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THESE Essays are reprinted from the Cornhill Magazine. The titles are as follows:— “The Herschels and the Star-Depths;” “A Voyage to the Sun; ” “A Voyage to the Ringed Planet;” “A Giant Planet;” “Life in Mars;” “A Whewellite Essay on the Planet Mars;” “Meteors — Seed-bearing, and otherwise;” “A Recent Star-shower, and Star-showers generally;” “News from the Moon;” “Earthquakes;” “The Antarctic Regions:” “A Few Words about Coal;” “Notes on Flying and Flying-Machines;” “Gambling Superstitions;” “Coincidences and Superstitions;” “Notes on Ghosts and Goblins.”
The Borderland of Science.
By Richard A. Proctor. (London: Smith, Elder, and Co. 1873.)
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The Borderland of Science . Nature 9, 140 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/009140b0
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