Scientific papers
Subtitle: physics, chemistry, astronomy, geology
By: with introductions and notes
Contributors: Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867; Helmholtz, Hermann von, 1821-1894; Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron, 1824-1907; Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909; Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 1835-1924
Series: Harvard classics -- v. 30; Harvard classics -- v. 30
Publisher: Collier
Published: 1938
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
Subjects: Science
Notes: "The five-foot shelf of books."
Table of contents: value: The forces of matter.  The chemical history of a candle.  By M. Faraday.; value: On the conservation of force.  Ice and glaciers.  By H. von Helmholtz.; value: The wave theory of light.  The tides.  By Sir W. Thomson (Lord Kelvin).; value: The extent of the universe, by S. Newcomb.; value: Geographical evolution, by Sir A. Geikie