Scientific Papers: Physics, Chemistry Astronomy Geology", by Faraday, Helmholtz, Kelvin, Newcomb and Archibald Geikie, The Harvard Classics Volume #30, published by P.F. Collier & Son, New York, 1938.

Hard boards, original red cloth, gold lettering on spine, 5.1/2" x 8"; decorated endpapers, frontispiece with tissue guard, 351 pages, b/w text illustrations, nice cream-color paper, very good condition.

Contents:

The Forces of Matter and The Chemical History of a Candle, by Michael Faraday
On the Conservation of Force and Ice and Glaciers, by Hermann von Helmholtz
The Wave Theory of Light and The Tides, by Lord Kelvin
The Extent of the Universe, by Simon Newcomb
Geographical Evolution, by Sir Archibald Geikie

Michael Faraday (1791-1867) was an English scientist best known for his contributions to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.

Hermann Helmholtz (1821-1894) was a German physician and physicist.

William Thomson Kelvin (1824-1907) was an Irish and British mathematical physicist and engineer.

Simon Newcomb (1835-1909) was a Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician.

Archibald Geikie (1835-1924), was a Scottish geologist and writer.

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