On Molecular and Microscopic Science. In Two Volumes. Vol. I-II. With illustrations.

First Edition. Charles Batchelor (1845-1910), inventor and close associate of American inventor Thomas Alva Edison during much of Edison's career. He was involved in some of the greatest inventions and technological developments in history. -Contents: Vol. I. Part I. Atoms and Molecules of Matter (Elementary Constitution of Matter; On Force, and the Relation between Force and Matter; Atomic Theory, Analysis and Synthesis of Matter, Utility of Waste Substances - Coal-Tar Colours, etc.; The Solar Spectrum, Spectrum Analysis, Spectra of Gases and Volatilized Matter, Inversion of Coloured Lines, Constitution of Sun and Stars); Part II. Vegetable Organisms (Microscopic Structure of the Vegetable World; Algæ; Fungi; Lichens; Characeæ; Hepaticæ, or Liverworts; Musci, or Mosses; Filices, or Ferns; Equisetaceæ, or Horsetails; Marsileaceæ, or Rhizospermæ; Lycopodiaceæ, or Club Mosses; General Structure of Flowering Plants; Monocotyledonous, or Endogenous Plants; Dicotyledonous, or Exogenous Plants); Vol. II. Part III. Animal Organisms (Functions of the Animal Frame; Protozoa; Hydrozoa Zoophytes; Anthozoa Zoophytes; Annulosa, or Worms; Echinodermata; The Crustacea; Cirripedia; Bryozoa, or Polyzoa; Tunicata, or Ascidians; Mollusca); Index.