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THE greater part (180 pages) of this book consists of selections from standard German works on the chief departments of science. The extracts describe some fundamental facts and principles of chemistry,physics, geology, mineralogy, astronomy, and anatomy; and they have been selected from the point of view of interest as well as that of instruction. Helpful notes are given on each division of the book, and also lists of words commonly mispronounced and of words and phrases with special or idiomatic meanings. A vocabulary at the end of the book gives the English rendering of words used in the German text. Any student of science having a slight acquaintance with German grammar will find in the book all the assistance required to enable him to read the extracts with interest and profit. As an introduction to German scientific literature, the volume will be found of real service both by teachers and students.
A German Science Reader, with Notes and Vocabulary.
By Dr. W. H. Wait. Pp. vii + 321. (New York: The Macmillan Co.; London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1907.) Price 4s. 6d.
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A German Science Reader, with Notes and Vocabulary . Nature 76, 149 (1907). https://doi.org/10.1038/076149c0
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