POPULAR SCIENCE (CLASSIC REPRINT)

Excerpt from Popular ScienceThis volume is not, strictly speaking, a scientific reader, its aim is simply to provide material suitable for imparting the habit of careful reading and, in a measure, the voe_abulary of scientific literature. Articles of pure science are valuable, indeed, in the hands of teachers familiar with the techniï calities of the subject treated, but they lay too heavy a burden upon the average instructor of modern languages, not to speak of the students. Our selections have therefore been made from that branch of writing which, while drawing upon facts and scientific data for material, permits the display of the authors fancy or brightness, and blends instruction with interest.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works._,