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Chapter IV: Communication of Radioactivity to Substances Initially Inactive, pt…

In Radioactive Substances

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Marie Curie


Marie Curie, born in Warsaw in 1867, was a Polish-French physicist and chemist famous for her work on radioactivity. She was a pioneer in th…

Irish Men of Science

In The Glories of Ireland

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Joseph Dunn


A collection of essays on Ireland compiled by Joseph Dunn and PJ Lennox. As stated in the Preface to the books "...we have been forced…

On the Kaleidoscope

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 043

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David Brewster


Nineteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the role of "people of color&…

Book Third, Chapters 1 to 5. Of the merchant ships of Manzi that sail upon the …

In The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels o…

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Rustichello da Pisa and Rustichello Da Pisa


"Books of the Marvels of the World" or "Description of the World" (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed "Il Milion…

HOROLOGY AND INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION.

In Inventions in the Century

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William Henry Doolittle


The author was an Expert and Patent Solicitor, Ex-Examiner in the Patent Office and AssistantCommissioner of Patents at Washington, Writer o…

Climatic Changes in the Southern Hemisphere, Scientific American Suppl. No. 819…

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 024

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C. A. M. Taber


A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the rea…

Mary Anning, the Fossil Finder

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 071

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Charles Dickens


Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Suffrage for women will not usher in a millennium of peace and leisure" was …

The Limits of Atheism, Or, Why Should Sceptics Be Outlaws?

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 080

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George J. Holyoake


Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Not one of us actually thinks for himself, or in any orderly and scientific manne…

Adventure I

In Nibelungenlied

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translated by Daniel B. Shumway


The Nibelungenlied, translated as The Song of the Nibelungs, is an epic poem in Middle High German. The story tells of dragon-slayer Siegfri…

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