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On Molecular and Microscopic Science, by Mary Somerville, Part 3

Let's sleep scientifically this week, with more from a woman of such deep and broad accomplishment that the word "scientist" had to be coined to describe her. This time, colors, molecular heat conduction, what constitutes smells, and why gold is really blue.   Help us stay ad-free and 100% listener-supported! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boringbookspod Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/d5kcMsW Read "On Molecular and Microscopic Science" at Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55886   Music: "Cosmic Tingles," by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY, https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com If you'd like to suggest a copyright-free reading for soft-spoken relaxation to help you overcome insomnia, anxiety and other sleep issues, connect on our website, https://www.boringbookspod.com.

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  Our Cats and All About Them, by Harrison Weir, Part 4

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  Life on a Medieval Barony, by William Stearns Davis, Part 1

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  Farm Engines and How To Run Them, by James H. Stephenson, Part 7

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  Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes, by Robert Louis Stevenson, Part 4

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  The Compleat Angler, by Isaak Walton, Part 1

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  1921 Sears Roebuck and Co. Modern Homes Catalog (Part 2)

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  Etiquette, by Emily Post, Part 8 - Servants

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  Where the Forest Murmurs, by Fiona Macleod, Part 2

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  The Evolution of Modern Orchestration, by Louis A. Coerne, Part 1

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  The Problems of Philosophy, by Bertrand Russell, Part 4

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  Over Fen and Wold, by John James Hissey, Part 1

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  The Book of the Ocean, by Ernest Ingersoll, Part 5

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  The Ethics of Aristotle, Part 3

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  The History of Bread, by John Ashton, Part 6 - Conclusion

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  Old Country Inns of England, by Maskell and Gregory, Part 2