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Cornelius Beringer - Text-book of Assaying

This is a formal but relaxed text covering assaying techniques for most of the substances which are mined. As the authors say: «At first our intention was to supply a description of those substances only which have a...

Peter Yearsley 23 hours 30 minutes

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John Phin - Seven Follies of Science

The seven follies of science; a popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them to which is added a small budget of interesting paradoxes, illusions,...

tmkenny and 12 more 6 hours 34 minutes

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William Ruschenberger - Elements of Entomology

The Elements of Entomology is one of seven in a Series of First Books of Natural History Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges. It is a succinct little textbook from 1845 that presents an introduction to...

Mich_elle and 4 more 4 hours 59 minutes

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Sigmund Freud - Psychopathology of Everyday Life

Professor Freud developed his system of psychoanalysis while studying the so-called borderline cases of mental diseases, such as hysteria and compulsion neurosis. By discarding the old methods of treatment and...

Mary Schneider 7 hours 15 minutes

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James Orton - Andes and The Amazon

This book, with the subtitle «Across the Continent of South America» describes the scientific expedion of 1867 to the equatorial Andes and the Amazon. The route was from Guayaquil to Quito, over the Cordillera,...

Michael Packard and 9 more 9 hours 49 minutes

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Grenville A. J. Cole - Rocks and Their Origins

Do you know the difference between sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks? Are you interested in their geologic origin, chemical composition or how each type affects the landscape? Do you know the differences...

J. M. Smallheer 3 hours 35 minutes

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Nature's Miracles Volume 2: Energy and Vibration

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Elisha Gray - Nature's Miracles Volume 2: Energy and Vibration

Elisha Gray was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company. Gray is best known for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876 in Highland Park, Illinois and is...

Michael Packard and 16 more 5 hours 41 minutes

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Fannie Hardy Eckstorm - Woodpeckers

The Woodpeckers is a wonderful introduction to the world of bird study for the young naturalist, covering such topics as how he finds food, courting, how he builds his nest, the interesting ways he uses his...

Laura Victoria 2 hours 22 minutes

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Michael Faraday - Chemical History of A Candle

The Chemical History of a Candle is a series of 6 lectures on chemistry presented to a juvenile audience in 1848. Taught by Michael Faraday — a chemist and physist, and regarded as the best experimentalist in the...

Availle 4 hours 32 minutes Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

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Agnes von Blomberg Bensly - Our Journey to Sinai

Fortress-walled Saint Catherine's monastery on the Sinai peninsula has been a pilgrimage site since its founding by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian in the 6th century. According to tradition, the monastery sits at the...

Sue Anderson 4 hours 41 minutes

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Nature's Miracles Volume 1: World Building and Life

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Elisha Gray - Nature's Miracles Volume 1: World Building and Life

Elisha Gray (August 2, 1835 – January 21, 1901) was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company. Gray is best known for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876 in...

Steve Belleguelle and 10 more 5 hours 46 minutes

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Aristotle - Metaphysics

Metaphysics (Ancient Greek: ΜΕΤΑ ΤΑ ΦΥΣΙΚΑ; Latin: METAPHYSICA; English: After the Physics) discusses topics including substance, accident, causation and God. The text was lost in Western Europe during the Dark Ages....

Geoffrey Edwards 16 hours 3 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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