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LoC No.: 12009543

Title: General Science

Contents: Heat -- Temperature and heat -- Other facts about heat -- Burning or oxidation -- Food -- Water -- Air -- General properties of gases -- Invisible objects -- Light -- Refraction -- Photography -- Color -- Heat and light as companions -- Artificial lighting -- Man's way of helping himself -- The power behind the engine -- Pumps and their value to man -- The water problem of a large city -- Man's conquest of substances -- Fermentation -- Bleaching -- Dyeing -- Chemicals as disinfectants and preservatives -- Drugs and patent medicines -- Nitrogen and its relation to plants -- Sound -- Musical instruments -- Speaking and hearing -- Electricity -- Some uses of electricity -- Modern electrical inventions -- Magnets and currents -- How electricity may be measured -- How electricity is obtained on a large scale.

Credits: Produced by John Hagerson, Kevin Handy, Sankar Viswanathan
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
https: //www.pgdp.net

Author: Clark, Bertha May, 1880-

EBook No.: 16593

Published: Aug 25, 2005

Downloads: 173

Language: English

Subject: Science

LoCC: Science

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

This edition has images.

LoC No.: 12009543

Title: General Science

Contents: Heat -- Temperature and heat -- Other facts about heat -- Burning or oxidation -- Food -- Water -- Air -- General properties of gases -- Invisible objects -- Light -- Refraction -- Photography -- Color -- Heat and light as companions -- Artificial lighting -- Man's way of helping himself -- The power behind the engine -- Pumps and their value to man -- The water problem of a large city -- Man's conquest of substances -- Fermentation -- Bleaching -- Dyeing -- Chemicals as disinfectants and preservatives -- Drugs and patent medicines -- Nitrogen and its relation to plants -- Sound -- Musical instruments -- Speaking and hearing -- Electricity -- Some uses of electricity -- Modern electrical inventions -- Magnets and currents -- How electricity may be measured -- How electricity is obtained on a large scale.

Credits: Produced by John Hagerson, Kevin Handy, Sankar Viswanathan
and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
https: //www.pgdp.net

Author: Clark, Bertha May, 1880-

EBook No.: 16593

Published: Aug 25, 2005

Downloads: 173

Language: English

Subject: Science

LoCC: Science

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.