Nature: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science (7 Volume set)

R.W. Church; T. Fowler; Oliver J. Lodge; J.H. Gladstone; Robert L. Bowles; H. Marshall Ward; W.A. Herdman; A.G. Greenhill; J. Norman Lockyer; Alexander Ecker

Macmillan, 1887

7 volume set. Bound in 3/4 leather over marbled boards. Hardcover. Library stamps and markings. Shelf wear. 2 volumes lacking spines. Some boards detached. Corners chipped. Sold with all faults. Contents: Volume XXXVII, Nov. 1887-Apr. 1888; Volume XXXVIII, May 1888-Oct. 1888; Volume XXXIX, Nov. 1888-Apr. 1889; Volume XL, May 1889-Oct. 1889; Volume XLII, May 1890-Oct. 1890; Volume XLIV, May 1891, Oct. 1891; Volume XLVI, May 1892-Oct. 1892. Interesting articles in this collection include: On the Mechanical Conditions of a Swarm of Meteorites; British Tertiary Volcanoes; Fritsch's Crustacean Fauna of the Chalk of Bohemia; New Zealand Scale Insect; The History of Ancient Civilization; The Northfleet Series Electric Tramway; Skeleton of Phenacodus; Three Days on the Summit of Mont Blanc; Whirlwinds, Waterspouts, Storms, and Rotating Spheres; Marine Biology and the Electric Light; The Surface Film of Water, and its Relation to the Life of Plants and Animals; The Discover of Australian-Like Mammals in South America; A New Form of Air Leyden; A Treatise on Zoology; Fossil Insects; On Some Points in the Early History of Astronomy; The Application of the Microscope to Physical and Chemical Investigations; The Extermination of the American Bison; The Anatomy of the Frog. 

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