Project Gutenberg 2011-08-27 Public domain in the USA. 122 Bernstein, Aaron David 1812 1884 Bernstein, A. (Aaron) Bernstein, Aron David Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes Bernstein's Popular Treatise on Natural Science Reading ease score: 63.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. The weight of the earth -- Velocity -- Nutrition -- Light and distance -- The wonders of astronomy -- Meteorology -- The food proper for man. E-text prepared by Jonathan Ingram, Anna Hall, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "Popular Books on Natural Science" by Aaron David Bernstein is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The book discusses various natural science topics that are relevant for practical use in everyday life and is intended for readers from all backgrounds. It covers subjects ranging from the weight of the Earth to nutrition, light, astronomy, and meteorology, providing insights into the wonders of nature and scientific principles. The opening of the treatise presents an exploration of the weight of the Earth, introducing the question of how scientists determine such a seemingly simple yet complex measurement. Bernstein explains the importance of understanding the Earth's composition and density and how past scientists have approached this task through experiments and calculations. He outlines scientific methods, like those used by Cavendish and Newton, to gauge gravitational attraction and ultimately concludes that the Earth weighs over six sextillion tons, emphasizing that the Earth is not a hollow sphere but a dense mass, intricately composed of various materials. This introduction sets the stage for deeper discussions on the principles of natural science throughout the work. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science -- Popular works Q Text Browsing: Science - General 272753 272481 2024-11-15T16:25:45.660691 2023-09-16T08:23:11.185225 text/html text/html 275570 2011-08-27T16:27:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 93880 2011-08-27T16:30:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 184826 2024-11-15T16:25:53.617659 application/epub+zip 184808 2024-11-15T16:25:49.231679 application/epub+zip 162133 2024-11-15T16:25:47.873673 application/epub+zip 397075 2024-11-15T16:25:57.332618 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 346628 2024-11-15T16:25:52.718635 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 324492 2022-09-17T05:47:01.142724 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 244782 244561 2024-11-15T16:25:44.921669 2023-09-16T08:23:10.584238 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 244495 2011-08-27T16:24:19 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 87011 2011-08-27T16:24:19 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 244509 2011-08-27T16:24:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 86975 2011-08-27T16:24:19 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21386 2024-11-15T16:25:57.475625 application/rdf+xml 16700 2024-11-15T16:25:48.443649 image/jpeg 4042 2024-11-15T16:25:48.157671 image/jpeg 174671 2024-11-15T16:25:45.684713 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog