Project Gutenberg 2014-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 52 Various Verschillende Various, Various Cattell, James McKeen 1860 1944 Cattell, J. McKeen (James Mckeen) The Popular Science Monthly, August, 1900 Vol. 57, May, 1900 to October, 1900 Reading ease score: 54.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Greg Bergquist, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Popular Science Monthly, August, 1900" by Various is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This work is a monthly magazine that features articles on various scientific topics, aimed at making complex scientific ideas accessible to a general audience. The publication contains an array of subjects including geological time, sound photography, color psychology, and astronomical discussions, reflecting the scientific thought and discoveries of that era. The opening of this volume begins with G. K. Gilbert's article on "Rhythms and Geologic Time," where he discusses the ongoing quest to understand the age of the Earth. He emphasizes the challenges associated with measuring geologic time, exploring methods ranging from sedimentation rates to the identification of natural rhythms, such as the daily and annual cycles observed on Earth. Gilbert introduces various timekeeping mechanisms, including the pendulum and clepsydra, drawing connections between rhythms in nature and the methods used to conceptualize time in geological contexts, thereby setting the stage for a deeper analysis of Earth's history throughout the publication. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science -- Periodicals Technology -- Periodicals AP Text Browsing: Computers & Technology Browsing: Science - General 351742 351683 2024-10-19T17:04:52.874657 2023-09-20T12:14:36.183003 text/html text/html 347256 2014-11-01T11:34:36 text/html; charset=utf-8 1413054 2014-11-01T11:36:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1523116 2024-10-19T17:04:59.115579 application/epub+zip 1525840 2024-10-19T17:04:54.342610 application/epub+zip 163472 2024-10-19T17:04:53.644631 application/epub+zip 1619530 2024-10-19T17:05:03.008562 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1586904 2024-10-19T17:04:58.400591 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 230204 2022-09-21T12:55:34.628998 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 308907 2024-10-19T17:04:52.129639 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 309754 2014-11-01T11:34:32 text/plain; charset=utf-8 113297 2014-11-01T11:36:02 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 309083 2014-11-01T11:35:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 113053 2014-11-01T11:36:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 309404 2014-11-01T11:35:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 113038 2014-11-01T11:36:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22976 2024-10-19T17:05:03.157565 application/rdf+xml 7793 2024-10-19T17:04:53.732630 image/jpeg 1726 2024-10-19T17:04:53.689617 image/jpeg 1418859 2024-10-19T17:04:52.993603 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