Popular lectures on scientific subjects
By: translated by E. Atkinson; with an introduction by [John] Tyndall.
Contributors: Atkinson, Edmund, 1831-1901,
Publisher: Appleton
Published: 1885
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 397
Subjects: Science
Table of contents: title: I. On the relation of natural science to science in general.- II. On Goethe's scientific researches; tr. by H.W. Eve.-  III. On the physiological cause of harmony in music; tr. by A.J. Ellis.-  IV. Ice and glaciers, Tr. by Dr. Atkinson.-  V. On the interaction of the natural forces; tr. by Professor Tyndall.-  VI. The recent progress of the Theory of vision; tr. by Dr. Pye-Smith.-  VII. On the conservation of force.- VIII. On the aim and progress of physical science; tr. by Dr. W. Flight.