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THE ROMANCE OF SCIENCE


THE MACHINERY OF
THE UNIVERSE

BY
A. E. DOLBEAR, A.B., A.M., M.E., Ph.D.
PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY, TUFTS COLLEGE, MASS.

PUBLISHED UNDER GENERAL LITERATURE COMMITTEE.

LONDON:
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE,
NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C.;
43, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, E.C.

Brighton: 129, NORTH STREET.

New York: E. & J. B. YOUNG & CO.

1897.