Boston: Popular Science News Co., 1892. Articles by Harlan Hoge Ballard,"then" President of the Agassiz Association; and THE NEW STAR IN AURIGA, by Charles Augustus Young. Articles include: NOVELITIES IN PHOTOGRAPHY (6 etchings); WATER AND AIR BAROMETERS (2 etchings); PHOTOGRAPHING LIGHTING-STROKES(1etching); FLINT IMPLEMENTS OF COCHIN CHINA (1etching); SOME CURIOUS MINERALS (5 ETCHINGS); ABOUT LICHENS(17 etchings); MIMICRY IN ANIMALS (3 etchings); EXPERIMENTS WITH WATER-JETS(3 ETCHINGS); EVOLUTION FOR THE CONTINENTS( 4 etchings); MINIATURE SUN-DIALS (4 etchings); SOUP-BUBBLES (6 etchings); JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER (2 etchings); SIMPLIFIED COMPOUND LEAVES (8 etchings). Includes monthly section on MEDICINE and PHARMACY, ASTRONOMICAL PHENOMENA and METEOROLOGY. December Issue includes Index for the Year with List of Articles. All are in Good or better condition. One issue will ex-mus. numbers on front cover (advertisement page). May issue does not have 2 pages of advertisements as its "covers", all the other issues do. Covers lightly soiled or age-toned around borders. One issue torn area on cover (advertisements), but all there. One issue's side edge with tear, but intact. Overall interiors are clean, tight, and in Very Good condition.. Wraps. Good or Better. Illus. by Figures (line drawings), Tables,. Size: Approx. 9 1/2" x 12". Science.

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Bookseller: Bee Creek Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003135
Title: POPULAR SCIENCE NEWS AND BOSTON JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY.1892-Complete year. 12 issues. Vol. XXVI: Number 1-12. January-December.
Illustrator: Figures (line drawings), Tables,
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Good or Better
Publisher: Popular Science News Co.
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1892
Keywords: 1800 Science Journal, Harlan Hoge Ballard, Charles Augustus Young, Early Photography, Early Botany, Early Chemistry, New Star,
Bookseller catalogs: Medicine; Meteorology; Chemistry; Famous Americans; Botany; Photography;
Size: Size: Approx. 9 1/2" x 12"

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