1900 SCIENCE The Langley Aerodrome & The Zeppelin Air Ship.

Amazing collection of science & scholarship-- includes early aviation, illustrated, the Langley aerodrome & The Zeppelin air ship. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1900. Lacking covers. AS IS. A collection of scientific reports, many illustrated: Progress in astronomy during the nineteenth century, by Sir Norman Lockyer, p. 123./ A preliminary account of the solar eclipse of May 28, 1900, as observed by the Smithsonian expedition, by S.P. Langley, p. 149./ Notes on Mars, by Sir Robert Ball and others, p. 157./ On solar changes of temperature and variations in rainfall in the region surrounding the Indian Ocean, by Sir Norman Lockyer and W.J.S. Lockyer, p. 173./ The Pekin Observatory, p. 185./ The progress of aeronautics, by J. Janssen, p. 187./ Lord Rayleigh on flight, p. 195./ The Langley aerodrome, p. 197./ The Zeppelin air ship, by Thomas E. Curtis, p. 217./ The use of kites to obtain meteorological observations, by A. Lawrence Rotch, p. 223./ Progress in chemistry during the nineteenth century, by Prof. William Ramsay, p. 233./ Liquid hydrogen, by Prof. James Dewar, p. 259./ A century of geology, by Prof. Joseph LeConte, p. 265./ Evolutional geology, by Prof. W.J. Sollas, p. 289./ Progress in physics in the nineteenth century, by Prof. T.C. Mendenhall, p. 315./ Electricity during the nineteenth century, by Prof. Elihu Thomson, p. 333./ The photography of sound waves, by Prof. R.W. Wood, p. 359./ Unsuspected radiations, by Prince Kropotkin, p. 371./ Incandescent mantles, by Vivian B. Lewes, p. 387./ The Imperial Physico-Technical Institution [Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt] in Charlottenburg, by Henry S. Carhart, p. 403./ The geographic conquests of the nineteenth century, by Gilbert H. Grosvenor, p. 417./ Through Africa from the Cape to Cairo, by Ewart S. Grogan, p. 431./ The "Yermak" ice breaker, by Vice Admiral Makaroff [Stepan Osipovich Makarov], p. 449./ The growth of biology in the nineteenth century, by Oscar Hertwig, p. 461./ The restoration of extinct animals, by Frederic A. Lucas, p. 479./ Life in the ocean, by Karl Brandt, p. 493./ Nature pictures, by A. Radclyffe Dugmore, p. 507./ The outlaw: A character study of a beaver who was cast out by his companions, by A. Radclyffe Dugmore, p. 517./ A notable advance in color photography [from The World's Work, December, 1900], p. 523./ The breeding of the Arctic fox, by Henry de Varigny, p. 527./ Discoveries in Mesopotamia, by Dr. Friedrich Delitzsch, p. 535./ On ancient desemers or steelyards, by Herrmann Sokeland, p. 551./ Mutual helpfulness between China and the United States, by His Excellency Wu Ting-fang, p. 565./ Chinese folklore and some Western analogies, by Frederick Wells Williams, p. 575./ The loot of the Imperial Summer Palace at Peking, by Count D'Herisson, p. 601./ Progress of medicine in the nineteenth century, by Dr. John S. Billings, p. 637./ Malaria, by Dr. George M. Sternberg, p. 645./ Transmission of yellow fever by mosquitoes, by Dr. George M. Sternberg, p. 657./ Psychical research of the century, by Andrew Lang, p. 675./ The new spectrum, by S.P. Langley, p. 683./ The century's great men of science, by Charles S. Peirce, p. 693./ The lesson of the life of Huxley, by Prof. William Keith Brooks, p. 701./ Reminiscences of Huxley, by John Fiske, p. 713./ Index, p. 729.

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