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THIS encyclopaedia, of which we now review the first part, is of a very comprehensive character, embracing botany, chemistry, geology, mineralogy, physics, physiology and zoology, and other natural sciences. More than 300 authors collaborate in the work; the list, of these, given on the covers of this part, although mainly consisting of German names, includes also representative workers in special branches in England, the United States, Italy, Russia, and other countries. A special editor takes charge of each of the branches of science named above.
Handwörterbuch der Naturwissenschaften.
Herausgegeben von E. Korschelt G. Linck, and others. Erste Lieferung (enthaltend Bogen 1–10 des 1 Bandes)—Abbau-Algen. Pp. 160. (Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1912.) Price 2.50 marks.
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Handwörterbuch der Naturwissenschaften . Nature 89, 502 (1912). https://doi.org/10.1038/089502a0
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