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More Science from an Easy Chair (Book)
Author: Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir, 1847-1929
Title: More Science from an Easy Chair
Contents: A day in the Oberland -- Switzerland in early summer -- Gletsch -- The problem of the galloping horse -- The jewel in the toad's head -- Elephants -- A strange extinct beast -- Vegetarians and their teeth -- Food and cookery -- Smells and perfumes -- Kisses -- Laughter -- Fatherless frogs -- Primitive beliefs about fatherless progeny -- The pygmy races of men -- Prehistoric petticoats -- New Year's Day and the calendar -- Eastertide, shamrocks and spermaceti -- Museums -- The secret of a terrible disease -- Carriers of disease -- Immunity and curative inoculations -- The strange story of animal life in New Zealand -- The effacement of nature by man -- The extinction of the bison and of whales -- More about whales -- Misconceptions about science.
Language: English
LoC Class: Q: Science
Subject: Science
Subject: Natural history
Release Date: Oct 24, 2008
Copyright Status: Public domain in the USA.
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