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Applied Psychology - Making Your Own World
by Warren HiltonApplied Psychology: Making Your Own World Being the Second of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency. This book has been written by Warren Hilton and Being the Second of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business..
Are the Planets Inhabited?
by E. Walter MaunderThe first thought that men had concerning the heavenly bodies was an obvious one: they were lights. There was a greater light to rule the day; a lesser light to rule the night; and there were the stars also. In those days there seemed an immense difference between the earth upon which men stood, and the bright objects that shone down upon it from t..
The Young Man in Business
by Edward William BokA well-known New York millionaire gave it as his opinion not long ago that any young man possessing a good constitution and a fair degree of intelligence might acquire riches. The statement was criticized—literally picked to pieces—and finally adjudged as being extravagant.Now, as every young man naturally desires to make a business success, it is ..
A Field Book of the Stars
by William Tyler OlcottConsidering the ease with which a knowledge of the constellations can be acquired, it seems a remarkable fact that so few are conversant with these time-honored configurations of the heavens. Aside from a knowledge of "the Dipper" and "the Pleiades," the constellations to the vast majority, are utterly unknown.To facilitate and popularize if possib..
Astronomy of To-day - A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language
by Cecil G. DolmageThe object of this book is to give an account of the science of Astronomy, as it is known at the present day, in a manner acceptable to the general reader. It is too often supposed that it is impossible to acquire any useful knowledge of Astronomy without much laborious study, and without adventuring into quite a new world of thought. The reasoning..
Curiosities of the Sky
by Garrett Putman ServissWhat Froude says of history is true also of astronomy: it is the most impressive where it transcends explanation. It is not the mathematics of astronomy, but the wonder and the mystery that seize upon the imagination. The calculation of an eclipse owes all its prestige to the sublimity of its data; the operation, in itself, requires no more mental ..
The Astronomy of the Bible
by E. Walter MaunderThe Astronomy of the Bible, An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture. Why should an astronomer write a commentary on the Bible?Because commentators as a rule are not astronomers, and therefore either pass over the astronomical allusions of Scripture in silence, or else annotate them in a way which, from a scientific..
Half-hours with the Telescope
by Richard A. ProctorHalf-hours with the Telescope: Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a Means of Amusement and Instruction. The object which the Author and Publisher of this little work have proposed to themselves, has been the production, at a moderate price, of a useful and reliable guide to the amateur telescopist. Among the celestial phenomena de..