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THE essays in this volume have already appeared in various journals. Besides the life of Mrs. Somerville, the volume contains the following:—“The coming Transit of Venus, and British Preparations for observing it;” “The Ever-widening World of the Stars;” “Movements in the Star-depths;” “The great Nebula in Orion;” “The Sun's True Atmosphere;” “Something Wrong with the Sun;” an article occasioned by the intense heat of July last year; “News from Herschel's Planet;” “The two Comets of the Year 1868;” “Comets of Short Period;” “The Gulf Stream,” “Oceanic Circulation,” “Addendum in Reply to Dr. Carpenter;” “Climate of Great Britain;” “Low Barometer of the Antarctic Temperate Zone.”
Light Science for Leisure Hours.
Second Series. Familiar Essays on Scientific Subjects, Natural Phenomena, &c., with a Sketch of the Life of Mary Somerville. By Richard A. Proctor. Camb., Honorary Secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society, author of “The Sun,” “Other Worlds,” “Saturn,” “Essays on Astronomy,” “The Orbs around Us,” &c. (Longmans, 1873.)
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 8, 243 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/008243a0
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