Comptes Rendus of Observation and Reasoning

John Young Buchanan (1844-1925) was a Scottish chemist and oceanographer who worked extensively on the chemistry of marine environments. Originally published in 1917, this book gathers together a selection of Buchanan's papers on a broad variety of topics, some of them non-scientific. Numerous illustrative figures are also included and the contents listing contains extensive notes on each of the papers. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the writings of Buchanan, chemistry, oceanography and the history of science.1. Recent Antarctic exploration; 2. Chemical and physical notes; 3. On ice and brines; 4. On steam and brines; 5. The size of the ice-grains in glaciers; 6. Ice and its natural history; 7. Beobachtungen uber die Einwirkung der Strahlung auf das Gletschereis; 8. In and around the Morteratsch glacier: a study in the natural history; 9. On the use of the globe in the study of crystallography; 10. On a solar calorimeter used in Egypt at the total eclipse in 1882; 11. Solar radiation; 12. The total solar eclipse of August 30, 1905; 13. Eclipse predictions; 14. The solar eclipse of April 17, 1912; 15. The publication of scientific papers; 16. The Royal Society; 17. Nomenclature and notation in calorimetry; 18. Thermometric scales for meteorological use; 19. The metrical system; 20. The power of Great Britain; 21. And the House of Commons; 22. Lord Milner and imperial scholarships; 23. History in handy volumes; Summary of contents.