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5,123 science & nature

Lachesis Lapponica; Or, A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1

Carl von Linné · travel

Lachesis Lapponica; Or, A Tour in Lapland, Volume 2

Carl von Linné · travel

Lady Hollyhock and Her Friends: A Book of Nature Dolls and Others

Margaret Coulson Walker · science

Lady Mary and Her Nurse; Or, A Peep into the Canadian Forest

Catharine Parr Strickland Traill · novel

Charles John Andersson · travel

Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution: His Life and Work

A. S. Packard · biography

Lamb Slaughtering, Cutting, Preserving, and Cooking on the Farm

H. Russell Cross · manual

Lameness of the Horse

John Victor Lacroix · manual

Lancashire Folk-lore

John Harland · myth

Land and peoples of the Kasai

M. W. Hilton-Simpson · travel

Landscape in History, and Other Essays

Archibald Geikie · science

Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II

S. P. Langley · science

Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee: A Bee Keeper's Manual

L. L. Langstroth · manual

Language of Flowers

Kate Greenaway · reference

Hal Hellman · science

Lassen Trails: A Brief Guide to the Trails of Lassen Volcanic National Park

Stephen Halsey Matteson · manual

Last Words on Evolution: A Popular Retrospect and Summary

Ernst Haeckel · science

Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews

Thomas Henry Huxley · science

Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches

Henri de Crignelle · collection

Lead poisoning and lead absorption

Thomas Morison Sir Legge · science

Lead Smelting and Refining, With Some Notes on Lead Mining

Walter Renton Ingalls · science

Leather: From the Raw Material to the Finished Product

K. J. Adcock · science

Lecture on Artificial Flight

William G. Krueger · science

Lecture on the Aborigines of Newfoundland

Joseph Noad · science

Lectures and Essays

Thomas Henry Huxley · science

Lectures on Evolution

Thomas Henry Huxley · science

Lectures on popular and scientific subjects

James Sinclair 14th earl of Caithness · science

Lectures on Stellar Statistics

C. V. L. Charlier · science

Lectures on Ventilation

Lewis W. Leeds · science

Legal Chemistry

Alfred Naquet · science

Legendary Islands of the Atlantic: A Study of Medieval Geography

William Henry Babcock · myth

Legends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew Tradition

L. W. King · myth

Legends of Loudoun

Harrison Williams · science

Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians

Elias Johnson · myth

Leisure hours among the gems

Augustus C. Hamlin · science

Leonardo da Vinci, Pathfinder of Science

Henry S. Gillette · biography

G. Armauer Hansen · science

Delphine Menant · science

Lessons on Soil

Edward J. Russell · science

Let's Collect Rocks and Shells

Shell Union Oil Corporation · manual

Letters of Asa Gray; Vol. 1

Asa Gray · ideas

Letters of Asa Gray; Vol. 2

Asa Gray · biography

Letters on Astronomy

Denison Olmsted · science

Letters on Natural Magic; Addressed to Sir Walter Scott, Bart.

David Brewster · science

Letters on the Nicobar islands, their natural productions, and the manners, customs, and superstitions of the natives

Johann Gottfried Haensel · travel

Letters to a Friend, Written to Mrs. Ezra S. Carr, 1866-1879

John Muir · biography

Annie Lorrain Smith · science

Life among the butterflies

Vance Randolph · science