Science byways: a series of familiar dissertations on life in other worlds; comets and the sun; the North pole; rain; danger from lightning; growth and decay of mind; the brain and mental feats; automata; &c.
By: To which is appended an essay entitled Money for science. By Richard A. Proctor ... With a photographic portrait of the author.
Publisher: Smith, Elder, & Co.
Published: 1875
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
Subjects: Science
Table of contents: title: Life, past and future, in other worlds.; title: The planets put in Leverrier's balance.; title: Comets' tails.; title: Three orders of comets.; title: The sun a bubble.; title: The sun's surroundings and future eclipses.; title: The weather and the sun.; title: Finding the way at sea.; title: Journeys towards the North pole.; title: Rain.; title: Danger from lighting.; title: Growth and decay of mind.; title: Have we two brains?; title: On some strange mental feats.; title: Automatic chess and card playing.; title: Money for science.