PREFACE
GENERAL SCIENCE
CHAPTER I
HEAT
CHAPTER II
TEMPERATURE AND HEAT
CHAPTER III
OTHER FACTS ABOUT HEAT
CHAPTER IV
BURNING OR OXIDATION
CHAPTER V
FOOD
CHAPTER VI
WATER
CHAPTER VII
AIR
CHAPTER VIII
GENERAL PROPERTIES OF GASES
CHAPTER IX
INVISIBLE OBJECTS
CHAPTER X
LIGHT
CHAPTER XI
REFRACTION
CHAPTER XII
PHOTOGRAPHY
CHAPTER XIII
COLOR
CHAPTER XIV
HEAT AND LIGHT AS COMPANIONS
CHAPTER XV
ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING
CHAPTER XVI
MAN'S WAY OF HELPING HIMSELF
CHAPTER XVII
THE POWER BEHIND THE ENGINE
CHAPTER XVIII
PUMPS AND THEIR VALUE TO MAN
CHAPTER XIX
THE WATER PROBLEM OF A LARGE CITY
CHAPTER XX
MAN'S CONQUEST OF SUBSTANCES
CHAPTER XXI
FERMENTATION
CHAPTER XXII
BLEACHING
CHAPTER XXIII
DYEING
CHAPTER XXIV
CHEMICALS AS DISINFECTANTS AND PRESERVATIVES
CHAPTER XXV
DRUGS AND PATENT MEDICINES
CHAPTER XXVI
NITROGEN AND ITS RELATION TO PLANTS
CHAPTER XXVII
SOUND
CHAPTER XXVIII
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
CHAPTER XXIX
SPEAKING AND HEARING
CHAPTER XXX
ELECTRICITY
CHAPTER XXXI
SOME USES OF ELECTRICITY
CHAPTER XXXII
MODERN ELECTRICAL INVENTIONS
CHAPTER XXXIII
MAGNETS AND CURRENTS
CHAPTER XXXIV
HOW ELECTRICITY MAY BE MEASURED
CHAPTER XXXV
HOW ELECTRICITY IS OBTAINED ON A LARGE SCALE
INDEX
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