The Popular Science News and Boston Journal of Chemistry: An Illustrated Journal of Progress in News, Nature, Invention, Botany, Electricity, Chemistry, Medicine, Hygiene, Health [vol. 29, nos. 1-12] [provenance: Wilbur Morris Stine] by Stine, Wilbur Morris; Coe, Charles H.; Hinrichs, Anna - 1895

New York: Benj. Lillard, Publisher, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good. Conducted by Benj. Lillard. iv, 192 p.: illustrations; 31 cm. Contemporary half polished black calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title in second compartment and year in fourth compartment. Black pebble-grain cloth over boards. Includes index. Inscription on front free endpaper: "W.M. Stine April 16, 1896." "0729" stamped at lower edge of title page. "Storage" stamped in red on fixed endpapers. Former owner Wilbur Morris Stine (1863-1934), with degrees from Dickinson College and Ohio University, taught physics and engineering at Ohio University from 1886 to 1893, electricity and electrical engineering at Armour Institute from 1893 to 1898, and engineering at Swarthmore College from 1898 to 1906. He also published poetry and fiction. The second issue in this volume contains his article "Memory, and How to Remember" (along with a portrait and facsimile signature). Other contents include: Photographing Lightning in the National Park by Morton J. Elrod -- several articles about Florida wildlife by Charles H. Coe -- The Lost Eye by Anna Hinrichs. In Very Good Condition: leather is rubbed; vertical crease through many of the leaves; a few pages lightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight.