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• Biographical Memoir of Cleveland Abbe, 1838-1916 (Washington: National Academy of Sciences, 1919), by W. J. Humphreys (page images at Google)
• Copy of a Letter from Benjamin Banneker, to the Secretary of State, With His Answer (Philadelphia: D. Lawrence, 1792), by Benjamin Banneker, contrib. by Thomas Jefferson
  • HTML at UMD
  • HTML at Evans TCP

• Sweeper in the Sky: The Life of Maria Mitchell, First Woman Astronomer in America (New York: Macmillan, 1949), by Helen Wright
  • illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals, by Maria Mitchell, ed. by Phebe Mitchell Kendall
  • page images at Harvard
  • Gutenberg text

• Sun-Chaser: Marvin J. Vann, an American Life (2006), by James Wyatt Cook (HTML at Michigan)

• Sweeper in the Sky: The Life of Maria Mitchell, First Woman Astronomer in America (New York: Macmillan, 1949), by Helen Wright
  • illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals, by Maria Mitchell, ed. by Phebe Mitchell Kendall
  • page images at Harvard
  • Gutenberg text
• Reminiscences of Famous Women (Buffalo and New York: Evans-Penfold Co., c1916), by Harriet A. Townsend (page images at HathiTrust)

• Sun-Chaser: Marvin J. Vann, an American Life (2006), by James Wyatt Cook (HTML at Michigan)

• Biographical Memoir of Cleveland Abbe, 1838-1916 (Washington: National Academy of Sciences, 1919), by W. J. Humphreys (page images at Google)
• Professor Abbe and the Isobars: The Story of Cleveland Abbe, America's First Weatherman (New York: Vantage Press, c1955), by Truman Abbe (page images at HathiTrust)

• Linus Pauling Research Notebooks, by Linus Pauling (page images at Oregon State)

• Labors and Legacies: The Chemists of Penn State, 1855-1947 (University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University, c2006), by Kristen A. Yarmey (PDF at PSU; 241 MB)
• Crusading for Chemistry: The Professional Career of Charles Holmes Herty (Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, c1995), by Germaine M. Reed (PDF at Georgia)

• Fifty Years in Pharmacy (from Indiana Historical Society Publications, v3 #5; Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1903), by George White Sloan
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Women in the Chemical Workforce: A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable (Washington: National Academy Press, 2000), by National Research Council Chemical Sciences Roundtable (multiple formats with commentary at NAP)

• Crusading for Chemistry: The Professional Career of Charles Holmes Herty (Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, c1995), by Germaine M. Reed (PDF at Georgia)

• A Mind Always in Motion: The Autobiography of Emilio Segre (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993), by Emilio Segrè (HTML at UC Press)
• Lawrence and His Laboratory: A History of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (volume 1 is only volume; Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989), by J. L. Heilbron and Robert W. Seidel (HTML at UC Press)

• A Mind Always in Motion: The Autobiography of Emilio Segre (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993), by Emilio Segrè (HTML at UC Press)

• Great Astronomers, by Robert S. Ball (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy, by George Biddell Airy (Gutenberg text)

• Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel (London: J. Murray, 1876), by Mrs. John Herschel, contrib. by Caroline Lucretia Herschel
  • illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• 1634: The Galileo Affair (included on a Baen CD image; c2004), by Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis
  • zipped CD ISO at thefifthimperium.com; 196 MB
  • zipped CD files at thefifthimperium.com; 195 MB
• Moon Walk 1835: Was Neil Armstrong Really the First Man on the Moon? (1990 edition of Locke's "Great Astronomical Discoveries..."), by Richard Adams Locke, ed. by C. W. Tazewell (HTML at archive.org)

• 1634: The Galileo Affair (included on a Baen CD image; c2004), by Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis
  • zipped CD ISO at thefifthimperium.com; 196 MB
  • zipped CD files at thefifthimperium.com; 195 MB

• Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy, by George Biddell Airy (Gutenberg text)

• Memoir and Correspondence of Caroline Herschel (London: J. Murray, 1876), by Mrs. John Herschel, contrib. by Caroline Lucretia Herschel
  • illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Women Worth Emulating (New York: American Tract Society, ca. 1877), by Clara Lucas Balfour
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Some Eminent Women of Our Times: Short Biographical Sketches (London and New York: Macmillan, 1889), by Millicent Garrett Fawcett (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Watchers of the Sky, by Alfred Noyes (Gutenberg text)

• Archimedes (London: Society for Propagating Christian Knowledge; New York: Macmillan, 1920), by Thomas Little Heath (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Archimedes, by Chris Rorres (illustrated HTML at NYU)

• Copy of a Letter from Benjamin Banneker, to the Secretary of State, With His Answer (Philadelphia: D. Lawrence, 1792), by Benjamin Banneker, contrib. by Thomas Jefferson
  • HTML at UMD
  • HTML at Evans TCP

• The Martyrs of Science: or, The Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler (London: J. Murray, 1841), by David Brewster (Gutenberg text and page images)
• Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists, by Elbert Hubbard (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Galileo Galilei Nella Poesia Del Suo Secolo: Raccolta di Poesie Edite e Inedite Scritte da' Contemporanei in Lode di Galileo, Pubblicate in Occasione Del 3. Centenario delle Sue Scoperte Celesti (in Italian; Milan et al.: R. Sandron, 1910), by Nunzio Vaccalluzzo (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• The Martyrs of Science: or, The Lives of Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler (London: J. Murray, 1841), by David Brewster (Gutenberg text and page images)

• The Judeo-Christian Tradition: A Guide for the Perplexed (Tyler, TX: Institute for Christian Economics, c1990), by Gary North (PDF with commentary at garynorth.com)

• Ethical Implications of Unity and the Divine in Nicholas of Cusa (1998), by David J. De Leonardis (PDF at crvp.org)

• The Mirrour of True Nobility and Gentility: Being the Life of the Renowned Nicolaus Claudius Fabricius, Lord of Pieresk, Senator of the Parliament at Aix (London: Printed by J. Streater for H. Moseley, 1657), by Pierre Gassendi, trans. by William Rand (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Discovery of the Elements (sixth edition, enlarged and revised; Easton, PA: Journal Of Chemical Education, c1956), by Mary Elvira Weeks, ed. by Henry Marshall Leicester, contrib. by F. B. Dains (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Discovery of the Elements (fifth edition, enlarged and revised; Easton, PA: Journal of Chemical Education, c1945), by Mary Elvira Weeks, contrib. by F. B. Dains (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Girl in the Golden Atom, by Ray Cummings (Gutenberg text)

• Lives of Alchemystical Philosophers (London: G. Redway, 1888), by Arthur Edward Waite
  • page images at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• Cornelius Agrippa, Occult Philosopher (London: William Rider and Son, 1921), by Lewis Spence (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Cornelius Agrippa: The Life of Henry Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Doctor and Knight, Commonly known as a Magician (2 volumes; London: Chapman and Hall, 1856), by Henry Morley
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org

• Consolations in Travel: or, The Last Days of a Philosopher (London et al.: Cassell and Co., 1889), by Humphry Davy, ed. by John Davy, contrib. by Henry Morley
  • Gutenberg text
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. (9 volumes; London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1839-1840), by Humphry Davy, ed. by John Davy (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Quiet Revolution: Hermann Kolbe and the Science of Organic Chemistry (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993), by Alan J. Rocke (HTML at UC Press)

• The Autobiography of Joseph Le Conte, by Joseph LeConte, ed. by William Dallam Armes (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)

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