Proceedings Of The Royal Philosophical Society Of Glasgow 1910 Vol 21 Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Proceedings of the Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow, 1912, Vol. 22 In tracing the history of any science one soon discovers that there are times when, in the wake of a great discovery, or of a wide generalisation, it is necessary to recast the whole subject, or to view it from a new standpoint. The introduction of the atomic theory into chemistry, the recognition of the law of conservation of energy in physics, and the adoption of a theory of evolution in biology, are examples of such epoch-making events. Again, a science occasionally makes a new start. She leaves the old and well-gleaned fields and explores new territories, adding to her stores at every footstep. Such happened in chemistry when the investigator first went into the domain of organic compounds, m physics when, as we have seen even in our own day, the field of electricity has been traversed by a thousand workers, and in biology when the naturalist turned his attention to the study of development or embryology. A similar change has happened in physiology; at all events, so many new facts have been collected in recent years, by the experimental mode of inquiry, as to make it necessary to review the whole ground, and to recast some of our older notions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.