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.