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Criminal Investigation: a Practical Handbook for Magistrates, Police Officers a…
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Hans Gross
Reputedly inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories, Austrian criminal jurist and examining magistrate Hans Gross wrote the first handbook on …
Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies
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David Todd
The progress of astronomy from age to age has been far from uniform—rather by leaps and bounds: from the earliest epoch when man's planet ea…
The Woodpeckers
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Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
The Woodpeckers is a wonderful introduction to the world of bird study for the young naturalist, covering such topics as how he finds food, …
How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers
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Robert Williams Wood
How do you tell apart a parrot from a carrot? A plover from a clover? A bay from a jay? Although there are several ways of differentiating, …
The Science - History of the Universe Vol. 8: Mathematics
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Francis Rolt-Wheeler
Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The eighth volume is on Pure Mathematics written by L. Leland Locke and on Math…
Apis Mellifica
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C. W. Wolf
Wolf's essay considers the homeopathic medicine Apis Mellifica, or the poison of the honey bee, as a therapeutic agent based on his experien…
The Bee People
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Margaret Warner Morley
"The Honey-bees are buzzy-fuzzy little pepper pots" Thus this wonderful nature writer begins to tell us about bees, their habits, …
The Hurricane Hunters
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Ivan Ray Tannehill
This 1955 book by an acknowledged authority is an absorbing account of meteorology before the advent of weather satellites. “This is the li…
A Brief History of Forestry
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Bernhard Eduard Fernow
An accessible, comprehensive summary of the science and art of forestry, from its ancient roots to its 20th century techniques (many of whic…
The Chemistry of Cookery
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W. Mattieu Williams
This book, written in the late 1800s, is a book of chemistry that explains the whys and hows of cooking to trained chefs and laymen alike. T…
Seed-Babies
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Margaret Warner Morley
Seed Babies piques the child's interest about how seeds grow. It provides interesting information about seeds in a conversational style bet…
The Science - History of the Universe Vol. 7: Anthropology & Medicine
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Francis Rolt-Wheeler
Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The seventh volume is on Anthropology written by the editor himself and on Medi…
A Text-book of Assaying
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Cornelius Beringer, Cornelius Beringerandjohn Jacob Beringer and Cornelius Beringer And John Jacob Beringer
This is a formal but relaxed text covering assaying techniques for most of the substances which are mined. As the authors say: "At firs…
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the…
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Aimé Bonpland, Alexander von Humboldt and Alexander Von Humboldt
Volume 3, the final volume of the “Personal Narrative”, records the travels of Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland …
Marvels of Modern Science
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Paul Severing
The purpose of this little book is to give a general idea of a few of the great achievements of our time. For instance, the flying machine i…
An Elementary Study of Insects
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Leonard Haseman
An overview of notable insect groups intended for the young reader. Focus is on economically important insects. (Summary by Jeffery Smith)
A Florida Sketch-Book
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Bradford Torrey
This is a series of late-19th Century essays about Florida's flora & fauna written by a Massachusetts-based naturalist. (Summary by Bell…
The North West Passage -The Gjöa Expedition 1903-1907 (Volume II)
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Roald Amundsen
Volume II of Roald Amundsen's The Northwest Passage. Roald Amundsen and six hearty seafarers in the tiny sloop Gjöa are the first to ma…
Little Wanderers
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Margaret Warner Morley
This book discusses a great variety of plants and their seeds in a simple, yet interesting way that children will enjoy. As the books says, …
Hereditary Genius
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Sir Francis Galton
A biographical summary of the pre-eminent men of Britain grouped by profession. The extensive survey draws from information including colleg…