Science in Short Chapters
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Excerpt from Science in Short ChaptersI AM not aware that this reprint of some of my scattered notes and essays demands any apology.The practice of making such collections and selections by the author himself has now become very general, and is much better done thus than by friends after his death.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original for...
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- SCIENCE IN Short Chapters.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- SCIENCE IN SHORT CHAPTERS.
- THE FUEL OF THE SUN.
- DR SIEMENS’ THEORY OF THE SUN.
- ANOTHER WORLD DOWN HERE.
- THE ORIGIN OF LUNAR VOLCANOES.
- NOTE ON THE DIRECT EFFECT OF SUN-SPOTS ON TERRESTRIAL CLIMATES.
- THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE RADIOMETER AND ITS COSMICAL REVELATIONS.
- ON THE SOCIAL BENEFITS OF PARAFFIN.
- THE SOLIDITY OF THE EARTH.
- A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
- THE FORMATION OF COAL.
- THE SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 1871.
- The First Telegrams.
- Further Details by Post.
- METEORIC ASTRONOMY.
- THE “GREAT ICE AGE” AND THE ORIGIN OF THE “TILL.”
- THE BAROMETER AND THE WEATHER.
- On Winds and Currents, from the Admiralty Physical Atlas.
- THE CHEMISTRY OF BOG RECLAMATION.
- AERIAL EXPLORATION OF THE ARCTIC REGIONS.
- The Anglo-American Arctic Expedition.
- Mr. Walter Powell.
- THE LIMITS OF OUR COAL SUPPLY
- “THE ENGLISHMAN’S FIRESIDE.”
- “BAILY’S BEADS.”
- TO THE EDITOR OF THE Times.
- THE COLORING OF GREEN TEA.
- “IRON FILINGS” IN TEA.
- CONCERT-ROOM ACOUSTICS.
- SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALISM.
- MATHEMATICAL FICTIONS.
- (British Association, 1871.)
- WORLD-SMASHING.
- THE DYING TREES IN KENSINGTON GARDENS.
- THE OLEAGINOUS PRODUCTS OF THAMES MUD: WHERE THEY COME FROM AND WHERE THEY GO.
- LUMINOUS PAINT.
- THE ORIGIN AND PROBABLE DURATION OF PETROLEUM.
- THE ORIGIN OF SOAP.
- OILING THE WAVES.
- ON THE SO-CALLED “CRATER NECKS” AND “VOLCANIC BOMBS” OF IRELAND. A Paper Read at the Geologists’ Association, December 6, 1878.
- TRAVERTINE.
- THE ACTION OF FROST IN WATER-PIPES AND ON BUILDING MATERIALS.
- THE CORROSION OF BUILDING STONES.
- FIRE-CLAY AND ANTHRACITE.
- COUNT RUMFORD’S COOKING-STOVES.
- THE “CONSUMPTION OF SMOKE.”
- THE AIR OF STOVE-HEATED ROOMS.
- VENTILATION BY OPEN FIREPLACES.
- DOMESTIC VENTILATION. A Lesson from the Coal-Pits.
- HOME GARDENS FOR SMOKY TOWNS.
- The Discussion which followed the reading of the preceding paper at the Society of Arts.
- SOLIDS, LIQUIDS, AND GASES.
- MURCHISON AND BABBAGE.
- ATMOSPHERE versus ETHER.
- A NEGLECTED DISINFECTANT.
- ANOTHER DISINFECTANT.
- ENSILAGE.
- THE FRACTURE OF COMETS.
- THE ORIGIN OF COMETS.
- FOOTNOTES
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