Inspired amateurs.
- Freeport, N.Y., Books for Libraries Press [c1967, 1937]
- xv, 171 p. 22 cm.
- Essay index reprint series .
Preface, by A. E. Morgan.--The shoemaker and his last.--Preacher chemist: Joseph Priestley.--The count and his beggars: Benjamin Thompson.--A musician looks at the stars: William Herschel.--Science in a monastery garden: Gregor Mendel.--The stonemason of Cromarty: Hugh Miller.--A janitor rises to remark: Anton Leeuwenhoek.--A scientist battles poverty: Jean Henri Fabre.--From indigo to excavation: Heinrich Schliemann.--Banker historian: George Grote.--Enlightening the doctor: Stephen Hales.--The lens-grinding philosopher: Benedict de Spinoza.--Today's amateurs.