…
On the Parts of Animals
On the Parts of Animals (Greek: ΠΕΡΙ ΖΩΩΝ ΜΟΡΙΩΝ; Latin: De Partibus Animalium) by Aristotle (ΑΡΙΣΤΟΤΕΛΗΣ). The first book asks whether anim…
The Elements of Mammalogy
The Elements of Mammalogy is one of seven in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. This s…