This manual, which is intended for use in supplementing college courses in physics, contains an outline of seventy experiments, arranged with special regard to a systematic and progressive development of the subject.
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HIGH SCHOOL LABORATORY MANUAL OF PHYSICS
By Dudley G. Hays, Charles D. Lowry, and Austin C. Rishel, Teachers of Physics in the Chicago High Schools. 8vo. Cloth. iv + 154 pages. Mailing price, 60 cents; for introduction, 50 cents.
This manual has been written: First, to present a logically arranged course of experimental work covering the ground of Elementary Physics. Second, to provide sufficient laboratory work to meet college entrance requirements.
The experiments are largely quantitative, but qualitative work is introduced.
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YOUNG'S LESSONS IN ASTRONOMY
Including Uranography. Revised Edition. By CHARLES A. YOUNG,
Professor of Astronomy in the College of New Jersey. 12mo. Cloth.
Illustrated. ix + 357 pages, exclusive of four double-page star
maps. By mail, $1.30; for introduction, $1.20.
The revised edition of this book has been prepared for schools that desire a brief course free from mathematics. It is based upon the author's Elements of Astronomy, but many changes of arrangement have been made. In fact, everything has been carefully worked over and re-written to adapt it to the special requirements. Great pains has been taken not to sacrifice accuracy and truth to brevity, and no less to bring everything thoroughly down to date. The latest results of astronomical investigation will be found here. The author has endeavored, too, while discarding mathematics, to give the student a clear understanding and a good grasp of the subject. As a body of information and as a means of discipline, this book will be found, it is believed, of notable value. The most important change in the arrangement of the book has been in bringing the Uranography, or constellation tracing, into the body of the text and placing it near the beginning, a change in harmony with the accepted principle that those whose minds are not mature succeed best in the study of a new subject by beginning with what is concrete and appeals to the senses, rather than with the abstract principles. Brief notes on the legendary mythology of the constellations have been added for the benefit of such pupils as are not likely to become familiar with it in the study of classical literature.
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YOUNG'S ELEMENTS OF ASTRONOMY
With a Uranography. By CHARLES A. YOUNG, Professor of Astronomy in the College of New Jersey. 12mo. Half leather. x + 472 pages, and four star maps. Mailing price, $1.55: for introduction, $1.40.
Uranography.
From Youpg's Elements of Astronomy. 12mo. Flexible covers. 42 pages. besides four star maps. By mail, 35 cents; for introduction, 30 cents.
This volume is an independent work, and not an abridgment of the author's General Astronomy. It is a text-book for advanced High Schools, Seminaries, and Brief Courses in colleges generally. It was prepared by one of the most distinguished astronomers of the world, a most popular lecturer, and most successful teacher. It had every presumption in its favor, and the event has more than justified expectations. Special attention has been paid to making all statements correct and accurate so far as they go.
In the text no mathematics higher than elementary algebra and geometry is introduced; in the foot-notes and in the Appendix an occasional trigonometric formula appears, for the benefit of the very considerable number of High school students who understand such expressions.
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YOUNG'S GENERAL ASTRONOMY
A Text-book for Colleges and Technical Schools. By CHARLES A . YOUNG, Professor of Astronomy in the College of New Jersey. 8vo. viii + 551 pages. Half morocco. Illustrated with over 250 cuts and and diagrams, and supplemented with the necessary tables. Mailing price, $2.50; for introduction, $2.25.
In amount, the work has been adjusted as closely as possible to the prevailing courses of study in our colleges. By omitting the fine print, a briefer course may be arranged.
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AN INTRODUCTION TO SPHERICAL AND PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY
By DASCOM GREENE, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy in the
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y. NW. Cloth.
Illustrated. viii + 158 pages. Mailing price, $1.60; for
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SCHEINER'S ASTRONOMICAL SPECTROSCOPY
Department of Special Publication.—Revised Edition. Translated, revised and enlarged by E.B. FROST, Professor of Astronomy in Dartmouth College. 8vo. Half leather. Illustrated. xiii + 482 pages. Price by mail, $5.00; for introdoctiort, $4.75.
This work aims to explain the most practical and modern methods of research, and to state our present knowledge of the constitution, physical condition alld motions of the heavenly bodies, as revealed by the spectroscope.
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ELEMENTS OF PLANT ANATOMY
By EMILY L. GREGORY, Professor of Botany in Barnard College. 8vo. Cloth. viii + 148 pages. Illustrated. Mailing price, $1.35; for introduction, $1.25.
This book is designed as a text-book for students who have already some knowledge of general botany. It consists of an outline of the principal facts of plant anatomy, in a form available not only for those who wish to specialize in botany but for all who wish to know the leading facts about the inner structure of plants. It affords a preparation for the study of the more intricate and difficult questions of plant anatomy and physiology, while it is especially adapted to the wants of students, who need a practical knowledge of plant structure.
ELEMENTS OF STRUCTURAL AND SYSTEMATIC BOTANY
For High Schools and Elementary College Courses. By DOUGLAS H.
CAMPBELL, Professor of Botany in the Leland Stanford Junior
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PLANT ORGANIZATION
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ELEMENTARY METEOROLOGY
By WILLIAM MORRIS DAVIS, Professor of Physical Geography in Harvard College. With maps and charts. 8vo. Cloth. xi + 355 pages. Mailing price, $2.70; for introduction, $2.50.
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The essential theories of modern Meteorology are presented in such form that the student shall perceive their logical connection, and shall derive from their mastery something of the intellectual training that comes with the grasp of well-tested conclusions.
The charts of temperature, pressure, winds, etc., are reduced from the latest available sources, while the diagrams freely introduced through the text are for the most part new.
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MOLECULES AND THE MOLECULAR THEORY OF MATTER
Department of Special Publioation. By A. D. RISTEEN. 8vo. Cloth.
Illustrated. viii + 223 pages. Retail price, $2.00
This work is a complete popular exposition of the molecular theory of matter, as it is held by the leading physicists of today. Considerable space is devoted to the kinetic theory of gases. Liquids also are discussed, and solids receive much attention. There is also a division discussing the methods that have been proposed for finding the sizes of molecules, and here, as elsewhere throughout the book, the methods described are illustrated by numerical examples. The last division of the book touches upon the constitution of molecules. The subject is everywhere treated from a physical standpoint.
END OF AN INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL SCIENCE
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