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| Nasa | SP-4221 The Space Shuttle Decision — Nasa |
SP-4221 The Space Shuttle Decision “Mayo wanted estimates of the expected potential demand for payloads in orbit, with the understanding that payload effects could increase this demand. He wanted estimates of the cos…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nasa | Chariots for Apollo — Nasa |
Chariots for Apollo “Stunned, pad leader Babbitt looked up from his desk and shouted to Gleaves: "Get them out of there!" As Babbitt spun to reach a squawk box to notify the blockhouse, a sheet of flam…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Nasa | Project Mercury - A Chronology — Nasa |
Project Mercury - A Chronology “Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3), designated the Freedom 7, the first Mercury manned suborbital flight, was launched from Cape Canaveral, with astronaut Alan Shepard as the pilot. (See fi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Science and the Hebrew Tradition | On the Method of Zadig — Science and the Hebrew Tradition |
On the Method of Zadig “The manifold wonders of the world of life had a particular attraction for the lonely student; incessant and patient observation of the plants and animals about him sharpened his na…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Science and the Hebrew Tradition | The Rise and Progress of Palaeontology — Science and the Hebrew Tradition |
The Rise and Progress of Palaeontology “The settlement of the nature of fossils led at once to the next advance of palaeontology, viz. its application to the deciphering of the history of the earth. When it was admitted …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Science and the Hebrew Tradition | Lectures on Evolution — Science and the Hebrew Tradition |
Lectures on Evolution “The French expedition to Egypt had called the attention of learned men to the wonderful store of antiquities in that country, and there had been brought back to France numerous mum…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Science and the Hebrew Tradition | The Interpreters of Genesis and the Interpreters of Nature — Science and the Hebrew Tradition |
The Interpreters of Genesis and the Interpreters of Nature “If Mr. Gladstone's latest information on these matters is derived from the famous discourse prefixed to the "Ossemens Fossiles," I can understand the position he has taken up; if h…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Science and the Hebrew Tradition | Mr. Gladstone and Genesis — Science and the Hebrew Tradition |
Mr. Gladstone and Genesis “I am a simple-minded person, wholly devoid of subtlety of intellect, so that I willingly admit that there may be depths of alternative meaning in these propositions out of all soun…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Science and the Hebrew Tradition | The Lights of the Church and the Light of Science — Science and the Hebrew Tradition |
The Lights of the Church and the Light of Science “But if scientific method, operating in the region of history, of philology, of archaeology, in the course of the last thirty or forty years, has become thus formidable to the theol…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Science and the Hebrew Tradition | Hasisadra's Adventure — Science and the Hebrew Tradition |
Hasisadra's Adventure “It is as indubitable as it is incomprehensible to most of us, that, for thousands of years, a great people, quite as intelligent as we are, and living in as high a state of civilis…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Science and the Hebrew Tradition | The Evolution of Theology: An Anthropological Study — Science and the Hebrew Tradition |
The Evolution of Theology: An Anthropological Study “I suppose that, so long as the human mind exists, it will not escape its deep-seated instinct to personify its intellectual conceptions. The science of the present day is as full o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Science and the Hebrew Tradition | The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Volume 3 — Science and the Hebrew Tradition |
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Volume 3 “"Aged Botanist?" marry come up! [Sir J. Hooker jestingly congratulated him on taking up botany in his old age.] I should like to know of a younger spark. The first time I heard mys…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Science and the Hebrew Tradition | Evolution and Ethics and Other Essays — Thomas H. Huxley |
Evolution and Ethics and Other Essays “And if natural selection, with artificial to help it, will produce better animals and better men than the present, and fit them better to the conditions of existence, why, let it w…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Science and the Hebrew Tradition | Lectures and Essays — T.H. Huxley |
Lectures and Essays “"But the human bones and cranium from the Neanderthal exceed all the rest in those peculiarities of conformation which lead to the conclusion of their belonging to a barbarous and …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Science and the Hebrew Tradition | The Evolution of Man, V.2 — Science and the Hebrew Tradition |
The Evolution of Man, V.2 “However, the Amphioxus is important not merely because it fills the deep gulf between the Invertebrates and Vertebrates, but also because it shows us to-day the typical vertebrate …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Science and the Hebrew Tradition | Darwiniana — Thomas Henry Huxley |
