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Essays and addresses, by professors and lecturers of the Owens College, Manchester

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Essays and addresses, by professors and lecturers of the Owens College, Manchester : published in commemoration of the opening of the new College buildings, October 7th, 1873

By

Ward, Adolphus William, Sir, 1837-1924
Stewart, Balfour, 1828-1887
Peacock, C. J. , (bookplate)
Owens College.

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Book

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Published material

Publication info

London, Macmillan, 1874

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"Preface" signed: B. S[tewart], A.W. W[ard]

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