An Introduction to Chemical Science Part 30

ELEMENTS OF PLANT ANATOMY

By EMILY L. GREGORY, Professor of Botany in Barnard College. 8vo.

Cloth. viii + 148 pages. Ill.u.s.trated. Mailing price, $1.35; for introduction, $1.25.

This book is designed as a text-book for students who have already some knowledge of general botany. It consists of an outline of the princ.i.p.al facts of plant anatomy, in a form available not only for those who wish to specialize in botany but for all who wish to know the leading facts about the inner structure of plants. It affords a preparation for the study of the more intricate and difficult questions of plant anatomy and physiology, while it is especially adapted to the wants of students, who need a practical knowledge of plant structure.

ELEMENTS OF STRUCTURAL AND SYSTEMATIC BOTANY

For High Schools and Elementary College Courses. By DOUGLAS H.

CAMPBELL, Professor of Botany in the Leland Stanford Junior University. 12mo. Cloth. ix + 253 pages. Price by mail, $1.25; for introduction, $1.12.

The special merit of this book is that it begins with the simple forms, and follows the order of nature to the complex ones.

PLANT ORGANIZATION

By R. HALSTEAD WARD, formerly Professor of Botany in the Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst.i.tute, Troy, N.Y. Quarto. 176 pages.

Ill.u.s.trated. Flexible boards. Mailing price, 85 cents; for introduction, 75 cents.

ELEMENTARY METEOROLOGY

By WILLIAM MORRIS DAVIS, Professor of Physical Geography in Harvard College. With maps and charts. 8vo. Cloth. xi + 355 pages. Mailing price, $2.70; for introduction, $2.50.

This work is believed to be very opportune, since no elementary work on the subject has been issued for over a quarter of a century. It represents the modern aspects of the science. It is adapted to the use of advanced students, and will meet the needs of members of the National and State Weather Services who wish to acquaint themselves with something more than methods of observation.

The essential theories of modern Meteorology are presented in such form that the student shall perceive their logical connection, and shall derive from their mastery something of the intellectual training that comes with the grasp of well-tested conclusions.

The charts of temperature, pressure, winds, etc., are reduced from the latest available sources, while the diagrams freely introduced through the text are for the most part new.

A.W. Greeley, retired Brigadier General U.S.A., and formerly Chief of Signal Office, Was.h.i.+ngton:

"A valuable and timely contribution to scientific text-books."

Winslow Upton, Professor of Astronomy, Brown University:

"The best general book on the subject in our language."

Wm. B. Clark, Professor of Geology, Johns Hopkins University:

"An excellent book and of great value to the teacher of meteorology."

David Todd, Professor of Astronomy, Amherst College:

"Clear, concise, and direct. To teach meteorology with it must be a delight."

MOLECULES AND THE MOLECULAR THEORY OF MATTER

Department of Special Publioation. By A. D. RISTEEN. 8vo. Cloth.

Ill.u.s.trated. viii + 223 pages. Retail price, $2.00

This work is a complete popular exposition of the molecular theory of matter, as it is held by the leading physicists of today. Considerable s.p.a.ce is devoted to the kinetic theory of gases. Liquids also are discussed, and solids receive much attention. There is also a division discussing the methods that have been proposed for finding the sizes of molecules, and here, as elsewhere throughout the book, the methods described are ill.u.s.trated by numerical examples. The last division of the book touches upon the const.i.tution of molecules. The subject is everywhere treated from a physical standpoint.

END OF AN INTRODUCTION TO CHEMICAL SCIENCE