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Arabella Burton Buckley. The Fairy-Land of Science
The Fairy-Land of Science
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J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. 1888. PREFACE
THE
FAIRY-LAND OF SCIENCE
LECTURE I
HOW TO ENTER IT; HOW TO USE IT; AND HOW TO ENJOY IT
Fig. 1.—Piece of potassium in a basin of water
Fig. 2.—Piece of white coral
Fig. 3.—Coral island in the Pacific
LECTURE II
SUNBEAMS AND THE WORK THEY DO
Fig. 4.—106 earths laid across the face of the sun. Each one of these dots represents roughly the size of the earth as compared to the size of the sun represented by the large circle
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7.—Coloured spectrum thrown by a prism on the wall
Fig. 8
Fig. 9.—Piece of lace photographed during the lecture
LECTURE III
THE AERIAL OCEAN IN WHICH WE LIVE
Fig. 10.—Phosphorus burning under a bell-jar (Roscoe)
Fig. 11
Fig. 12.—A square inch of paper, as shown in the lecture
Fig. 13.—Soaked leather lifting a stone paperweight
LECTURE IV
A DROP OF WATER ON ITS TRAVELS
Fig. 18
LECTURE V
THE TWO GREAT SCULPTORS—WATER AND ICE
LECTURE VI
THE VOICES OF NATURE AND HOW WE HEAR THEM
LECTURE VII
THE LIFE OF A PRIMROSE
LECTURE VIII
THE HISTORY OF A PIECE OF COAL
LECTURE IX
BEES IN THE HIVE
LECTURE X
BEES AND FLOWERS
INDEX
Footnote
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