A SHORT HISTORY OF

NATURAL SCIENCE

AND OF THE PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY
FROM THE TIME OF THE GREEKS TO THE
PRESENT DAY

FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS AND YOUNG personS

BY

ARABELLA B. BUCKLEY
(MRS FISHER)

AUTHOR OF 'THE FAIRY LAND OF SCIENCE; LIFE AND HER CHILDREN;
• WINNERS IN LIFE'S RACE,' ETC.

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THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 655109

ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS.

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Authorized Edition.

DEDICATION TO THE first ediTION

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To the Memory of

MY BELOVED AND REVERED FRIENDS

SIR CHARLES AND LADY LYELL

TO WHOM I OWE MORE THAN I CAN EVER EXPRESS

Dedicate this my First Book

TRUSTING THAT IT MAY HELP

TO DEVELOP IN THOSE WHO READ IT THAT

EARNEST AND TRUTH-SEEKING SPIRIT IN THE STUDY OF

GOD'S WORKS AND LAWS WHICH WAS THE

GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF

THEIR LIVES