Darwiniana “But the impulse thus given to scientific thought rapidly spread beyond the ordinarily recognised limits of biology. Psychology, Ethics, Cosmology were stirred to their foundations,…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of the Spider |
The Life of the Spider “A fig for systems! It is immaterial to the student of instinct whether the animal have eight legs instead of six, or pulmonary sacs instead of air-tubes. Besides, the Araneida belo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Strange Life of Nikola Tesla |
The Strange Life of Nikola Tesla “The images I saw were wonderfully sharp and clear and had the solidity of metal and stone, so much so that I told him, "See my motor here; watch me reverse it." I cannot begin to d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Formation of Vegetable Mould |
The Formation of Vegetable Mould “Full Title: The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the action of worms with observations of their habits-- by Charles Darwin…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Reflections On The Decline Of Science In England |
Reflections On The Decline Of Science In England “. It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that some portion of the neglect of science in England, may be attributed to the system of education we pursue. A young man passes fro…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Origin and Nature of the Emotions |
The Origin and Nature of the Emotions “Pain, like other phenomena, was probably evolved for a particular purpose-- surely for the good of the individual; like fear and worry, it frequently is injurious. What then may be…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Organic Syntheses |
Organic Syntheses “The benzyl cyanide, prepared according to the procedure as outlined, is collected over a 5'0 range. It varies in appearance from a colorless to a straw-colored liquid and often dev…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Bramble-Bees and Others |
Bramble-Bees and Others “Does the insect know beforehand the sex of the egg which it is about to lay? When examining the stock of food in the cells just now, we began to suspect that it does, for each litt…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of the Fly |
The Life of the Fly “What can he be called, this creature whose style and title I dare not inscribe at the head of the chapter? His name is Monodontomerus cupreus, SM. Just try it, for fun: Mo-no-don-t…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | DAEDALUS or Science and the Future |
DAEDALUS or Science and the Future “Ever since the time of Berkeley it has been customary for the majority of metaphysicians to proclaim the ideality of Time, of Space, or of both. But they soon made it clear that in…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | ICARUS, or The Future of Science |
ICARUS, or The Future of Science “Written by Bertrand Russell as a response to Haldane.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | More Hunting Wasps |
More Hunting Wasps “The victim, a Beetle, is covered at all points with a suit of armour which the sting is unable to penetrate. The joints alone will allow the poisoned lancet to pass. Those of the l…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Mars |
Mars “Description of canals and oases of Mars by astronomer Perceval Lowell, placed here because, hey, at least he meant well.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Naturalist on the River Amazons |
The Naturalist on the River Amazons “We embarked in a little montaria, and paddled some three or four miles up and down the stream. Although I had now become familiarised with beautiful vegetation, all the glow of fre…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Flying Machines: Construction and Operation |
Flying Machines: Construction and Operation “Take a circular-shaped bit of cardboard, like the lid of a hat box, and remove the bent-over portion so as to have a perfectly flat surface with a clean, sharp edge. Holding the ca…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Disturbances of the Heart — Oliver T. Osborne |
Disturbances of the Heart “Although we are scientifically interested in the administration of specific treatments, antitoxins and vaccines; although we have a better understanding of food values, and order d…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Aeroplane Speaks — Horatio Barber |
The Aeroplane Speaks “Flat surfaces are, then, theoretically stable longitudinally. They are not, however, used, on account of their poor lift-drift ratio. As already explained, cambered surfaces are us…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Wonders of Instinct — J. H. Fabre |
The Wonders of Instinct “With the double support of its back and belly, with alternate puffings and shrinkings, the animal easily advances or retreats along its gallery, a sort of mould which the contents …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Student's Elements of Geology — Sir Charles Lyell |
The Student's Elements of Geology “It may appear inconceivable to a beginner how mountains, several thousand feet thick, can have become full of fossils from top to bottom; but the difficulty is removed, when he ref…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Story of Evolution — Joseph McCabe |
The Story of Evolution “As we saw, one of the early requirements to be fostered by natural selection in the Archaean struggle for life was a "thick skin," and the thick skin had to be porous to let the an…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Side-Lights On Astronomy — Simon Newcomb |
