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In the year 1846, Captain William C. De Hart, of the Second Artillery, published his excellent work, entitled, " Observations on Military Law, and the Constitution and Practice of Courts-Martial.” ...
THE author of this treatise, in his position of professor of civil engineering and applied mechanics at McGill University, Montreal, has exceptional opportunities for conducting experimental ...
Most notable, this revealed Ptolemy’s treatise on the Meteoroscope, which is an instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction of the apparent path of a shooting star.
The rest is out of place hi the book and in any case could not fail to be inadequate. A Treatise on Light. By Dr. R. A. Houstoun. Fifth Edition. Pp. xi + 489. (London: Longmans, Green and Co., ...
As books go, James Clerk Maxwell’s “An Elementary Treatise on Electricity” is hardly a household name, but it has gained renewed attention after a copy was returned last month to a ...