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The World's Greatest Books - Volume 15 -by Various
The Project Gutenberg EBook of The World's Greatest Books - Volume 15 -Science, by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictionswhatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg Licenseincluded with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.netTitle: The World's Greatest Books - Volume 15 - ScienceAuthor: VariousEditor: John Alexander Hammerton
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Release Date: May 17, 2008 [EBook #25509]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS-VOLUME 15***Produced by Kevin Handy, John Hagerson, Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team athttp://www.pgdp.net[Illustration: William Harvey]THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKSJOINT EDITORSARTHUR MEE Editor and Founder of the Book of KnowledgeJ.A. HAMMERTON Editor of Harmsworth's Universal EncyclopaediaVOL. XVSCIENCEWM. H. WISE & Co.
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PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM HARVEY
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PAGEBRAMWELL, JOHN MILNE Hypnotism: Its History, Practice and Theory 1BUFFON, COMTE DE Natural History 12CHAMBERS, ROBERT Vestiges of Creation 22CUVIER, GEORGES The Surface of the Globe 33DARWIN, CHARLES The Origin of Species 43DAVY, SIR HUMPHRY Elements of Chemical Philosophy 64FARADAY, MICHAEL Experimental Researches in Electricity 75 The Chemical History of a Candle 85FOREL, AUGUSTE The Senses of Insects 95GALILEO Dialogues on the System of the World 105
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GALTON, SIR FRANCIS Essays in Eugenics 111HAECKEL, ERNST The Evolution of Man 123HARVEY, WILLIAM On the Motion of the Heart and Blood 136HERSCHEL, SIR JOHN Outlines of Astronomy 146HUMBOLDT, ALEXANDER VON Cosmos, a Sketch of the Universe 158HUTTON, JAMES The Theory of the Earth 170LAMARCK Zoological Philosophy 179LAVATER, JOHANN Physiogonomical Fragments 191LIEBIG, JUSTUS VON Animal Chemistry 203LYELL, SIR CHARLES The Principles of Geology 215MAXWELL, JAMES CLERK A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism 227METCHNIKOFF, ELIE The Nature of Man 238 The Prolongation of Life 246MILLER, HUGH The Old Red Sandstone 255NEWTON, SIR ISAAC Principia 267OWEN, SIR RICHARD Anatomy of Vertebrates 280VIRCHOW, RUDOLF Cellular Pathology 292* * * * *A Complete Index of THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS will be found at the end of Volume XX.
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Acknowledgment and thanks for the use of the following selections are herewith tendered to the Open CourtPublishing Company, La Salle, Ill., for "Senses of Insects," by Auguste Forel; to G.P. Putnam's Sons, NewYork, for "Prolongation of Human Life" and "Nature of Man," by Elie Metchnikoff; and to the De La MorePress, London, for "Hypnotism, &c.," by Dr. Bramwell.
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JOHN MILNE BRAMWELLHypnotism: Its History, Practice and TheoryJohn Milne Bramwell was born in Perth, Scotland, May 11, 1852. The son of a physician, he studied medicinein Edinburgh, and after obtaining his degree of M.B., in 1873, he settled at Goole, Yorkshire. Fired by theunfinished work of Braid, Bernheim and Liébeault, he began, in 1889, a series of hypnotic researches, which,
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« prev | next »- I.--Pioneers of Hypnotism
- II.--Theory of Hypnotism
- III.--Hypnotic Induction
- IV.--Curative Value of Hypnotism
- I.--The Four-Footed Animals
- II.--The Birds
- III.--Supplement and Sequel
- IV.--Place and Doctrine
- I.--The Reign of Universal Law
- II.--History of the Earth's Crust
- III.--The History of the Earth's Life
- IV.--The Future and its Meaning
- I.--Effects of Geological Change
- II.--What the Fossils Teach
- I.--Creation or Evolution?
- II.--Variation and Selection
- III.--Variation Under Nature
- IV.--The Survival of the Fittest
- V.--Sexual Selection
- VI.--The Struggle for Existence
- I.--Forms and Changes of Matter
- II.--Radiant or Ethereal Matter
- I.--Atmospheric Magnetism
- II.--Electro-Chemical Action
- III.--The Gymnotus, or Electric Eel
- I.--Candles and their Flames
- II.--The Brightness of the Candle
- III.--The Products of Combustion
- IV.--Combustion and Respiration
- I.--Insect Activity and Instinct
- II.--The Vision of Insects
- IV.--Insect Reason and Passions
- I.--The Aims and Methods of Eugenics
- II.--Restrictions in Marriage
- III.--Eugenic Qualities of Primary Importance
- IV.--Practical Eugenics
- V.--Eugenics as a Factor in Religion
- I.--The Science of Man
- II.--Man's Embryonic Development
- III.--Our Ancestral Tree
- IV.--Evolution of Separate Organs
- I.--Motions of the Heart in Living Animals
- II.--Systemic Circulation
- I.--The Wonders of the Milky Way
- III.--Variable, Temporary and Binary Stars
- IV.--The Nebulæ
- I.--The Physical Study of the World
- II.--The Inductive Method
- III.--Distribution of Matter in Space
- IV.--On Earth History
- V.--The Permanence of Science
- I.--Origin and Consolidation of the Land
- II.--The Nature of Mineral Coal
- III.--The Disintegration and Dissolution of Land
- I.--The Ladder of Life
- II.--The Penalties of Disuse
- III.--The Advantages of Use
- IV.--The Conclusion
- I.--The Truth of Physiognomy
- II.--Physiognomy and the Features
- I.--Chemical Needs of Life
- II.--The Cause of Animal Heat
- IV.--Food the Fuel of Life
- V.--Animal Life-Chemistry
- I.--Uniformity in Geological Development
- II.--Changes in the Inorganic World now in Progress
- III.--Changes of the Organic World now in Progress
- I.--The Nature of Electricity
- II.--Theories of Magnetism
- III.--The Electro-Magnetic Theory of Light
- IV.--Action at a Distance
- I.--Disharmonies in Nature
- II.--Disharmonies in Man
- III.--Science the Only Remedy for Human Disharmonies
- I.--Senile Debility
- II.--The Study of Natural Death
- III.--The Use of Lactic Acid
- IV.--An Ideal Old Age
- I.--A Stone-mason's Researches
- II.--Bridging Life's Gaps
- III.--Place-Fixing in the Dim Past
- IV.--Fish as Nature's Last Word
- I.--Biological Questions of 1830
- II.--Succession of Species, Broken or Linked?
- IV.--Epigenesis or Evolution?
- The Vital Processes and Their Relation to Disease. Inflammation
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