NOW COMPLETE. HAND-BOOKS OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY AND ASTRONOMY. BY DIONYSIUS LARDNER, D.C.L., Formerly Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy in University College, London. This valuable work is now complete, consisting of three series or courses, as follows: FIRST COURSE Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Sound, and Optics. In one large royal 12mo. volume, of 750 pages, with 424 illustrations. SECOND COURSE. Heat, Magnetism, Common Electricity, and Voltaic Electricity. In one volume, royal 12mo., of 450 pages, with 244 illustrations. THIRD COURSE. Astronomy and Meteorology. In one volume, royal 12mo., of nearly 800 pages, with 37 plates and over 200 illustrations These volumes can be had either separately or in uniform sets, containing in all about two thousand pages, with nearly one thousand illustrations, on wood and steel. To accommodate those who desire separate treatises on the leading departments of Natural Philosophy, the First Course may also be had divided in three portions, as follows: Part I.-MECHANICS. " II.-HYDROSTATICS, HYDRAULICS, PNEUMATICS, AND SOUND. "III-OPTICS. It will thus be seen that this work furnishes either a complete course of instruction on these subjects, or separate treatises on all the different branches of Natural Science. From among a vast number of recommendatory notices the publishers submit a few. One of the best popular scientific works that has yet appeared.-English Journal of Education. Nothing could be better for the purposes intended.-British Quarterly Review. The "First Course" of Natural Philosophy has been already noticed by us. The "Second" merits equal praise. Dr. Lardner's professional abilities are well known in our colleges and academics; and it is a great felicity to have, from such a source, complete scientific manuals. These hand-books are prepared with a direct view to the wants of those who wish to obtain a knowledge of physical science, without minute mathematical details. While this does not impair the work for the scholar, it brings it within the reach of the less favoured, but more aspiring classes of the community; a more benevolent exercise of elevated talent cannot be imagined.-South. Method. Quart. Review. This "Hand-Book," then, is an honest addition to our scientific literature. It is not the hasty production of a man who has been skimming the surface of the pool, and fingering the hem of the garment, but the matured production of an accomplished mathematician, who has devoted his life to the study of physics, who has soared high and dived deep, who has traversed the rough places as well as the smooth, and than whom there can be no safer and more intelligent guide through those pleasant paths which belong to popular science.-London Literary Gazette. The author, celebrated for his skill and learning in Physical and Mechanical Science, has composed this work for the satisfaction of those who desire to obtain a knowledge of the elements of Physics. without pursuing them through their mathematical consequences and details." On a cursory examination, we should think this volume admirably suited to carry out the author's intentions. The principles are stated in precise and terse language, and the illustrations are happily given.-N. Y. Church man. |