SCIENTIFIC STUDIES: OR PRACTICAL, IN CONTRAST WITH CHIMERICAL PURSUITS; EXEMPLIFIED IN TWO POPULAR LECTURES.
Reading edition
I. THE LIFE OF EDWARD SOMERSET, SECOND MARQUIS OF WORCESTER, INVENTOR OF THE STEAM ENGINE.
II. CHIMERAS OF SCIENCE: ASTROLOGY, ALCHEMY, SQUARING THE CIRCLE, PERPETUUM MOBILE, Etc.
With Illustrative Diagrams.
BY
HENRY DIRCKS, C. E., LL.D., F.C.S., M.R.S.L., F.R.S.R., &c. &c.
AUTHOR OF "THE LIFE OF THE MARQUIS OF WORCESTER;" "WORCESTERIANA;" &c.
LONDON: E. & F. N. SPON, 48, CHARING CROSS, S.W. 1879.