Description
Octavo, [vi] 290. Dark green cloth, gilt title on spine. Illustrations throughout. An interesting early work on the study of the atom.
Comments: Author Francis Preston Venable was President of the University of North Carolina from 1900-1914. His father, Charles Scott Venable, was aide-de-camp to General Robert E. Lee during the Civil War.
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