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TO review a book by the leader of British physical science in the ordinary sense of reviewing would be absurd. To attempt an estimate of merit and demerit or to offer a superficial criticism might easily become an impertinence.
Popular Lectures and Addresses.
By Sir William Thomson, &c. In Three Volumes. Vol. I. Constitution of Matter. With Illustrations. (“Nature Series.”) Pp. xi. + 460. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1889)
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LODGE, O. Sir William Thomson's Popular Lectures. Nature 40, 433–434 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/040433a0
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