Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- 1898
- PART I SUCCESSES
- CHAP. I MODES OF TRAVELLING
- CHAP. II LABOUR-SAVING MACHINERY
- CHAP. III THE CONVEYANCE OF THOUGHT
- CHAP. IV FIRE AND LIGHT
- CHAP. V NEW APPLICATIONS OF LIGHT: PHOTOGRAPHY
- CHAP. VI NEW APPLICATIONS OF LIGHT: SPECTRUM ANALYSIS
- CHAP. VII THEORETICAL DISCOVERIES IN PHYSICS
- CHAP. VIII MINOR APPLICATIONS OF PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES
- CHAP. IX THE IMPORTANCE OF DUST: A SOURCE OF BEAUTY AND ESSENTIAL TO LIFE
- CHAP. X FEW OF THE GREAT PROBLEMS OF CHEMISTRY
- CHAP. XI ASTRONOMY AND COSMIC THEORIES
- CHAP. XII GEOLOGY: THE GLACIAL EPOCH, AND THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN
- CHAP. XIII EVOLUTION AND NATURAL SELECTION
- CHAP. XIV POPULAR DISCOVERIES IN PHYSIOLOGY
- CHAP. XV ESTIMATE OF ACHIEVEMENTS: THE NINETEENTH AS COMPARED WITH EARLIER CENTURIES
- PART II FAILURES
- INDEX
- Plate section
CHAP. XII - GEOLOGY: THE GLACIAL EPOCH, AND THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- 1898
- PART I SUCCESSES
- CHAP. I MODES OF TRAVELLING
- CHAP. II LABOUR-SAVING MACHINERY
- CHAP. III THE CONVEYANCE OF THOUGHT
- CHAP. IV FIRE AND LIGHT
- CHAP. V NEW APPLICATIONS OF LIGHT: PHOTOGRAPHY
- CHAP. VI NEW APPLICATIONS OF LIGHT: SPECTRUM ANALYSIS
- CHAP. VII THEORETICAL DISCOVERIES IN PHYSICS
- CHAP. VIII MINOR APPLICATIONS OF PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES
- CHAP. IX THE IMPORTANCE OF DUST: A SOURCE OF BEAUTY AND ESSENTIAL TO LIFE
- CHAP. X FEW OF THE GREAT PROBLEMS OF CHEMISTRY
- CHAP. XI ASTRONOMY AND COSMIC THEORIES
- CHAP. XII GEOLOGY: THE GLACIAL EPOCH, AND THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN
- CHAP. XIII EVOLUTION AND NATURAL SELECTION
- CHAP. XIV POPULAR DISCOVERIES IN PHYSIOLOGY
- CHAP. XV ESTIMATE OF ACHIEVEMENTS: THE NINETEENTH AS COMPARED WITH EARLIER CENTURIES
- PART II FAILURES
- INDEX
- Plate section
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- The Wonderful CenturyIts Successes and its Failures, pp. 109 - 133Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1898