The romance of scientific discovery
1914 · London
by Gibson, Charles R.
London: Seeley and Co. Limited, 1914. 8vo, pp. 318, [3], 16 (ads); frontispiece, numerous black & white photographic plates, diagrams; full blue cloth elaborately decorated in red, gilt, and light blue on upper cover and spine; some spots at edges, spine faded, edges rubbed, light chips at spine ends, otherwise very good. "A popular and non-technical account of some of the most important discoveries in science from the earliest historical times to present day" (Inventory #: 48979)