BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHORS 



THE RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF 

 PHYSICAL SCIENCE 



AN ACCOUNT FOR THE GENERAL READER OF 

 THE PRESENT POSITION OF PHYSICS 



John Murray, 1904. Fourth Edition 1909. 5s. net. 



Contents.— Introduction ; The Philosophical Basis of Physical 

 Science ; The Liquefaction of Gases ; Fusion and Solidifi- 

 cation ; The Problems of Solution; The Conduction of 

 Electricity through Gases; Radio-activity; Atoms and 

 Aether; Astro-physics. 



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