Project Gutenberg 2015-05-10 Public domain in the USA. 42 Miers, Henry Alex 1858 1942 Miers, Henry Alexander, Sir gs14000176 The Growth of a Crystal Being the eighteenth Robert Boyle lecture Reading ease score: 41.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Growth of a Crystal" by Henry Alex Miers is a scientific publication delivered as the Eighteenth Robert Boyle Lecture before the Oxford University Junior Scientific Club in the early 20th century. This lecture explores the fascinating and intricate process of crystal growth, contrasting it with the growth of living organisms. Miers draws on historical perspectives and contemporary research to elucidate the nature of crystalline structures and their unique characteristics. In this lecture, Miers discusses various fundamental aspects of crystal growth, emphasizing its similarities and differences with biological growth. He presents experiments illustrating how crystals can grow from supersaturated solutions and explores the implications of these processes on our understanding of mineralogy. By using analogies to living systems, he highlights the stagnant yet fascinating life of crystals, which, unlike biological entities, do not adapt to their surroundings but persistently maintain their form. This thought-provoking lecture serves as a comprehensive examination of crystallography, inviting researchers from diverse scientific backgrounds to engage with the wonders of crystal formation and its underlying principles. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Crystallography QD Text Browsing: Science - General 83985 83986 2024-10-20T11:25:15.523892 2023-09-21T07:59:59.440141 text/html text/html 80444 2015-05-09T19:13:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 96280 2015-05-09T19:13:02 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 110945 2024-10-20T11:25:17.611851 application/epub+zip 110457 2024-10-20T11:25:15.933861 application/epub+zip 93467 2024-10-20T11:25:15.713868 application/epub+zip 147723 2024-10-20T11:25:19.098869 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 138390 2024-10-20T11:25:17.391847 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 121569 2022-09-22T07:47:09.353169 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 73820 73657 2024-10-20T11:25:15.379875 2023-09-21T07:59:59.276149 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 74050 2015-05-09T19:13:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 26878 2015-05-09T19:13:02 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18964 2024-10-20T11:25:19.225858 application/rdf+xml 10543 2024-10-20T11:25:15.776882 image/jpeg 1965 2024-10-20T11:25:15.744876 image/jpeg 99882 2024-10-20T11:25:15.534879 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