| Description |
xvi, 560 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Opening address / by the Duke of Devonshire -- On some relations of culture to practical life / by J.G. Greenwood -- Original research as a means of education / by H.E. Roscoe -- Solar physics / by Balfour Stewart -- The distance of the sun from the earth / by T.H. Core --The limits of our knowledge of the earth / by W. Boyd Dawkins -- The use of steam / by Osborne Reynolds -- Primeval vegetation in its relation to the doctrines of natural selection and evolution / by W.C. Williamson -- Science and medicine / by A. Gamgee --Some historical results of the science of language /by A.S. Wilkins -- The Talmud / by T. Theodores --Provençal poetry in old and modern times / by H. Breymann -- The Judicature Act of 1873 in its relation to the history of the judicial system in England / by J. Bryce -- The railways and the state / by W. Stanley Jevons -- The peace of Europe / by A.W. Ward |
| Notes |
"Published in commemoration of the opening of the new college buildings, October 7th, 1873." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Owens College.
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| Author |
Owens College.
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