Edward L. Youmans

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Edward Livingston Youmans (born June 3, 1821 in Coeymans, New York; died January 18, 1887 in New York City) - American scientific writer, editor, and lecturer and founder of Popular Science magazine.

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• Brief explanations of a new chart of chemistry: Upon which the fundamental principles of the science ... are represented to the eye by diagrams and colors in the clearest manner (1850)
• Alcohol and the constitution of man;: Being a scientific account of the chemical properties of alcohol, and its leading effects upon the healthy human constitution (1854)
• Chemical atlas ;: Or, The chemistry of familiar objects (1856)
• A class-book of chemistry: In which the principles of the science are familiarly explained and applied to the arts, agriculture, physiology, dietetics ...(1859)
• Handbook of household science: A popular account of heat, light, air, aliment, & cleansing in their scientific principles & domestic application (1864)
• The correlation and conservation of forces: A series of expositions by Prof. Grove ... (1867)
• The culture demanded by modern life: A series of addresses and arguments on the claims of scientific education (1867)
• Observations on the scientific study of human nature: A lecture delivered before the London College of Preceptors, October 10, 1866 (1867)
• The scientific basis of prohibition (1871)
• Herbert Spencer on the Americans and the Americans on Herbert Spencer: Being a full report of his interview, and of the proceedings of the farewell banquet of Nov. 11, 1882 (1883)