Project Gutenberg 2014-02-12 Public domain in the USA. 52 Various Verschillende Various, Various Youmans, William Jay 1838 1901 Youmans, Wm. Jay‏ (William Jay) Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, May 1899 Volume LV, No. 1, May 1899 Produced by Judith Wirawan, Greg Bergquist, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, May 1899" by Various is a scientific publication written during the late 19th century. This volume primarily focuses on topics related to popular science and includes essays by various contributors, aiming to educate and inform a broad audience about contemporary scientific ideas and discoveries. The opening article discusses the Klondike Gold Rush, highlighting the rapid changes occurring in the region and the vibrant human stories intertwined with the geological and ecological landscapes. The opening of this edition details the recent surge in attention towards Dawson and Klondike due to the discovery of gold, which transformed these previously unknown locations into bustling centers of activity. Angelo Heilprin, the article's author, provides a vivid portrayal of the social, economic, and environmental dynamics at play, describing the influx of people seeking fortune and the challenges they faced in navigating the rugged terrain. As Heilprin recounts his journey through the harsh landscape of the Klondike, readers are introduced to the vivid contrasts between the natural beauty of the region and the chaotic human endeavor manifesting around the promise of gold. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44880/44880-h/images/cover.jpg en Science -- Periodicals Technology -- Periodicals AP Text Browsing: Computers & Technology Browsing: Science - General 495227 495189 2024-09-18T18:58:02.476677 2023-09-19T14:12:21.509785 text/html text/html 490959 2014-02-12T08:11:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2481160 2014-02-12T08:11:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2694148 2024-09-18T18:58:09.355618 application/epub+zip 2698075 2024-09-18T18:58:03.631648 application/epub+zip 218521 2024-09-18T18:58:02.995652 application/epub+zip 2822751 2024-09-18T18:58:14.056592 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2783645 2024-09-18T18:58:08.599625 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 312030 2022-09-20T13:31:29.184498 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 443429 443221 2024-09-18T18:58:01.575663 2023-09-19T14:12:20.633757 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 443142 2014-02-12T08:11:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 168259 2014-02-12T08:11:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 443305 2014-02-12T08:11:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 168136 2014-02-12T08:11:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20530 2024-09-18T18:58:14.217591 application/rdf+xml 8054 2024-09-18T18:58:03.085636 image/jpeg 1700 2024-09-18T18:58:03.038645 image/jpeg 2483610 2024-09-18T18:58:02.593660 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog