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More Science From an Easy Chair
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MORE SCIENCE FROM
AN EASY CHAIR
BY
Sir RAY LANKESTER
K.C.B., F.R.S.
WITH 34 ILLUSTRATIONS
METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET, W.C.
LONDON
First Issued in this Cheap Form in 1920
Originally published by Messrs. Adlard & Son in 1913
First published by Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1914
Second Edition 1915
Third Edition 1920
PREFACE
The present volume is a reprint of that issued in 1912 with the title, "Science from an Easy Chair: Second Series." It consists, like its predecessors, of chapters originally published by me in the Daily Telegraph, which I have revised and illustrated by a large number of drawings. In order to render the issue of the present cheap edition possible, it has been found necessary to restrict its size a little by the omission of chapters dealing with Glaciers, Ferns and Fern-seed, and the history of the Sea-squirts or Ascidians, which are contained in the original larger book. My hope is that this collection of papers, "about a number of things," may meet with as kind a reception from my readers as that which they have accorded to its predecessors.
E. RAY LANKESTER
July 1, 1920
CONTENTS
I. | A Day in the Oberland | 1 |
Fertilization of Sage—The Edelweiss—The Jungfrau's Breast—Contortions of Rock-strata—The Jungfrau Railway—Mountain Sickness. | ||
II. | Switzerland in Early Summer | 13 |
Alpine Flowers—Flowers of the Meadows and Woods—The Herb Paris. | ||
III. | Gletsch | 19 |
From Baveno to the Rhone Glacier—A Glacier by the Roadside—Changes in the Glacier. | ||
IV. | The Problem of the Galloping Horse | 25 |
The Cinematograph—Ancient Representations of |