Abstract
THE story is worth telling, for whatever the ages may hold in store they can hardly deprive the nineteenth century of the distinction of having witnessed a progress in science without a parallel in the earth's history. Each step in advance has served as a starting-point for many others, and the record of the last quarter century, even of the last decade, far surpasses that of the corresponding period at the outset. The opening chapter of this book, “Science at the Beginning of this Century,” enables us to realise how immense the gain has been.
The Story of Nineteenth Century Science.
By Henry Smith Williams Pp. x + 476. Illustrated. (London and New York: Harper and Brothers, 1900.) Price 9s.
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BONNEY, T. The Story of Nineteenth Century Science . Nature 63, 342–343 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/063342a0
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