Science

Light Science for Leisure Hours

by Richard A. Proctor Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
In preparing these Essays, my chief object has been to present scientific truths in a light and readable form—clearly and simply, but with a…

Lecture on Artificial Flight

by William G. Krueger Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Lecture on artificial flight given on request of the Academy of Natural Sciences on August 7, 1876 in San Francisco, California by William G…

Scientific American Supplement

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, having launched its first publication in 1…

Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists

by Elbert Hubbard Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings ma…

Scientific American Supplement

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, having launched its first publication in 1…

Scientific American Supplement

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, having launched its first publication in 1…

Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air

by Joseph Priestley Read by LivelyHive 5
Joseph Priestley, FRS was an 18th-century English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and political th…

Dragons of the Air

by Harry Seeley Read by Jeffery 4.2
Sir Richard Owen coined the term "dinosaur" ("Terrible Reptile" or "Fearfully Great Reptile") in the 19th cent…

On the Elementary Electrical Charge

by Robert Andrews Millikan Read by Eric Ray 5
The experiments herewith reported were undertaken with the view of introducing certain improvements into the oil-drop method of determining …

An Elementary Study of Insects

by Leonard Haseman Read by Jeffery 4.5
An overview of notable insect groups intended for the young reader. Focus is on economically important insects. (Summary by Jeffery Smith)

The Atom and the Ocean

by E. W. Seabrook Hull Read by LibriVox Volunteers
This is one of the publications in the “Understanding the Atom” Series from the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. Topics covered include an o…

Short Nonfiction Collection

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include science and natural history--carniv…

The Chemical Constituents of the Active Principle of the Ava Root

by Alice A. Ball Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.8
The Chemical Constituents of Piper Methysticum or The Chemical Constituents of the Active Principle of The Ava Root is the text of a Master’…

A Catechism of Familiar Things

by William James McGlothlin Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
This book, a reprint of a successful English publication, has been so enlarged as to be to all intents and purposes new. It has been careful…

A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom

by Andrew Dickson White Read by John Greenman 4.8
"In all modern history, interference with science in the supposed interest of religion, no matter how conscientious such interference m…

Botany, The Story of Plant Life

by Julia Mcnair Wright Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
Botany, The Story of Plant Life, is a charming book explaining plant life. The author chose the format of a chapter for each month to discus…

Scientific American Supplement

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
The Scientific American claims to be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, have launched its first publication …

Twentieth Century Inventions

by George Sutherland Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
This work from 1901 predicts what technological developments will manifest in the twentieth century. The author, a technical journalist, pre…

The San Francisco Calamity

by Charles Morris and Charles Mclean Andrews Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
The first half of this book describes the devastating earthquake that hit San Francisco in 1906, and the subsequent destruction caused by fi…

Madam How and Lady Why

by Charles Kingsley Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.1
Did you ever wish you knew how to explain natural phenomena such as earthquakes and volcanoes to your children? Search no more, this book ha…

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