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The 35 books on this CD include works by such physicists as Einstein, Maxwell, Faraday, Lorentz and Michelson; and 19th century books on algebra, number theory, and logic. Intended for use with Windows PCs and recent Macs (OS X), these books are organized for easy access. Most are in plain-text format. Ten are in Web (.html) and Acrobat (.pdf) format in order to accommodate illustrations and mathematical expressions. Contents include: Ancient and Modern Physics by Thomas Willson The Chemical History of a Candle by Michael Faraday (1791-1867), 1908 Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended by Sir Isaac Newton [the physicist] 1728 The Einstein Theory of Relativity by H.A. Lorentz Experimental Determination of the Speed of Light by Albert Michelson, 1880 Experimental Researches in Electricity by Michael Faraday Experiments and Considerations Touching Colors by Robert Boyle, 1664 Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency by Nikola Tesla, 1892 Faraday As A Discoverer, by John Tyndall Five of Maxwell's Papers by James Clerk Maxwell Flatland [fiction], (1884) by Edwin Abbott (1838-1926) The New Physics and Its Evolution by Lucien Poincare, 1909 Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel and the Apocalypse of St. John by Sir Isaac Newton [the physicist] 1733 On a Dynamical Top for Exhibiting the Phenomena of the Motion of a System of Invariable Form About a Fixed Point, with Some Suggestions as to the Earth's Motion by James Clerk Maxwell (html file) ILLUSTRATED Physics and Politics or Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of 'Natural Selection' and 'Inheritance' to Political Society by Walter Bagehot Relativity: The Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein, translated by Robert W. Lawson, 1920 (html file) ILLUSTRATED Sidelights on Relativity by Albert Einstein, 1920 (html file) ILLUSTRATED Six Lectures on Light, 1872-1873 by John Tyndall The Story of Electricity by John Munro Treatise on Light by Christiaan Huy