8 BOOKS ON THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE. 



Phin, John, 1832- 504 ^551 



The seven follies of science, to which is added a small budget of 



107478 interesting paradoxes, illusions, marvels, and popular fallacies. A 

 popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and 

 the attempts which have been made to solve them. With nu- 

 merous illustrations. By John Phin, .... Third edition greatly 

 enlarged. New York, D. Van Nostrand Company, 191 2. 



ix, 231 p. illus. 20"^™. 



Tyndall, John, 1 820-1 893. 509 N401 



Advancement of science. The inaugural address of Prof. John 



107520 Tyndall . . . delivered before the British Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science, at Belfast, August 19, 1874, with portrait 

 and biographical sketch. Opinions of the eminent scientist, Prof. 

 H. Helmholtz, and articles of Prof. Tyndall and Sir Henry Thomp- 

 son on prayer. New York, A. K. Butts & Co., 1874. 



105 p. front, (port.) aoA^ni. 



"Prayer. — The 'Prayer for the sick.' Hints towards a serious attempt to estimate its 

 value," p. [88]-io5. 



Vite. 



Vite del medici e naturalist! celebri Firenze, Istituto mi- 



mic'j crografico italiano, [19 13-]. 



Vol. I-. plates, ports, ijh'^^. 



The volumes in this series are shelved according to their subjects. Cards for the in- 

 dividual works follow that for the series in the author catalogue. 



Williams, Henry Smith, 1863- 509 Q402 



A history of science, by Henry Smith Williams . . . assisted by 

 '°"^"^' Edward H. Williams .... New York and London, Harper & 

 Brothers, 1 904-1910. 



10 vol. fronts, (vol. 1-9), illus., plates, ports., facsims., diagrs. 23<='". 



Vol. X by Henry Smith Williams. 



Published also under title : Every-day science. 



Qjntains reference lists and notes. 



Contents. — vol. i. The beginnings of science. 1904. vii, [i ], 309, [i ] p. — vol.2. 

 The beginnings of modern science. 1904. ix, [i], 308 p. — vol. 3. Modern develop- 

 ment of the physical sciences. 1904. ix, [i], 308, [2] p. — vol. 4. Modern develop- 

 ment of the chemical and biological sciences. 1904. ix, 306, [2] p. — vol. 5. Aspects 

 of recent science. 1904. ix, [i ], 300, [i] p. — vol. 6. The conquest of nature. 1910. 

 viii, 325 p. — vol. 7. The onquest of time and space. 1910. viii, 304 p. — vol. 8. 

 Science in the industrial world. 1910. viii, 326 p. — vol. 9. Ingenuity and luxury. 

 1910. viii, 336 p. — vol. 10. The science of happiness. 1910. viii, 350 p. 

 . Key and index. New York and London, 19 10. 



[6], 227 p. 23«"'. 



