$175.00
Stray Leaves of Science and Folk-Lore, Scoffern, MB Lond. 1870.
Very interesting topics include:
POPULAR SCIENCE
A CHEMICAL TRIAD:
CAVENDISH
LAVOISIER
DALTON.
COSMETICS:
The SKIN
ThE SKIN AND HAIR .
THE TEETH .
THE METAMORPHOSES OF MATTER
PREADAMITE MAN
EXTINCT SPECIES
THE MAROONS.
PEACE ESTABLISHMENTS AND WAR SALARIES
THE FIRE-DAMP'S FAMILY CIRCLE .
SAFETY-LAMPS
ALUMINIUM
CERAMIC WARE
SUGAR.
BEETROOT SUGAR IN FRANCE
MODERN MYSTICISM AND MODERN SCIENCE
BARON REICHENBACH'S THEORY OF KISSING
THE SENSES, THEIR LIMITS AND THEIR FALLACIES.
INSANITY
A TRIAD OF MEDIEVAL MYTHS:
THE BASILISK
VAMPIRES
SaLAMaNDers
THE MORAL STATUS OF ALCOHOL HYDROPHOBIA.
CURE BY YE TOUCH
VIVISECTION
WHAT IS THE SUN MADE OF?
EUTHANASIA
THE SUFFOLK WITCHES
Privately rebound in navy blue leather and marbled papers. Large and lovely bookplate on inside of front cover. Spine worn at top edge. Pages clean and unmarked.
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