Author:John William Draper

John William Draper
(1811–1882)

John William Draper

Works

• Experiments on absorption, 1836 (short work) (external scan)
• Introductory lecture to the course of chemistry, 1841 (external scan)
• Elements of Chemistry, 1842. (external scan)
• A treatise on the forces which produce the organization of plants, 1844 (external scan)
• Text-Book on Chemistry. For the Use of Schools and Colleges. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1846 (external scan)
• Text-Book on Natural Philosophy. 1847. (external scan)
• An introductory lecture on phosphorus, 1847 (external scan)
• An introductory lecture on oxygen gas, 1848 (external scan)
• The influence of physical agents on life, 1850 (external scan)
• Human Physiology, Statistical and Dynamical; or, the Conditions and Course of the Life of Man. 1856. (external scan)
• The historical influence of the medical profession, 1863 (external scan)
• Thoughts on the Future Civil Policy of America. 1865. (external scan)
• A text-book on physiology, 1866 (external scan)
• Scientific Memoirs; Being Experimental Contributions to a Knowledge of Radiant Energy. 1878. (external scan)
• History of the American Civil War, 3 vols. (1867-70) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2, 3)
• History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science (1874) (external scan)
• History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, 2 vols. (1864) (external scan)

Articles in Popular Science Monthly

• "English and American Science" in Popular Science Monthly, 2 (April 1873)
• "Priestley's Discovery of Oxygen Gas" in Popular Science Monthly, 5 (August 1874)
• "The Great Conflict" in Popular Science Monthly, 6 (December 1874)
• "Science in America" in Popular Science Monthly, 10 (January 1877)
• "Dr Draper's Lecture on Evolution" in Popular Science Monthly, 12 (December 1877)

Works about Draper

• "Draper, John William," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
• "Draper, John William," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Draper, John William," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.