PARADOXES OF 

 NATURE 

 AND SCIENCE 



Things which appear to contra- 

 dict general experience or scientific 

 principles, with popular explanations 

 of the how and why 



BY 



W. HAMPSON 



M.A. OXON., L.S.A. LOND. 



Formerly Open Scholar of Trinity College, Oxford; Lecturer 

 under the London County Council at University College 

 London, 1900-1901 ; Author of "Radium Explained" 



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