SCIENTIFIC CULTURE,

AND OTHER ESSAYS.

BY
JOSIAH PARSONS COOKE, LL. D.,
PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND MINERALOGY, IN HARVARD COLLEGE.

SECOND EDITION; WITH ADDITIONS.

NEW YORK:
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,
1, 3, and 5 BOND STREET.
1885.


Copyright, 1881, 1885,
By JOSIAH PARSONS COOKE.


TO
MY ASSOCIATES
IN
THE CHEMICAL LABORATORY
OF
HARVARD COLLEGE
THIS VOLUME
IS
AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.