Essays and addresses, by professors and lecturers of the Owens College, Manchester
Subtitle: published in commemoration of the opening of the new College buildings, October 7th, 1873.
Contributors: Ward, Adolphus William, Sir, 1837-1924.; Stewart, Balfour, 1828-1887.; Peacock, C. J. (bookplate); Owens College.
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1874
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 560
Notes: "Preface" signed: B. S[tewart], A.W. W[ard]

With the bookplate of C.J. Peacock.
Table of contents: title: Opening address / by the Duke of Devonshire.; title: 1.  On some relations of culture to practical life / by J.G. Greenwood.; title: 2. Original research as a means of education / by H.E. Roscoe.; title: 3.  Solar physics / by Balfour Stewart.; title: 4.  The distance of the sun from the earth / by T.H. Core.; title: 5.  The limits of our knowledge of the earth / by W.B. Dawkins.; title: 6.  The use of steam / by Osborne Reynolds.; title: 7. Primeval vegetation in its relation to the doctrines of natural selection and evolution / by W.C. Williamson.; title: 8.  Science and medicine / by A. Gamgee.; title: 9.  Some historical results of the science of language / by A.S. Wilkins.; title: 10.  The Talmud / by T. Theodores.; title: 11.  Provençal poetry in old and modern times / by H. Breymann.; title: 12.  The Judicature act of 1873 in its relation to the history of the judicial system in England / by J. Bryce.; title: 13.  The railways and the state / by W.S. Jevons.; title: 14.  The peace of Europe / by A.W. Ward.