Side-Lights On Astronomy “The impression is quite common that satisfactory views of the heavenly bodies can be obtained only with very large telescopes, and that the owner of a small one must stand at a gre…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Elements of Geology — W. H. Norton |
The Elements of Geology “Mammoth Cave, the largest of these caverns, consists of a labyrinth of chambers and winding galleries whose total length is said to be as much as thirty miles. One passage four mil…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | MUTUAL AID: A FACTOR OF EVOLUTION — P. Kropotkin |
MUTUAL AID: A FACTOR OF EVOLUTION “Sociability and need of mutual aid and support are such inherent parts of human nature that at no time of history can we discover men living in small isolated families, fighting ea…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Physics and Politics — Walter Bagehot |
Physics and Politics “All theories as to the primitive man must be very uncertain. Granting the doctrine of evolution to be true, man must be held to have a common ancestor with the rest of the Primates…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life of the Bee — Maurice Maeterlinck |
The Life of the Bee “But the patience of the bees is not equal to that of men. One morning the long-expected word of command goes through the hive; and the peaceful workers turn into judges and executi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Familiar Letters on Chemistry — Justus Liebig |
Familiar Letters on Chemistry “Until very recently it was supposed that the physical qualities of bodies, i.e. hardness, colour, density, transparency, and still more their chemical properties, must depend upon …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Story Of Electricity — John Munro |
The Story Of Electricity “The list shows that quality, as well as kind, of material affects the production of electricity. Thus polished glass when rubbed with silk is positive, whereas rough glass is negat…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Five of Maxwell's Papers |
Five of Maxwell's Papers “In a course of Experimental Physics we may consider either the Physics or the Experiments as the leading feature. We may either employ the experiments to illustrate the phenomena o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Story Of Germ Life — H. W. Conn |
The Story Of Germ Life “This whole process of decay of organic life is one in which bacteria play the most important part. In the case of the decomposition of the woody matter of the tree trunk, the proce…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine — George M. Gould and Walter L. Pyle |
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine “Prolificity is a much discussed subject, for besides its medical and general interest it is of importance in social as well as in political economy. Superfluous population was a qu…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Evolution of Modern Medicine — William Osler |
The Evolution of Modern Medicine “Born in 1682, Morgagni studied at Bologna under Valsalva and Albertini. In 1711, he was elected professor of medicine at Padua. He published numerous anatomical observations and se…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Why Certain Plants Are Acrid — Professor William B. Lazenby |
Why Certain Plants Are Acrid “As far as I am aware the first scientific investigation of this subject was made by the writer. At a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held at Indi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Physical Conditions Govern Appearances of Spectra — Anonymous |
Physical Conditions Govern Appearances of Spectra “We have said that the evolutionary processes depend primarily upon the loss of heat. This is to the best of our knowledge a genuine loss, except as some of the heat rays happen to …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Contact Electrification and the Electric Current — Professor Fernando Sanford |
Contact Electrification and the Electric Current “I have seen in the museum at Cortonne Etrusean inscriptions upon plates of pure lead which are perfectly preserved to this day' although they date from very ancient times; on the o…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | General Course of Evolutionary Process — Unknown |
General Course of Evolutionary Process “A few hundred stellar spectra resembling this description are well known, discovered mostly at the Harvard Observatory. Their details differ greatly, but they have certain features…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Adaptation As a Process — Professor Harry Beal Torrey |
Adaptation As a Process “The origin of adaptive variations gave him, at that time, little concern. Though keenly appreciative of the problem of variation which his studies in evolution presented, he dismis…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | On Certain Resemblances Between the Earth and a Butternut — Professor A. C. Lane |
On Certain Resemblances Between the Earth and a Butternut “These actions are always going on. Are they always equally balanced, or are there periods when the forces of elevation are more active, the forces of degradation not so powerful, a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | On the Brain — T. H. Huxley |
On the Brain “Full title: Note on the Resemblances and Differences in the Structure and the Development of the Brain in Man and Apes…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, V1 |
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley, V1 “6. I have the materials for a monograph upon the Acalephae and Hydrostatic Acalephae. I have examined very carefully more than forty genera of these animals--many of them very rare…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Chemical History of A Candle — Michael Faraday |
