WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR FAMILIAR LETTERS ON SOME MYSTERIES OF NATURE. (London, 1876.) PHOSPHORESCENce, or the Emission of Light BY MINERALS, Plants, AND ANIMALS. (London, 1862.) NOCTILUCINE, THE PHOSPHORESCENT PRINCIPLE OF LUMINOUS ANIMALS. (Pamphlet from the Chemical News, 1875.) THE UTILISATION OF MINUTE LIFE: PRACTICAL STUDIES ON INSECTS, CRUSTACEA, MOLLUSCA, ETC. (London, 1864.) METEORS, AËROLITES, AND Falling StarS. (London, 1867.) LA FORCE CATALYTIQUE, ÉTUDES SUR LES PHÉNOMÈNES DE CONTACT. (Gold Medal, Société Hollandaise, Haarlem, 1858.) PHÉNOMÈNES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES OBSERVÉS SUR LE LITTORAL DE LA FLANDRE OCCIDENTALE. (From the Comptes Rendus of the Paris Academy, 1857.) PHÉNOMÈNES LUMINEUX QUI ACCOMPAGNENT LES ESSAIMS D'ÉTOILES FILANTES. (Id., 1868.) SUR LES PROPRIÉTÉS OPTIQUES DES CORPS APPLIQUÉES À L'ANALYSE. (Gold Medal, Société Royale des Sciences Médicales et Naturelles, Bruxelles, 1868.) OUTLINES OF A NEW ATOMIC THEORY. (4th Ed. London, 1886. Pamphlet.) TRAITÉ DE CHIMIE À L'USAGE des PhotograPHES. (1 Vol. Paris, 1864.) EXPLOSION ET Chute des MÉTÉORES. (Comptes Rendus Paris, 1869.) Origine de l'oxygène atmoSPHÉRIQUE. (Id., 1893 and 1895.) AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY OF THE SUGAR CANE. (3rd Ed. Manchester, 1884.) MÉMOIRE SUR LA FÉCULE. (Bruxelles, 1855. Pamphlet.) HEALTH NOTES AND CURIOSITIES OF MEDICAL SCIENCE. (1 Vol. London, 1898.) VOICE AND VIOLIN. (1 Vol. London, 1898.) FAMOUS VIOLINISTS. (1 Vol. London, 1896.) SCENES FROM the Reign of LOUIS XVI. (London, 1878.) (For other Writings, see "The Scientific and Literary Works of Dr. T. L. Phipson, with a short Biographical Notice," by C. J. Bouverie (London, Wertheimer, 1884), and Catalogue of Scientific Papers of the Royal Society of London, Vol. IV. and Vol. VII.) 66 66 METEORS, AËROLITES, AND FALLING STARS"; "PHOSPHORESCENCE, OR THE LONDON: CHARLES GRIFFIN & CO., LIMITED. 1901 PREFACE, TABLE OF CONTENTS. The Science of the Atmosphere-Its Numerous and Important Applica- tions-Origin of Modern Chemistry—The Theory of Combustion— The Atmosphere in the earliest Epochs of the Globe-It contained no Free Oxygen-The views of Koene, Berzélius, Mulder, Liebig, Dumas, and Ch. Martins-The Author's Observations and Experiments-Plants the first producers of Atmospheric Oxygen— Fixation of Carbon in the Earth's Strata-Diminution of Carbonic Acid in the Air-The changeable Composition of the Atmosphere- |