A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art, Vol. 1 of 3

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Excerpt from A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art, Vol. 1 of 3: Comprising the Definitions and Derivations of the Scientific Terms in General Use, Together With the History and Descriptions of the Scientific Principles of Nearly Every Branch of Human KnowledgeThe introduction of Physical Geography is practically a new feature in the present edition. Although an attempt to impart to this work the character of 9. Geographical Dictionary would oh viously be out of place, it was felt that an important branch of knowledge would not be fairly represented without giving some account of the principal features of the globe, its oceans, marine currents, and continents, its mountain chains, lakes, and inland seas, and the general action of volcanic forces.In Astronomy, the application of photography to the production of permanent records of celestial phenomena, the improvements in astronomical instruments, and the wonderful discoveries made through spectrum analysis, have all been concisely but carefully described, and an attempt has been made to render this Dictionary a useful companion to the Telescope, by recording especially the results of recent observations.In Chemistry and Physics, also, a thorough revision of articles had become necessary, and the new matter added contains, it is hoped, a notice of all the most important advances even in sciences of such vast extent. In Mineralogy, large additions have been made to the number of terms, although it is not pretended that an exhaustive list has been given of technical names, many of which would rarely, if ever, be met with except by strictly scientific readers.The great progress made during the last generation in the oldest of all sciences, Mathematics, has rendered a slight alteration of arrangement advisable. The expositions of the more permanent portions, which are fully treated in standard text-books, have been curtailed in the present edition, while an attempt has been made, for the first time, to collect and render intelligible the many terms which have been introduced into modern Geometry and Algebra, so far as the limits of this work would permit. More advanced readers will find copious references to the best sources of information in each branch of the science.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.