The Chemical History of A Candle “You see, then, in the first instance, that a beautiful cup is formed. As the air comes to the candle, it moves upward by the force of the current which the heat of the candle produ…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Darwiniana — Asa Gray |
Darwiniana “Full title: Darwiniana: Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism. Electronic formatting dedicated, as always, to the Kansas State Board of Education.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | British Airships, Past/Present/Future — George Whale |
British Airships, Past/Present/Future “In the early days of the war an airship was constructed by Mr. Marshall Fox which is worthy of mention, although it never flew. It was claimed that this ship was a rigid airship, a…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets — Daniel Young |
Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets “34. EXCELLENT MATCHES The ends of the tapers or wood should be very dry, and then dipped in hot melted sulphur and laid aside to dry; then take 4 parts of glue, dissolve it and whi…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Earth as Modified by Human Action — George P. Marsh |
The Earth as Modified by Human Action “There can be no doubt that moisture is given, out by trees and evaporated in extremely cold winter weather, and unless new fluid were supplied from the roots by the exercise of som…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals — William T. Hornaday |
The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals “During the four months that he lived with me I taught him, almost without effort, many things that were necessary in our daily life. Even the Dyaks recognized the fact that the "Ol…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence |
Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence “. . .I have also a piece of good news to communicate, which will, I hope, lead to very favorable results for me. I think I told you when I left for Paris that my chief anxiety was …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | WONDERS OF CREATION: VOLCANOES AND THEIR PHENOMENA. — Anonymous |
WONDERS OF CREATION: VOLCANOES AND THEIR PHENOMENA. “Ashes block out the sun.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Marvels of Modern Science — Paul Severing |
Marvels of Modern Science “The Zoetrope was a toy familiar to children; it was sometimes called the wheel of life. It was a contrivance consisting of a cylinder some ten inches wide, open at the top, around …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Naturalist in Nicaragua — Thomas Belt |
The Naturalist in Nicaragua “But--and here comes in the principle to which the term "mimicry" is now restricted--if warning colours are helpful to noxious animals, then defenceless animals acquiring these colo…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Evolution of Man, V.1. — Ernst Haeckel |
The Evolution of Man, V.1. “There are many difficulties in the way of understanding this partial segmentation and the gastrula that arises from it. We have only recently succeeded, by means of comparative res…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Facts and Arguments for Darwin — Fritz Muller |
Facts and Arguments for Darwin “To the question, how far the development of Ligia is repeated in the other Isopoda, I can only give an unsatisfactory answer. The curvature of the embryo upwards instead of downwar…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Curiosities of the Sky — Garrett P. Serviss |
Curiosities of the Sky “From a historical and picturesque point of view, one of the most striking results of the motions of the stars described in the last chapter is their effect upon the forms of the co…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The Evolution of Man, V.2 |
The Evolution of Man, V.2 “However, the Amphioxus is important not merely because it fills the deep gulf between the Invertebrates and Vertebrates, but also because it shows us to-day the typical vertebrate …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | The History of a Mouthful of Bread — Jean Mace |
The History of a Mouthful of Bread “Full title: THE HISTORY OF A MOUTHFUL OF BREAD: And Its Effect on the Organization of Men and Animals.…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation — Robert Chambers |
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation “Two-thirds of the plants of the carboniferous era are of the cellular or cryptogamic kind, a proportion which would probably be much increased if we knew the whole Flora of that er…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation — Hugo DeVries |
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation “From time to time the idea has suggested itself to some of the best authorities on the amelioration of plants, that this atavism was not due to an innate tendency, but, in many cas…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Science &Education — Thomas H. Huxley |
Science &Education “To this, his highest ideal of duty, Joseph Priestley sacrificed the vulgar prizes of life, which, assuredly, were within easy reach of a man of his singular energy and varied abili…” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |
| Various authors | Sidelights on Relativity — Albert Einstein |
Sidelights on Relativity “One reason why mathematics enjoys special esteem, above all other sciences, is that its laws are absolutely certain and indisputable, while those of all other sciences are to some …” Read it free at Project Gutenberg Find old printed copies at the Internet Archive | |