Manning, Henry P., ed. . The Fourth Dimension Simply Explained
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  • Front Matter
  • Introduction INTRODUCTION BY HENRY P. MANNING, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS IN BROWN UNIVERSITY.
  • Essay 1 AN ELUCIDATION OF THE FOURTH DIMENSION. THE PRIZE-WINNING ESSAY. BY "ESSAYONS" (LIEUT.-COL. GRAHAM DENBY FITCH, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U. S. A.)
  • Essay 2 II. NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY OF THE FOURTH DIMENSION.[1] BY LIEUT.-COL. GRAHAM DENBY FITCH, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U. S. A.
  • Essay 3 III. FOURTH DIMENSION ABSURDITIES.[1] BY "INCREDULUS ODI" (EDWARD H. CUTLER, A.M., NEWTON, MASS.)
  • Essay 4 IV. THE BOUNDARY OF THE FOUR-DIMENSIONAL UNIT AND OTHER FEATURES OF FOUR-DIMENSIONAL SPACE.[1] BY "PLATONIDES."
  • Essay 5 V. HOW THE FOURTH DIMENSION MAY BE STUDIED.[1] BY "CHARLES HENRY SMITH" (CARL A. RICHMOND, CHICAGO, ILL.).
  • Essay 6 VI. SPACE AND HYPERSPACE. BY "TESSERACT" (CLAUDE BRAGDON, ROCHESTER, N. Y.).
  • Essay 7 VII. AN INTERPRETATION OF THE FOURTH DIMENSION. BY "QUEFANON" (ARTHUR HAAS, NEW YORK CITY).
  • Essay 8 VIII. LENGTH, BREADTH, THICKNESS, AND THEN WHAT? BY "QUESNEL" (LEONARD C. GUNNELL, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, WASHINGTON, D. C.).
  • Essay 9 IX. THE FOURTH DIMENSION ALGEBRAICALLY CONSIDERED. BY "N." (BURTON HOWARD CAMP, MIDDLETOWN, CONN.)
  • Essay 10 X. DIFFICULTIES IN IMAGINING THE FOURTH DIMENSION. BY "A DWELLER IN THREE DIMENSIONS." (MRS. ELIZABETH BROWN DAVIS, WASHINGTON, D. C. ).
  • Essay 11 XI. SOME FOURTH-DIMENSION CURIOSITIES. BY "CREPUSCULA SUBLUCENT" (G. M. ACKLOM, M.A., NEW YORK CITY).
  • Essay 12 XII. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE FOURTH DIMENSION. BY "RICHMOND" (LOUIS W. WORRELL, WASHINGTON, D. C.)
  • Essay 13 XIII. THE FOURTH DIMENSION THE PLAYGROUND OF MATHEMATICS. BY "GATH' (ARTHUR R. CRATHORNE, CHAMPAIGN, ILL.).
  • Essay 14 XIV. THE TRUE AND FALSE IN THE THEORY OF FOUR DIMENSIONS. BY "PERGE DECET" (PERCY WILCOX GUMAER, URBANA, ILL.)
  • Essay 15 XV. THE ASCENDING SERIES OF DIMENSIONS. BY "D" (W. S. DAVIDSON, PITTSBURG, PA.).
  • Essay 16 XVI. THE MIND'S EYE AND THE FOURTH DIMENSION. BY "RAJARAM" (CHARLES JOHNSTON, NEW YORK, N. Y.)
  • Essay 17 XVII. OTHER DIMENSIONS THAN OURS. BY "CUBE" (W. T., HOLLAND).
  • Essay 18 XVIII. THE MEANING OF THE TERM "FOURTH DIMENSION." BY "GEORGE" (GEORGE GAILEY CHAMBERS, PH.D.).
  • Essay 19 XIX. A PUPIL IN GEOMETRY QUIZZES HIS TEACHER ABOUT THE FOURTH DIMENSION. BEING A REPORT, WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS, OF AN ACTUAL CLASS-ROOM DISCUSSION. BY "ARCTURUS" (ELMER E. BURNS, JOSEPH MEDILL HIGH SCHOOL, CHICAGO).
  • Essay 20 XX. POSSIBLE MOVEMENTS AND FORMS IN A SYSTEM OF FOUR DIMENSIONS. BY "DER CHEMIKER" (J. CLYDE HOSTETTER, LEWISBURG, PA.).
  • Essay 21 XXI. THE FAIRYLAND OF THE FOURTH DIMENSION. BY "A. CLEMENTUS" (A. C. SILVERMAN, SYRACUSE, N. Y.).
  • Essay 22 XXII. THE PROPERTIES OF FOUR-DIMENSIONAL SPACE. BY "SYLVESTER" (MAJOR WILMOT E. ELLIS, COAST ARTILLERY CORPS, U. S. A.).