Project Gutenberg 2014-12-23 Public domain in the USA. 74 Philp, Robert Kemp 1819 1882 Philp, R. Kemp (Robert Kemp) 36035416 The Reason Why A Careful Collection of Many Hundreds of Reasons for Things Which, Though Generally Believed, Are Imperfectly Understood Reading ease score: 65.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Christian Boissonnas and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Reason Why" by Robert Kemp Philp is a collection of scientific knowledge aimed at the general public, written in the mid-19th century. This informative work seeks to provide explanations for numerous phenomena that, while widely accepted, are often poorly understood. The text encapsulates a wide range of topics from natural philosophy, air quality, chemical reactions, and the fundamentals of health, encouraging readers to inquire about the world around them. The beginning of the book introduces the importance of knowledge in understanding nature and enhancing human power over one's surroundings. Philp emphasizes that seeking knowledge enriches our lives and helps us comprehend vital truths about existence, such as the necessity of breathing oxygen for life and how our bodies function. The initial chapters outline how this knowledge empowers individuals, citing examples from various scientific fields, including medicine, mechanics, and electricity, to illustrate the practical applications and benefits that arise from understanding and applying scientific principles. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science Q Text Browsing: Science - General 1092514 1092617 2024-10-20T04:51:42.283316 2023-09-20T14:53:47.190414 text/html text/html 1083207 2014-12-22T16:52:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 4279612 2014-12-22T16:53:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 4935513 2024-10-20T04:52:02.863683 application/epub+zip 4946232 2024-10-20T04:51:45.877278 application/epub+zip 429240 2024-10-20T04:51:44.008351 application/epub+zip 5320149 2024-10-20T04:52:14.473710 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5179780 2024-10-20T04:52:00.796763 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 672890 2022-09-21T16:33:55.593205 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 855766 855532 2024-10-20T04:51:35.666335 2023-09-20T14:53:41.549375 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 856067 2014-12-22T16:52:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 299897 2014-12-22T16:53:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19233 2024-10-20T04:52:14.656654 application/rdf+xml 16905 2024-10-20T04:51:44.410356 image/jpeg 2304 2024-10-20T04:51:44.281289 image/jpeg 4304596 2024-10-20T04:51:42.560392 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 en.wikipedia