THE ROMANCE OF SCIENCE THE HE aim of the Romance of Science series is to present in a highly popular and interesting manner some of the more important generalizations of modern science. In these days of thrilling fiction it is a pleasant thing to note that nature has her romances, and that science can make her story as interesting and far more edifying than the productions of the novelist. There can be no healthier interest than that associated with nature, and those who have the care of young people would do well to furnish to them betimes such works as would naturally attract them towards its study. These volumes are eminently suited for the purpose. THE ROMANCE OF SCIENCE TIME AND TIDE: A Romance of the Moon By Sir ROBERT S. BALL, LL.D., F.R.S., Lowndean Professor of Astronomy in the University of Cambridge. Eleventh thousandrevised. Illustrated. Post 8vo, cloth boards, 2s. 6d. Nature says: "The book is replete with information, and by the genera scientific reader will be found exceedingly interesting." SPINNING TOPS By Professor JOHN PERRY, M. E., D.Sc., LL.D., F.R.S. Reprint of New and Revised Edition, with an Illustrated Appendix on the Use of Gyrostats. Post 8vo, cloth boards, 2s. 6d. The Guardian says: "Professor Perry's little book is the first step into a wide world, and we find in the boy's spinning top exactly the same forces governing its behaviour as those which, without doubt, are the foundation of our solar system." COAL; and what we get from it By RAPHAEL MELDOLA, F.R.S., F.I.C., Professor of Chemistry in The Glasgow Herald says: "The most 'romantic' portion of the book to the uninitiated reader is that treating of the dyes obtainable from coal products. It is here that the romance is most striking, and the marvels of chemistry put in their most remarkable aspect." THE ROMANCE OF SCIENCE-continued COLOUR MEASUREMENT AND MIXTURE By Sir W. DE W. ABNEY, K.C.B., R.E., D.C.L., F.R.S. With several Illustrations. Post 8vo, cloth boards, 2s. 6d. Nature says: "This interesting little book is full of careful and important observations. It is, in fact, a summary of the results arrived at by the author during his careful and laborious investigation of the properties of the spectrum." OUR SECRET FRIENDS AND FOES By PERCY FARADAY FRANKLAND, Ph.D., LL.D., M.Sc., F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry in the University of Birmingham. Fifth edition. With several Illustrations. Post 8vo, cloth boards, 35. The Lancet says: "These lectures afford a large amount of information on the subject of bacteriology, and the results which have been obtained by the careful study of those low forms of life-commonly known as germs or micro-organisms--which has been so keenly pursued of late years." SOAP BUBBLES, AND THE FORCES WHICH MOULD THEM By C. V. Boys, A. R.S. M., F.R.S., Assistant Professor of Physics at the Royal College of Science, South Kensington. Eighth thousand. With numerous Diagrams. Post 8vo, cloth boards, 2s. 6d. The Daily Chronicle says: "One of its best features is that it contains detailed information for making each piece of apparatus used in performing the experiments." TURBINES By Engineer-Commander A. E. TOMPKINS, R.N., late Instructor in The Practical Engineer says: "This is an instructive book, written in popular language, giving a good elementary insight into the principles and practice of turbine engineering. The chief interest is centred in the steam turbine, of which the principles and essential features come in for very graphic treatment." THE ROMANCE OF SCIENCE-continued THE MACHINERY OF THE UNIVERSE: Mechanical Conceptions of Physical Phenomena. By the late The Shipping Gazette says: "The book is one that should enable any intelligent reader to grasp the latest theory about the causes of all physical phenomena. It lifts the veil of the visible, introducing us to the hidden mechanism behind it." DISEASES OF PLANTS With By the late H. MARSHALL WARD, M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S. numerous Illustrations. Post 8vo, cloth boards, 2s. 6d. The Farmer's Magazine says: "We have the most simply and clearly written descriptions, with good illustrations, that we have yet seen on the leading diseases to which plant life is subject.” THE SPLASH OF A DROP By Professor A. M. WORTHINGTON, C.B., F.R.S. With numerous ... Knowledge says: "The splash of a drop occurs in the twinkling of an eye; yet it is an exquisitely regulated phenomenon. . . . The study of the splash of a drop is so unique and interesting that all of a curious turn of mind should secure this little volume." SOUNDING THE OCEAN OF AIR By A. LAWRENCE ROTCH, S. B., A. M., Director of the Blue Hill Nature says: ... A cordial welcome for this little book may be anticipated. Its author has won for himself a prominent place among those who are best acquainted with modern ways of sounding the ocean of air.” THE ROMANCE OF SCIENCE-continued THE NEW STATE OF MATTER By Professor H. PELLAT, of the Sorbonne. Translated by EDMUND The Guardian says: "The address furnishes a convenient and lucid summary of the steps by which the new views of the constitution of matter have been attained. The result is exceedingly interesting, and should be read by all who care to have a general idea of the great scientific movement which has revolutionized the thought of our day." THE STORY OF A TINDER-BOX By the late C. MEYMOTT TIDY, M.B., M.S., F.C.S., Professor of Knowledge says: "This is a delightful little book, written in the plainest untechnical language. The book contains a great deal of information with respect to the history of matches, tinder-boxes, flints and steels, Davy lamps and such common things." THE BIRTH AND GROWTH OF WORLDS By the late A. H. GREEN, M. A., F. R.S., Professor of Geology in the University of Oxford. Post 8vo, cloth boards, Is. The Manchester Guardian says: "We cannot do better than recommend those who wish to obtain a general view of what science has to say as to the origin of the universe to read this work for themselves." |