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Our place among infinities. A series of essays contrastin...

Proctor, Richard A.
Our place among infinities. A series of essays contrasting our little abode in space and time with the infinities around us
Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. O...

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Chance and Luck

Proctor, Richard A.
Chance and Luck
Excerpt from Chance and Luck: A Discussion of the Laws of Luck, Coincidences, Wagers, Lotteries, and the Fallacies of Gambling, With Notes on Poker and Martingales The false ideas prevalent among all classes of the community, cultured as well as uncultured, respecting chance and luck, illustrate the truth that common. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenboo...

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A Treatise on the Cycloid and All Forms of Cycloidal Curv...

Proctor, Richard A.
A Treatise on the Cycloid and All Forms of Cycloidal Curves, and on the Use of Such Curves in
About the Book Books about Mathematics consider problems that encompass quantity, space, and rates of change, test theories by with mathematical methods, derive statistical models that estimate actual activity to improve our understanding of real phenomena. Titles include: A Brief Introduction to the Infinitesimal Calculus, A Defence of Free-Thinking in Mathematics, A Memoir of the Theory of Mathematical Form, A treatise on the theory and solu...

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Easy Lessons in the Differential Calculus: Indicating fro...

Proctor, Richard A.
Easy Lessons in the Differential Calculus: Indicating from the Outset the Utility of the Processes Called Differentiation and Integration
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Half-Hours with the Stars: A Plain and Easy Guide to the ...

Proctor, Richard A.
Half-Hours with the Stars: A Plain and Easy Guide to the Knowledge of the Constellations. True for Every Year
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The Sun

Proctor, Richard A.
The Sun
The Sun - ruler, fire, light, and life of the planetary system. Second Edition is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1872. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are availa...

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Half-Hours with the Stars: A Plain and Easy Guide to the ...

Proctor, Richard A.
Half-Hours with the Stars: A Plain and Easy Guide to the Knowledge of the Constellations, Showing in 12 Maps, the Position of the Principal Star-
Excerpt from Half-Hours With the Stars: A Plain and Easy Guide to the Knowledge of the Constellations, Showing in 12 Maps, the Position of the Principal Star-Groups Night After Night Throughout the YearIt is necessary, perhaps, to point out that this work is intended as a companion to a series of star-charts, not as in itself a star-atlas. The possessor Of a good star-atlas will find that this work serves the purpose of a key to the atlas, and...

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Science Byways

Proctor, Richard A.
Science Byways
Excerpt from Science Byways: A Series of Familiar Dissertations on Life in Other Worlds, Comets and the Sun, The North Pole, Rain, Danger From Lightning, Growth and Decay of Mind, The Brain and Mental Feats, Automata, &C, Some also imagine that there may be a tendency to sensationalism in popular works on science. But the writer who is familiar with the true nature of modern scientific researches needs no help of that kind. He must indeed be...

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Other Worlds Than Ours

Proctor, Richard A.
Other Worlds Than Ours
Excerpt from Other Worlds Than Ours: The Plurality of Worlds, Studied Under the Light of Recent Scientific Researches One is thus invited to discuss anew a subject which but a few years since seemed thoroughly sifted by the inquiries of the two eminent philosophers I have named. We stand in a position much more favorable for the formation of just views than that from which Whewell and Brewster surveyed the plane tary and stellar systems. Neve...

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Other Worlds Than Ours (Classic Reprint)

Proctor, Richard A.
Other Worlds Than Ours (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Other Worlds Than Ours It will be seen that, on many of the subjects dealt with in this work, I have propounded views which differ from those usually I have not done this from any love of novelty, nor from any desire to sweet attention by bizarre or fanciful the cries. Each of the new views here presented has been the result of a careful study of the subject dealt with, and I have searched as anxiously for considera tions opposed...

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Myths and Marvels of Astronomy

Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony)
Myths and Marvels of Astronomy
This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a great book never goes out of style. Several mostly non-profit literature projects provide content to tredition. To support their good work, tredition donates a portion of the proceeds from e...

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Half-Hours with the Stars A Plain and Easy Guide to the K...

Proctor, Richard A. (Richard Anthony)
Half-Hours with the Stars A Plain and Easy Guide to the Knowledge of the Constellations
This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a great book never goes out of style. Several mostly non-profit literature projects provide content to tredition. To support their good work, tredition donates a portion of the proceeds from e...

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Knowledge, Vol. 5

Proctor, Richard A.
Knowledge, Vol. 5
Excerpt from Knowledge, Vol. 5: An Illustrated Magazine of Science Plainly Worded Exactly Described, January to June, 1884 Humain, from which the previous case is cited, there is a plate representing the right cerebrum entirely destroyed by apoplexy, yet the owner of this half-destroyed brain, jouissait de toute son intelligence. It is singular that Cruveilhier, in dealing with this and similar cases, speaks of the intelligence remaining uni...

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