The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1874-04-02
THE POPULAR
SCIENCE MONTHLY.
Established May, 1878,
Conducted BY
Prof. e. L. YOuMANS.

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The Popula~ Science Monthly was start
cd to promote the diffusion of valuable
scientific knowledge, in a readable and at-
tracasc from. among ali classes OF the
community, and has thus far met o want
supplied BY no other periodical in the Unit
| ed States.
| The great feature Of the magazine il, that
| its contents are not what science was ten or
| more years since, but what it is TODAY.
fresh from the study. the laboratory, and
the experiment; clothed in the language OF
the authors, inventors, and scientists
| themselves which comprise the leading
minds Of England, France, Germany, and
the United States Among popular arti-
Giles, covering The whole range Of Natural
| Science, we have the latest thoughts and
words of Professors II xley and r. A.
Proctor, Herbert Spencer, Mr.. Drawn. aud
the fresh experiments OF Tyndall Ham.
rhond, and Brown.Sequard Since tn. start,
it has prosela gratifying success to every
| friend OF scientific progress and universal
education; and those who believe that
science could not be made any thing but dry
study, are disappointed.
| The press all over the land is commend.
| ing il. We suhjoin q few cncemiums froa
those recently Civ n:
That there Is place for The Popular
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This Is highly-auspicious beginning of
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