V 



THE 



OUTLINE OF SCIENCE 



A PLAIN STORY SIMPLY TOLD 

 EDITED BY 



J. ARTHUR THOMSON 



REGIUS PROFESSOR OF NATURAL HISTORY IN THE 

 UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN 



WITH OVER 800 ILLUSTRATIONS 

 OF WHICH ABOUT 40 ARE IN COLOUR 



IN FOUR VOLUMES 

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G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS 

 NEW YORK AND LONDON 



Ube "Knickerbocker press 

 1922 



