A History of the Sciences
Each volume is adequately illustrated, attractively printed, and substantially bound.
16mo. Each, net, 75 cents. By mail, 85 cents. 12 illustrations
History of Astronomy
By George Forbes, M.A., F.R.S., M.Inst. C.E.
Formerly Professor of Natural Philosophy, Anderson’s College, Glasgow
I thank you for the copy of Forbes’s History of Astronomy received. I have run it over, and think it very good indeed. The plan seems excellent, and I would say the same of your general plan of a series of brief histories of the various branches of science. The time appears to be ripe for such a series, and if all the contributions are as good as Prof. Forbes’s, the book will deserve a wide circulation, and will prove very useful to a large class of readers.—Extract from a letter received from Garrett P. Serviss, B. S.
History of Chemistry
By Sir Edward Thorpe, C.B., LL.D., F.R.S.
Author of “Essays in Historical Chemistry,” “Humphry Davy: Poet and Philosopher,” “Joseph Priestley,” etc.
12 illustrations. Two vols. Vol. I—circa 2000 B.C. to 1850 A.D. Vol. II—1850 A.D. to date
The author traces the evolution of intellectual thought in the progress of chemical investigation, recognizing the various points of view of the different ages, giving due credit even to the ancients. It has been necessary to curtail many parts of the History, to lay before the reader in unlimited space enough about each age to illustrate its tone and spirit, the ideals of the workers, the gradual addition of new points of view and of new means of investigation.
The History of Old Testament Criticism
By Archibald Duff
Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament Theology in the United College, Bradford
The author sets forth the critical views of the Hebrews concerning their own literature, the early Christian treatment of the Old Testament, criticism by the Jewish rabbis, and criticism from Spinoza to Astruc, and from Astruc until the present.
In Preparation
The History of Geography.
By Dr. John Scott Keltie, F.R.G.S., F.S.A., Hon. Mem. Geographical Societies of Paris, Berlin, Rome, Brussels, Amsterdam, Geneva, etc.
The History of Geology.
By Horace B. Woodward, F.R.S., F.G.S., Assistant Director of Geological Survey of England and Wales.
The History of Anthropology.
By A. C. Haddon, M.A., Sc.D., F.R.S., Lecturer in Ethnology, Cambridge and London.
The History of New Testament Criticism.
By F. C. Conybeare, M.A., late Fellow and Praelector of Univ. Coll., Oxford; Fellow of the British Academy; Doctor of Theology, honoris causa, of Giessen; Officer d’Academie.
Further volumes are in plan on the following subjects:
Mathematics and Mechanics—Molecular Physics, Heat, Light, and Electricity—Human Physiology, Embryology, and Heredity—Acoustics, Harmonics, and the Physiology of Hearing, together with Optics, Chromatics, and Physiology of Seeing—Psychology, Analytic, Comparative, and Experimental—Sociology and Economics—Ethics—Comparative Philology—Criticism, Historical Research, and Legends—Comparative Mythology and the Science of Religions—The Criticism of Ecclesiastical Institutions—Culture, Moral and Intellectual, as Reflected in Imaginative Literature and in the Fine Arts—Logic—Philosophy—Education.
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