Popular Science Monthly/Volume 1

Popular Science Monthly  (1872)  Volume 1

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Table of Contents

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May 1872
The Study of Sociology I	1
The Recent Eclipse of the Sun	17
Science and Immortality	26
The Source of Labor	40
Quetelet on the Science of Man	45
Disinfection and Disinfectants	55
The Natural History of Man I	61
The Causes of Dyspepsia	75
Woman and Political Power	82
The Early Superstitions of Medicine	95
Prehistoric Times	101
Editor's Table	113
Literary Notices	117
Miscellany	122
Notes	128
June 1872
On the Artificial Production of Stupidity in Schools	129
The Spots on the Sun	144
The Study of Sociology II	159
Effects of Faulty Vision in Painting	174
Darwinism and Divinity	188
Action of Dark Radiations	202
The Natural History of Man II	208
Scrutable Providences	217
The Physiological Position of Alcohol	219
Vesuvius	227
Sir Charles Lyell	231
Editor's Table	238
Literary Notices	241
Miscellany	245
Notes	254
Press Reviews	256
July 1872
Corals and Coral Architecture	257
The Physiology of Emotion	274
A Giant Planet	286
The Migrations of Men III	299
On the Digestibility of Vegetable and Animal Foods	308
Mr Martineau on Evolution	313
Musical Mice	323
The Study of Human Nature	327
Astro-Meteorology	335
Iron and Civilization	339
Nervous Control of Animal Movements	344
Ventilation, and the Reasons for it	356
Prof. James D. Dana	362
Editor's Table	366
Literary Notices	370
Miscellany	372
Notes	383
August 1872
The August and November Meteors	385
Modern Literatures in the Higher Education	396
The Nutritive Salts of Food	405
The Physiology of Sleep	411
Characteristics of the Calmucks	419
The Balance of Life in the Aquarium	434
Juries, Judges, and Insanity	440
Concerning Corpulence	445
The Study of Physical Science	451
Sight and the Visual Organ	457
On the Discovery of the Elements	474
The Causes of Physical Degeneracy	482
Sketch of Prof. Gray	491
Editor's Table	496
Literary Notices	500
Miscellany	502
Notes	511
September 1872
The Study of Sociology III	513
Clever Fishes	529
Motions of the Stars	541
The Unconscious Action of the Brain	544
The Past and Future of Niagara	564
Yeast	573
Measurement of Earthquake-Waves	586
School Dietaries	590
Scientific Dabblers	594
Town and Country as Producers of Intellect	600
Civilization as Accumulated Force	602
Popular Geology	613
On Moral Contagion	618
The Enemies We Import	620
Editor's Table	623
Literary Notices	627
Miscellany	637
Notes	640
October 1872
The Study of Sociology IV	641
A Glass of Water	655
Has our Climate Changed?	665
As Regards Spiders	674
Man as the Interpreter of Nature	684
Physiological Influence of Condiments	701
English Against the Classics	707
The Transit of Venus	719
On the Derivation of American Plants	724
Visual Images in Darkness	734
Coal as a Reservoir of Power	738
Sketch of Dr. Carpenter	745
Editor's Table	751
Literary Notices	756
Miscellany	757
Notes	767
Index	769
Advertisements	775