Popular scientific lectures
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1. Front matter2. AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION.3. TRANSLATOR'S NOTE TO THE THIRD EDITION.4. THE FORMS OF LIQUIDS.5. THE FIBRES OF CORTI.6. ON THE CAUSES OF HARMONY.7. THE VELOCITY OF LIGHT.8. WHY HAS MAN TWO EYES?9. ON SYMMETRY.10. ON THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF ELECTROSTATICS.[26]11. ON THE PRINCIPLE OF THE CONSERVATION OF ENERGY.[39]12. THE ECONOMICAL NATURE OF PHYSICAL INQUIRY.[60]13. ON TRANSFORMATION AND ADAPTATION IN SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT.[69]14. ON THE PRINCIPLE OF COMPARISON IN PHYSICS.[80]15. THE PART PLAYED BY ACCIDENT IN INVENTION AND DISCOVERY.[81]16. ON SENSATIONS OF ORIENTATION.[93]17. ON SOME PHENOMENA ATTENDING THE FLIGHT OF PROJECTILES.[110]18. ON INSTRUCTION IN THE CLASSICS AND THE SCIENCES.[113]19. APPENDIX.20. INDEX.21. THE SCIENCE OF MECHANICS.22. PRESS NOTICES.23. TESTIMONIALS OF PROMINENT EDUCATORS.24. PRESS NOTICES.25. THE ANALYSIS OF THE SENSATIONS26. CATALOGUE OF PUBLICATIONS27. The Religion of Science Library.28. THE OPEN COURT29. THE MONIST