Project Gutenberg 2015-05-10 Public domain in the USA. 191 Miers, Henry Alex 1858 1942 Miers, Henry Alexander, Sir gs14000176 The Growth of a Crystal Being the eighteenth Robert Boyle lecture Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Growth of a Crystal" by Henry Alex Miers is a scientific publication delivered as the Eighteenth Robert Boyle Lecture before the Oxford University Junior Scientific Club in the early 20th century. This lecture explores the fascinating and intricate process of crystal growth, contrasting it with the growth of living organisms. Miers draws on historical perspectives and contemporary research to elucidate the nature of crystalline structures and their unique characteristics. In this lecture, Miers discusses various fundamental aspects of crystal growth, emphasizing its similarities and differences with biological growth. He presents experiments illustrating how crystals can grow from supersaturated solutions and explores the implications of these processes on our understanding of mineralogy. By using analogies to living systems, he highlights the stagnant yet fascinating life of crystals, which, unlike biological entities, do not adapt to their surroundings but persistently maintain their form. This thought-provoking lecture serves as a comprehensive examination of crystallography, inviting researchers from diverse scientific backgrounds to engage with the wonders of crystal formation and its underlying principles. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 41.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Crystallography QD Text Category: Science - Chemistry/Biochemistry 84167 2025-08-19T14:13:09.210970 text/html 60075 2024-10-24T17:23:51 text/html 111028 2025-08-19T14:13:11.324976 application/epub+zip 110446 2025-08-19T14:13:09.585991 application/epub+zip 93458 2025-08-19T14:13:09.385983 application/epub+zip 147625 2025-08-19T14:13:12.707960 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 138390 2025-08-19T14:13:10.975000 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 121569 2022-09-22T07:47:09.353169 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 73687 2025-08-19T14:13:09.085999 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 53793 2024-10-24T17:23:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16043 2025-08-19T14:13:12.849953 application/rdf+xml 10543 2025-08-19T14:13:09.448988 image/jpeg 1965 2025-08-19T14:13:09.417971 image/jpeg 99931 2025-08-19T14:13:09.220027 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia