Handbook and Guide to Dundee and District: Prepared for the Members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, on the Occasion of their Visit to Dundee, under the Direction of the Local Publications Committee
Description:Excerpt from Handbook and Guide to Dundee and District: Prepared for the Members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, on the Occasion of their Visit to Dundee, under the Direction of the Local Publications Committee:Part I, it will be observed, is divided clearly into sections, the first being historical, and consisting of a composite paper by three writers; the second, City Problems and Social Service incorporates 9 papers; Public Services take up 12 papers; Education 8; and Industrial and Commercial Life 17; 49 papers in all are contained in the 374 pages of Space, illustrations being additional. Part II comprises 24 papers in all, 18 of which are devoted to Biography, and 6 to more strictly Scientific subjects.While it would be invidious to single out any writer in a publication where all the contributions are good, one cannot forego referring to the fact that Sir Archibald Geikie, who was himself a member and present at the 1867 meeting, has favoured us with some reminiscences of Sir Charles Lyell, one of our great county-men and then a leading worker in the scientific field.About the Publisher: Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com. This 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Handbook and Guide to Dundee and District: Prepared for the Members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, on the Occasion of their Visit to Dundee, under the Direction of the Local Publications Committee. To get started finding Handbook and Guide to Dundee and District: Prepared for the Members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, on the Occasion of their Visit to Dundee, under the Direction of the Local Publications Committee, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Handbook and Guide to Dundee and District: Prepared for the Members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, on the Occasion of their Visit to Dundee, under the Direction of the Local Publications Committee
Description: Excerpt from Handbook and Guide to Dundee and District: Prepared for the Members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, on the Occasion of their Visit to Dundee, under the Direction of the Local Publications Committee:Part I, it will be observed, is divided clearly into sections, the first being historical, and consisting of a composite paper by three writers; the second, City Problems and Social Service incorporates 9 papers; Public Services take up 12 papers; Education 8; and Industrial and Commercial Life 17; 49 papers in all are contained in the 374 pages of Space, illustrations being additional. Part II comprises 24 papers in all, 18 of which are devoted to Biography, and 6 to more strictly Scientific subjects.While it would be invidious to single out any writer in a publication where all the contributions are good, one cannot forego referring to the fact that Sir Archibald Geikie, who was himself a member and present at the 1867 meeting, has favoured us with some reminiscences of Sir Charles Lyell, one of our great county-men and then a leading worker in the scientific field.About the Publisher: Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com. This 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Handbook and Guide to Dundee and District: Prepared for the Members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, on the Occasion of their Visit to Dundee, under the Direction of the Local Publications Committee. To get started finding Handbook and Guide to Dundee and District: Prepared for the Members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, on the Occasion of their Visit to Dundee, under the Direction of the Local Publications Committee, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.